Ground terminal and UAV beam pointing in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for network access

    公开(公告)号:US09660718B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-23

    申请号:US15260049

    申请日:2016-09-08

    申请人: UBIQOMM LLC

    摘要: Systems and methods for detecting an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Network access (for example, to the Internet) may be provided by detecting a UAV and fixing one or more beams from one or more ground terminals to the UAV. In one embodiment, the detection of a UAV includes forming and pointing beams from a ground terminal and ground gateways toward the UAV. The ground terminal may be configured to autonomously steer its antenna beam during initial installation to detect the reference signal from a UAV. In one variant, the ground terminals are steered to more finely track the position of the UAV based on a signal quality metric such as received signal strength and the UAV real-time position location coordinates. In one embodiment, the ground terminal antenna is initially manually pointed toward the UAV, and thereafter allowed to automatically steer to track the position of the UAV. In another embodiment the UAV antenna is steered toward a ground terminal using signal quality received from the ground terminal and real-time position coordinates and orientation of the UAV.

    Methods and apparatus for mitigating fading in a broadband access system using drone/UAV platforms
    6.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for mitigating fading in a broadband access system using drone/UAV platforms 有权
    使用无人机/无人机平台在宽带接入系统中减轻衰落的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US09479964B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-25

    申请号:US14295160

    申请日:2014-06-03

    申请人: Ubiqomm LLC

    发明人: Ahmad Jalali

    摘要: Systems and methods for mitigating the effects of atmospheric conditions such as rain, fog, cloud in a broadband access system using drone/UAVs. In one embodiment, terminal and drone radio and transmission medium fixture sub-systems comprise multiple transmission media. In one embodiment, in response to changes in atmospheric conditions the drone radio sub-system switches transmission medium to reduce the effects of atmospheric conditions. In another embodiment, the terminal and drone radio sub-systems equalize the data rates among terminals in response to changes in atmospheric conditions observed by different terminals. In another embodiment, the drone radio sub-system adjusts the transmit power on the downlink to different terminal according to fading due to atmospheric conditions on each link.

    摘要翻译: 使用无人机/无人机在宽带接入系统中减轻大气条件(如雨,雾,云)的影响的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中,终端和无人机无线电和传输介质夹具子系统包括多个传输介质。 在一个实施例中,响应于大气条件的变化,无人机无线电子系统切换传输介质以减少大气条件的影响。 在另一个实施例中,终端和无人机无线电子系统响应于不同终端观测到的大气条件的变化来均衡终端之间的数据速率。 在另一个实施例中,无人机无线电子系统由于每个链路上的大气条件而根据衰落将下行链路上的发射功率调整到不同的终端。

    Ground terminal and gateway beam pointing toward an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for network access
    7.
    发明授权
    Ground terminal and gateway beam pointing toward an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for network access 有权
    接地终端和网关波束指向无人机(UAV)进行网络接入

    公开(公告)号:US09590720B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-07

    申请号:US14711427

    申请日:2015-05-13

    申请人: Ubiqomm LLC

    发明人: Ahmad Jalali

    IPC分类号: B64C39/02 H04B7/185

    摘要: Systems and methods for detecting an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Network access (for example, to the Internet) may be provided by detecting a UAV and fixing one or more beams from one or more ground terminals to the UAV. In one embodiment, the detection of a UAV includes forming and pointing beams from a ground terminal and ground gateways toward the UAV. The ground terminal may be configured to autonomously steer its antenna beam during initial installation to detect the reference signal from a UAV. In one variant, the ground terminals are steered to more finely track the position of the UAV based on a signal quality metric such as received signal strength. In one embodiment, the ground terminal antenna is initially manually pointed toward the UAV, and thereafter allowed to automatically steer to track the position of the UAV.

    摘要翻译: 用于检测无人机(UAV)的系统和方法。 可以通过检测UAV并将一个或多个射束从一个或多个接地终端固定到UAV来提供网络接入(例如,到因特网)。 在一个实施例中,UAV的检测包括将来自接地终端和地面网关的波束形成和指向无人机。 接地端子可以被配置为在初始安装期间自主地引导其天线波束以检测来自UAV的参考信号。 在一个变型中,接地端子被引导以基于诸如接收信号强度的信号质量度量更精细地跟踪UAV的位置。 在一个实施例中,接地端天线最初手动指向无人机,然后被允许自动转向以跟踪无人机的位置。

    Broadband access system via drone/UAV platforms

    公开(公告)号:US09853715B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-26

    申请号:US14284375

    申请日:2014-05-21

    申请人: Ubiqomm, LLC

    发明人: Ahmad Jalali

    摘要: The present disclosure describes the system and methods for providing broadband internet access to homes and enterprises using a network of aerial platforms such as drones/UAVs/balloons. The drone communication system is composed of an antenna sub-system, a radio sub-system and a data switching sub-system. Drones form and point beams toward ground terminals in different areas in a space division multiple access scheme. Ground terminals are composed of an antenna sub-system and a radio sub-system. Ground terminals search for the drone from which they receive the strongest signals. Drone and ground terminals comprise of methods and systems to calibrate receive and transmit antenna elements. Drone radio sub-system keeps track of the drone's position and orientation changes and adjust drone's antenna beam accordingly to point to the same location on the ground as the drone moves. Depending on the changes in drone's position and orientation, the drone radio sub-system may switch the antenna aperture and/or the antenna fixture that is used to form a beam toward a specific ground terminal. Drones communicate with the terminals using a space and time division multiple access scheme.