An unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV is controlled based on communication via at least two mobile communication networks. Before takeoff, the UAV receives position data describing starting and destination points. A flight plan is set up from the starting point to the destination point by obtaining information about service coverage provided by the two mobile communication networks in a volume between the starting and destination points. A path to be followed by the UAV is calculated at least based on the obtained information. The path defines a restriction volume within which the UAV is allowed to fly from the starting point to the destination point. The path is calculated on the further basis of at least one switching criterion for changing from a communicative connection between the UAV and the first mobile communication network to a communicative connection between the UAV and the second mobile communication network.
Method, device and system for programming a UAV to be controlled based on communication via at least two mobile communication networks
2023-11-28
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / H04W WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS , Drahtlose Kommunikationsnetze |
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