Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a UAV communicatively coupling with a UAV controller over a first network, during a flight of the UAV, detecting availability of a device that is capable of providing network connectivity over a second network, based on the detecting the availability of the device, determining to communicatively couple with the device, responsive to the determining to communicatively couple with the device, submitting a request to the device for the network connectivity, and based on the submitting the request, establishing a communication session with the device to obtain the network connectivity. Other embodiments are disclosed.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY FOR UNCREWED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVs)
07.09.2023
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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