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)
2023-09-07
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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