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.


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    Title :

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY FOR UNCREWED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVs)


    Contributors:
    LI ZHI (author) / SAVOOR RAGHVENDRA (author) / WANG JIN (author)

    Publication date :

    2023-09-07


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    H04W WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS , Drahtlose Kommunikationsnetze / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



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