Patent ID: 11922818
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle Application Server (UAV-AS) comprising:
at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory containing instructions executable by the at least one processor such that UAV-AS is operable to:
receive a request for allocation of a flight corridor for use by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for traveling from a starting point to a destination point, the request comprising the starting point and the destination point, wherein the UAV is associated with the UAV-AS being responsible for an own geographical service area where the UAV is located, the UAV-AS maintaining a set of predetermined flight corridor segments in the geographical service area, wherein the request for allocation of a flight corridor is received from a UAV-AS responsible for an adjacent geographical service area;
allocate a flight corridor being seamlessly covered by a cellular network to which the UAV is connected and allowing a seamless control of the UAV by the UAV-AS, the flight corridor comprising a concatenation of flight corridor segments and bridging the starting point and the destination point;
send a response comprising an identifier of the allocated flight corridor; and
control the UAV along the allocated flight corridor via connectivity provided by the seamless coverage of the cellular network.