Patent ID: 11922820
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A communication system comprising:
a manned traffic manager (MTM) device configured to be communicatively connected to a plurality of manned aerial vehicles (MAVs) and to receive location information of the MAVs from the MAVs, the location information including at least one of current locations of the MAVs or scheduled flight paths of the MAVs; and
a traffic relay (TR) device for locating unmanned traffic in a controlled airspace, the TR device comprising one or more processors configured to:
receive status messages from a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the status messages providing identification and location information of UAVs;
identify a subset of the UAVs as potential threat UAVs based on the location information indicating that the potential threat UAVs are within a designated airspace; and
generate a warning message for communication to the MTM device, the warning message including respective locations of the potential threat UAVs,

wherein the MTM device is configured to:
receive the warning message and compare the locations of the potential threat UAVs to the location information of the MAVs;
identify a subset of the MAVs as intended recipient MAVs of the warning message based on a proximity between the locations of the potential threat UAVs and the location information of the MAVs; and
direct communication of the warning message to the intended recipient MAVs.