Patent ID: 11906962
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H  B | IPC B  G  H

Claim 14:
15. A unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
one or more antennas;
one or more radios, wherein each of the one or more radios is configured to perform cellular communication using at least one radio access technology (RAT);
one or more processors coupled to the one or more radios, wherein the one or more processors and the one or more radios are configured to perform voice and/or data communications;
wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the UAV to:
send, to a network entity, tracking information associated with the UAV and/or a UAV controller (UAC) associated with the UAV, wherein the UAV is in a Network-Assisted control mode, and wherein the tracking information includes at least one of a UAV identifier (UAV ID) associated with the UAV or a UAC identifier (UAC ID) associated with the UAC;
receive, from the network entity, a control mode change request indicating a switch of the UAV from the Network-Assisted control mode to a UTM-Navigated control mode, wherein the control mode change request includes at least one of the UAV ID or UAC ID; and
send, to the network entity, a control mode change confirmation, wherein the control mode change request includes a cause code for the control mode change request and at least one of the UAV ID or UAC ID, and wherein the cause code is associated with the UAV not receiving any command and control (C2) communications from the UAC within a specified period of time.