Patent ID: 11923958
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a primary cell site processor, a list of one or more potential secondary cell sites from an unmanned aerial vehicle on a flight path, and timing advances associated with the one or more potential secondary cell sites;
determining, by the primary cell site processor, a number of component carriers within each of the one or more potential secondary cell sites;
selecting, by the primary cell site processor, one or more secondary cell sites from the list of one or more potential secondary cell sites based at least in part on locations of the one or more potential secondary cell sites relative to the flight path of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and
transmitting, by the primary cell site processor, instructions to the one or more secondary cell sites to provide a component carrier to the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the instructions are based at least in part on the timing advances associated with the one or more secondary cell sites.