Patent ID: 11902007
Assignee: DISH WIRELESS L.L.C.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A wireless network, comprising:
one or more stationary radio base stations, each base station being supported directly or indirectly by a planetary surface, and comprising:
one or more radios configured to transmit and receive data wirelessly, and
a radio connection to a terrestrial network configured to convey data to other points supported directly or indirectly by the planetary surface; and
one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), each UAV comprising:
flight control hardware configured to induce flight of the UAV through a series of three-dimensional positions each characterized by an altitude and a lateral location,
one or more radios configured to (1) transmit and receive data wirelessly with radios of at least one network participant device, and (2) transmit and receive data wirelessly with at least one radio of at least one base station,
a router configured to use the radios to relay data wirelessly between the network participant devices and the at least one base station,
an energy storage system configured to provide energy to the one or more radios,
a memory storing values for each of at least one UAV control parameter, the stored control parameter values selected to produce a desirable tradeoff between a quality of service level that can be achieved for network participant devices and an amount of time for which the UAV can remain in service, and
a control system, comprising a processor, configured to control the UAV in accordance with the control parameters stored by the memory.