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

Claim 11:
12. An unmanned aerial vehicle (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 supported directly or indirectly by a planetary surface;
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.