Patent ID: 11922818
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G

Claim 9:
10. A method for allocating a flight corridor for use by an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, for traveling from a starting point to a destination point, wherein the UAV is connected to a cellular network and associated with a UAV-Application Server, UAV-AS, being responsible for an own geographical service area where the UAV is located, the UAV-AS maintaining a set of predetermined flight corridor segments in the geographical service area, the method being performed by the UAV-AS and comprising:
receiving a request for allocation of a flight corridor for use by the UAV, the request comprising a starting point and a destination point, wherein the request for allocation of a flight corridor is received from a UAV-AS responsible for an adjacent geographical service area;
allocating a flight corridor being seamlessly covered by the cellular network and allowing a seamless control of the UAV by the UAV-AS, the flight corridor comprising a concatenation of flight corridor segments and bridging the starting point and the destination point;
sending a response comprising an identifier of the allocated flight corridor; and
controlling the UAV along the allocated flight corridor via connectivity provided by the seamless coverage of the cellular network.