Patent ID: 9313813
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of proactively switching between radio links comprising: establishing a first communication link between a first radio of an object that is in motion and a second radio; determining a first radio link quality value between the first radio and the second radio, wherein the first radio link quality value is based, at least in part, on a parameter associated with a first movement of the object; determining a second radio link quality value between the first radio and a third radio, wherein the second radio link quality value is based, at least in part, on a parameter associated with a predicted future second movement of the object; determining a second communications link to establish between the first radio and the second radio based, at least in part, on the first link quality value and the second link quality value; establishing the second communication link; deactivating the first communication link; wherein the parameter associated with the first movement object is selected from at least one of the group of: a current position of the object, an orientation of the object, a velocity of the object, and expected future position of the object; and wherein the object is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and the expected future position of the object is an expected flight path.