Controlling Network Connectivity of an Uncrewed Vehicle

Abstract: the invention relates to an uncrewed vehicle, such as a drone, which is capable of establishing simultaneous data connections to at least two wireless networks. a navigational control system may provide navigation instructions to the uncrewed vehicle via a control data connection established via a first wireless network. the invention further relates to a connectivity control function for controlling network connectivity of the uncrewed vehicle. for that purpose, the connectivity control function may obtain data indicative of a quality-of-service which the first wireless network provides for the control data connection. if it is determined that a second wireless network provides better quality-of-service, the connectivity control function may send a connectivity control instruction to the uncrewed vehicle to switch the control data connection from the first wireless network to the second wireless network.

Inventor(s): Pieter Nooren, Jarmo Theodore Wilkens

CPC Classification: H04W4/44 (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication ; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions ))

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