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US 12,367,778 · App. 18/442,066 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Method and apparatus for reporting flight path information, and method and apparatus for determining information

Inventor: Wei Hong (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
G08G5/26G01C21/20G05D1/101G05D1/46H04W4/44H04W36/328B64U2101/30B64U2201/20
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Patent No.
US 12,367,778
App. No.
18/442,066
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for determining information includes: receiving flight path information of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) reported by the UAV, wherein content of the flight path information includes at least one of: a path positioning point of the UAV, a flight speed of the UAV, a flight altitude of the UAV, a reporting time of the flight path information of the UAV, or a position and altitude of the UAV when the flight path information of the UAV is reported; and determining flight-related information according to the flight path information of the UAV, wherein the flight-related information includes at least one of a flight path of the UAV, an identification of a serving base station to which the UAV is to be handed over, or a handover duration; wherein the flight path information is carried by UE information response field of radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

Claims (21)

1. A communication system, comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a base station, wherein the UAV comprises a processor, a memory, a power component, a multimedia component, an audio component, an input and output interface, a sensor component, and a communication component communicating with the base station, and the processor of the UAV is configured to:

determine content of flight path information of the UAV, wherein the content comprises at least one of: a path positioning point of the UAV, a flight speed of the UAV, a flight altitude of the UAV, a reporting time of the flight path information of the UAV, or a position and altitude of the UAV at a time that the flight path information of the UAV is reported; and

report the flight path information of the UAV to the base station by UE information response field of radio resource control (RRC) signaling;

wherein the path positioning point of the UAV is a location of a planned fight flight path of the UAV; and

wherein the base station comprises a processor, a wireless transmitting and receiving component, an antenna component and a specific signal processing part of a wireless interface, and the processor of the base station is configured to:

receive the flight path information of the UAV reported by the UAV; and

determine flight-related information according to the flight path information of the UAV, wherein the flight-related information comprises at least one of an identification of a serving base station to which the UAV is to be handed over, or a handover duration;

wherein the flight path information is carried by the UE information response field of RRC signaling;

wherein the processor of the base station is further configured to:

receive part of the flight path information related to the base station from the UAV by the UE information response field of RRC signaling, wherein the UAV, at a time of flying in a part of the flight path corresponding to the part of the flight path information, is served by the base station;

wherein the processor of the UAV is further configured to:

send part of the flight path information related to the base station to the base station by the UE information response field of RRC signaling, in response to that a transmission data amount of the flight path information of the UAV is greater than a preset threshold value, wherein the transmission data amount is calculated according to the content of the flight path information that comprises an indicating bit for indicating whether the flight path information of the UAV to be transmitted is complete.

2. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor of the base station is further configured to receive the flight path information of the UAV reported by the UAV and determine the flight-related information according to the flight path information of the UAV, so as to prepare for handover in advance.

3. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein under a situation that the content of the flight path information of the UAV comprises the path positioning point of the UAV, the processor of the base station is further configured to:

determine a flight path of the UAV according to the flight path information of the UAV.

4. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein under a situation that the content of the flight path information of the UAV comprises the flight speed of the UAV, and the position and altitude of the UAV at a time that the flight path information of the UAV is reported, the processor of the base station is further configured to:

determine the identification of the serving base station to which the UAV is to be handed over and the handover duration according to the flight path information of the UAV.

5. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein under a situation that the content of the flight path information of the UAV comprises the flight altitude of the UAV, the processor of the base station is further configured to:

determine the identification of the serving base station to which the UAV is to be handed over according to the flight path information of the UAV.

6. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein under a situation that the content of the flight path information of the UAV comprises the flight speed of the UAV, the reporting time, and the position of the UAV at a time that the flight path information of the UAV is reported, the processor of the base station is further configured to:

determine a flight path after the UAV reports the flight path information of the UAV, according to the flight path information of the UAV.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2024
From: HONG, WEI
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 17087093 · Nov 2, 2020
Continuation PCTCN2018086359 · May 10, 2018
Related Publication 20240221509A1 · Jul 4, 2024
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