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Methods and device for drone-based network management

US11051225B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Markus Dominik Mueck · Unterhaching, DE
Maria Fresia · Munich, DE
Biljana Badic · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 30, 2019
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 21, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64U2101/20
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to operate in a management infrastructure, wherein the management infrastructure includes multiple layers that manage components of a radio communication network for a network provider, the UAV including a vehicle drive arrangement, and one or more processors configured to execute program code for a first layer of the management infrastructure to provide services to one or more first devices in a layer different from the first layer, identify a triggering condition for changing layers in the management infrastructure, identify a second layer of the management infrastructure to change to, and execute program code for the second layer to provide services to one or more second devices in a layer different from the second layer.

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