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Technique for selecting a UAV application server

US11115113B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Jens Poscher · Aachen, DE
Ralph Detke · Herzogenrath, DE
Stefan Eichinger · Gerlingen, DE
Pedro Tercero · Madrid, ES

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 14, 2017
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W60/04
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A technique for selecting an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, application server is disclosed. A computing unit for executing a cellular network entity configured to select a UAV application server residing in a cellular network to be assigned to a UAV connecting to the cellular network comprises at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory contains instructions executable by the at least one processor such that the cellular network entity is operable to trigger (S204) selecting, as part of an attach procedure of the UAV to the cellular network, a UAV application server in the cellular network to be assigned to the UAV.

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