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Seamless replacement of a first drone base station with a second drone base station

US11337116B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Osman Aydin · Stuttgart, DE
Ilaria Malanchini · Stuttgart, DE
Jens Gebert · Oberstenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 21, 2015
Grant date	May 17, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 31, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/02
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided of replacing a first drone base station with a second drone base station, the first drone base station, the method comprising: sending by the first drone base station first pilot signals indicating a cell identifier; receiving by the first drone base station information that the second drone base station is in the vicinity of the first drone base station; sending by the second drone base station second pilot signals which indicate the same cell identifier as the first drone base station; receiving by the first drone base station from the second drone base station an indication to cease to send first pilot signals; and dependent upon receiving by the first drone base station from the second drone base station the indication to cease to send first pilot signals, ceasing by the first drone base station the sending of first pilot signals.

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