Technique for verifying a geographical position of a UAV

US11412475B2 · kind B2 · utility

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: Aug 9, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S19/48
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A technique for verifying a geographical position of an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, is disclosed. A computing unit for executing a UAV application server residing in a cellular network and configured to verify a geographical position of a UAV connected 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 UAV application server is operable to receive (S202) UAV-based position information indicative of a current geographical position of the UAV determined by the UAV, trigger (S204) obtaining, from at least one entity of the cellular network and based on information associated with the UAV available in the cellular network, network-based position information indicative of a current geographical position of the UAV, and trigger (S206) verifying the UAV-based position information based on the network-based position information.