Unmanned aerial vehicle-based systems and methods associated with cell sites and cell towers
US9596617B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 14, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/08
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method performed at a cell site with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) communicatively coupled to a controller to perform a cell site audit, without requiring a tower climb at the cell site, includes causing the UAV to fly substantially vertically up to cell site components using the controller, wherein flight of the UAV is constrained in a three-dimensional rectangle at the cell site; collecting data associated with the cell site components and the surrounding airspace and environment using the UAV; transmitting and/or storing the collected data; and processing the collected data to obtain information for the cell site audit.
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