US 11,722,210 B2
Unmanned aerial system communication
Shuai Zhao, Pleasanton, CA (US); Stephan Wenger, Hillsborough, CA (US); and Shan Liu, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to TENCENT AMERICA LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by TENCENT AMERICA LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/477,979.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/136,330, filed on Jan. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0224401 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01)
CPC H04B 7/18506 (2013.01) [G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) connection monitoring and location reporting, the method being implemented by at least one processor and comprising:
receiving, by an unmanned aerial system application enabler (UAE) server, a location report indicating a location of the UAV from a location management (LM) server;
receiving, by the UAE server, a lost connection report indicating a loss of connection with the UAV;
receiving, by the UAE server, a connection resumption report from a network resource management (NRM) server indicating that the connection with the UAV has been re-established; and
based on receiving the connection resumption report, transmitting, from the UAE server, a location update request to the LM server.