Re-tasking Balloons in a Balloon Network Based on Expected Failure Modes of Balloons
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a balloon; and
a control system configured to;
determine at a first time that a first component of the balloon is predicted to fail;
based on determining that the first component of the balloon is predicted to fail, assign the balloon to perform a first task within a network of balloons;
determine at a later second time that a second component of the balloon is predicted to fail earlier than the first component of the balloon; and
in response to determining that the second component of the balloon is predicted to fail earlier than the first component of the balloon, reassign the balloon from the first task to perform a second task within the network of balloons, wherein performance of the second task reduces usage of the second component of the balloon relative to performance of the first task.
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Abstract
Example methods and systems for assigning tasks to balloons within a balloon network are described. One example system includes a first sub-fleet of balloons assigned a first set of one or more tasks within a balloon network, a second sub-fleet of balloons assigned a second set of one or more tasks within the balloon network, and a control system configured to determine that a first balloon in the first sub-fleet of balloons initially has a predicted failure mode that corresponds to the first set of tasks, subsequently determine that the first balloon has a predicted failure mode that corresponds to the second set of tasks, and reassign the first balloon from the first sub-fleet of balloons to the second sub-fleet of balloons.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a balloon; and a control system configured to; determine at a first time that a first component of the balloon is predicted to fail; based on determining that the first component of the balloon is predicted to fail, assign the balloon to perform a first task within a network of balloons; determine at a later second time that a second component of the balloon is predicted to fail earlier than the first component of the balloon; and in response to determining that the second component of the balloon is predicted to fail earlier than the first component of the balloon, reassign the balloon from the first task to perform a second task within the network of balloons, wherein performance of the second task reduces usage of the second component of the balloon relative to performance of the first task. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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determining at a first time that a first component of a balloon is predicted to fail; based on determining that the first component of the balloon is predicted to fail, assigning the balloon to perform a first task within a network of balloons; determining at a later second time that a second component of the balloon is predicted to fail earlier than the first component of the balloon; and in response to determining that the second component of the balloon is predicted to fail earlier than the first component of the balloon, reassigning the balloon from the first task to perform a second task within the network of balloons, wherein performance of the second task reduces usage of the second component of the balloon relative to performance of the first task. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:
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determining at a first time that a first component of a balloon is predicted to fail; based on determining that the first component of the balloon is predicted to fail, assigning the balloon to perform a first task within a network of balloons; determining at a later second time that a second component of the balloon is predicted to fail earlier than the first component of the balloon; and in response to determining that the second component of the balloon is predicted to fail earlier than the first component of the balloon, reassigning the balloon from the first task to perform a second task within the network of balloons, wherein performance of the second task reduces usage of the second component of the balloon relative to performance of the first task. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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