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Ground terminal and UAV beam pointing in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for network access

  • US 9,660,718 B2
  • Filed: 09/08/2016
  • Issued: 05/23/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communications system for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) apparatus, the communications system comprising:

  • the UAV apparatus configured to generate and steer one or more UAV beams toward a ground location;

    a ground terminal apparatus configured to generate and steer one or more ground terminal beams; and

    wherein the ground terminal apparatus further comprises logic configured to;

    receive real-time position coordinates associated with the UAV apparatus;

    define a current bin and a plurality of search bins based on the real-time position coordinates;

    measure at least one signal quality corresponding to at least one bin of the plurality of search bins and a current signal quality of the current bin; and

    when the at least one signal quality is higher than the current signal quality, redefine the at least one bin as the current bin.

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