Deployment criteria for unmanned aerial vehicles to improve cellular phone communications
First Claim
1. A system for extending cellular phone coverage of a land-based cellular phone network comprising:
- a memory storage device;
a computing device implementing a hardware processor coupled to said memory storage device and configured to;
receive information to determine a predicted or actual increase in aggregate cellular phone usage demand in an area at a determined time, said received information comprising data indicating a convergence or migration of many mobile phone users to the area;
predict a clustering of mobile device user group movement based on said information indicating a convergence or migration;
generate a usage demand map indicating the predictive clustering of said mobile device user group movement at the area,identify, using said usage demand map, a predicted or actual increased aggregate cellular phone usage demand for said area;
determine whether there exists a mismatch of existing coverage compared with said predicted or actual increased aggregate cellular phone usage demand for said area such that additional coverage is needed at the determined time;
determine, based on an identified mismatch, a plan for deploying one or more mobile cellular unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having telecommunications equipment configured to extend wireless cellular phone network coverage of an existing land-based cellular phone network to said area; and
send, by the computing device, a signal to a facility configured to deploy said one or more mobile cellular UAVs to said area according to said plan, wherein, responsive to said signal, said one or more mobile cellular UAVs are deployed to said area to connect with said existing land-based cellular phone network and extend cellular phone usage coverage at said area.
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Abstract
System, method and computer program product for extending mobile device cellular carrier network coverage using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with telecommunications devices to act as temporary mobile device cellular network towers. The system and method extends cellular phone coverage of a land-based cellular phone network by: receiving information for determining a predicted or actual increase in aggregate cellular phone usage demand in an area at a determined time; identifying, based on an the predicted or actual increased aggregate cellular phone usage demand for the area, whether there exists a mismatch of existing usage coverage compared with the determined increased aggregate demand for that area; determining, based on an identified mismatch, a plan for sending signals to and deploying one or more mobile cellular unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) having telecommunications equipment configured to extend cellular phone network coverage of an existing land-based cellular phone network at the mismatched area.
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1. A system for extending cellular phone coverage of a land-based cellular phone network comprising:
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a memory storage device; a computing device implementing a hardware processor coupled to said memory storage device and configured to; receive information to determine a predicted or actual increase in aggregate cellular phone usage demand in an area at a determined time, said received information comprising data indicating a convergence or migration of many mobile phone users to the area; predict a clustering of mobile device user group movement based on said information indicating a convergence or migration; generate a usage demand map indicating the predictive clustering of said mobile device user group movement at the area, identify, using said usage demand map, a predicted or actual increased aggregate cellular phone usage demand for said area; determine whether there exists a mismatch of existing coverage compared with said predicted or actual increased aggregate cellular phone usage demand for said area such that additional coverage is needed at the determined time; determine, based on an identified mismatch, a plan for deploying one or more mobile cellular unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having telecommunications equipment configured to extend wireless cellular phone network coverage of an existing land-based cellular phone network to said area; and send, by the computing device, a signal to a facility configured to deploy said one or more mobile cellular UAVs to said area according to said plan, wherein, responsive to said signal, said one or more mobile cellular UAVs are deployed to said area to connect with said existing land-based cellular phone network and extend cellular phone usage coverage at said area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for extending cellular phone coverage of a land-based cellular phone network comprising:
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receiving, at a hardware processor of a computing device, information for determining a predicted or actual increase in aggregate cellular phone usage demand in an area at a determined time, said information comprising data indicating a convergence or migration of many mobile phone users to said area;
predicting, using the hardware processor, a clustering of mobile device user group movement from said information indicating a convergence or migration;generating, by the hardware processor, a usage demand map indicating the predictive clustering of said mobile device user group movement at said area, and identifying, using said usage demand map, a predicted or actual increased aggregate cellular phone usage demand for said area; determining, at said hardware processor, whether there exists a mismatch of existing usage coverage compared with said determined increased aggregate cellular phone usage demand for said area such that additional coverage is needed at the determined time; determining, based on an identified mismatch, a plan for deploying one or more mobile cellular unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) having telecommunications equipment configured to extend wireless cellular phone network coverage of an existing land-based cellular phone network to said area; and sending, by the computing device, a signal to a facility configured to deploy said one or more mobile cellular UAVs to said area according to said plan, wherein, responsive to said signal, said one or more mobile cellular UAVs are deployed to said area to connect with said existing land-based cellular phone network and extend cellular phone usage coverage at said area. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product for extending cellular phone coverage of a land-based cellular phone network, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to perform a method comprising:
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receiving information for determining a predicted or actual increase in aggregate cellular phone usage demand in an area at a determined time, said information comprising data indicating a convergence or migration of many mobile phone users to said area; predicting, using the hardware processor, a clustering of mobile device user group movement from said information indicating a convergence or migration; generating, by the hardware processor, a usage demand map indicating the predictive clustering of said mobile device user group movement at said area, and identifying, using said usage demand map, a predicted or actual increased aggregate cellular phone usage demand for said area; determining whether there exists a mismatch of existing usage coverage compared with said determined increased aggregate demand for said area; determining, based on an identified mismatch, a plan for deploying one or more mobile cellular unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) having telecommunications equipment configured to extend wireless cellular phone network coverage of an existing land-based cellular phone network to said area such that additional coverage is needed at the determined time; and sending, by the computing device, a signal to a facility configured to deploy said one or more mobile cellular UAVs to said area according to said plan, wherein, responsive to said signal, said one or more mobile cellular UAVs are deployed to said area to connect with said existing land-based cellular phone network and extend cellular phone usage coverage at said area. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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