Intelligent Network for Beyond Line of Sight Operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Abstract

Provided herein are methods and systems for beyond line of sight control of autonomous vehicles including a wireless network having an Open RAN infrastructure in communication with a core network and a MEC infrastructure, a MEC orchestrator deployed in the Open RAN infrastructure and including MEC computing nodes and a ground control station, a catalog in communication with the orchestrator and including MEC function apps for operating the MEC infrastructure and/or the core network, and Open RAN apps for operating the Open RAN infrastructure, wherein the orchestrator is configured to process data from the MEC infrastructure, the core network, the open RAN infrastructure, or combinations thereof, and instantiate the MEC function apps in the MEC infrastructure and/or core network, instantiate the Open RAN apps in the Open RAN infrastructure, or combinations thereof to manage a plurality of vehicle functions and/or wireless network functions responsive to data from the vehicles.

Citation

D’Oro, Salvatore, Tommaso Melodia, Michele Polese, Leonardo Bonati, Matteo Bordin, and Pietro Brach del Prever. 2024. “Intelligent Network for Beyond Line of Sight Operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.” International Patent WO 2024/155357 A2, published July 2024.

@misc{doro2023nov,
  author      = {D'Oro, Salvatore and Melodia, Tommaso and Polese, Michele and Bonati, Leonardo and Bordin, Matteo and Brach del Prever, Pietro},
  title       = {{Intelligent Network for Beyond Line of Sight Operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles}},
  year        = {2024},
  month       = {7},
  note        = {International Patent WO 2024/155357 A2},
  institution = {Northeastern University},
  url         = {https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/89/a3/45/727562688736a1/WO2024155357A2.pdf}
}