Unmanned Imaging Launch and Recovery With Segmented 5G Connectivity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing network implementations face challenges in maintaining reliable connections due to signal interference caused by radio wave saturation, especially in complex network environments with multiple carriers and international connections.
Innovation Solution
The system utilizes unmanned controller equipment to launch and recover unmanned imaging equipment, while also implementing a multi-connectivity framework that supports new radio (NR) technology, enabling improved connectivity and resource management across various communication interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple network connections are established to improve connectivity options, then network versatility is improved, but signal interference and connection reliability deteriorate due to radio wave saturation
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments network connections by establishing a primary connection and secondary connections, where the primary connection handles control plane functionality and secondary connections handle user plane functionality. This segmentation allows the system to maintain multiple connectivity options while managing radio resource allocation efficiently, preventing signal interference between control and data traffic.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a donor cell as an intermediary that provides control plane functionality to remote user equipment. The donor cell acts as a mediator between the UE and the core network, enabling the UE to access multiple secondary cells for user plane traffic while maintaining a single reliable control connection, thus resolving the conflict between connection versatility and reliability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If unmanned controller equipment launches and recovers unmanned imaging equipment, then system functionality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller equipment is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a launch platform and a recovery system for unmanned imaging equipment. The same controller that deploys the imaging equipment also retrieves it, eliminating the need for separate deployment and recovery systems. This universal design reduces overall system complexity while maintaining full functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the launch and recovery operations into a single integrated system. The controller equipment merges multiple functions (deployment, operation monitoring, and retrieval of imaging equipment) into one unified platform, reducing the number of separate components and simplifying system architecture while preserving complete operational capability.
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AI summary
The technologies described herein are generally directed to utilizing unmanned controller equipment to launch and recover unmanned imaging equipment in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include receiving an indication that unmanned aerial equipment is to be captured. The method can further include, based on the indication, capturing the unmanned aerial equipment launched over a data collection area, resulting in captured unmanned aerial equipment. Further, the method can include, interfacing with the captured unmanned aerial equipment to download information associated with the data collection area collected by the unmanned aerial equipment during airborne transit over the data collection area.