UAV Control Handover Through UTM Network Hosting Commands
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) traffic management (UTM) systems lack the ability to enable and disable communication between UAVs and their controllers, preventing the UTM from managing and controlling accessed UAVs and controllers through communications networks.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that allow the UTM to send hosting commands to network devices to hand over control devices of UAVs, enabling the UTM to manage and control UAVs by modifying session information and PDU sessions within 5G or other communications systems, thereby allowing handover and release of control rights.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the UTM is disposed in the communications network to monitor and identify UAVs and controllers, then the UAV traffic management capability is improved, but the UTM lacks the ability to enable and disable communication between UAVs and controllers, resulting in insufficient control authority
Solution Approach 1:
The UTM is enhanced to perform multiple functions: not only monitoring and identifying UAVs and controllers, but also enabling and disabling communication between them. This is achieved by integrating communication control capabilities into the UTM, allowing it to act as both a surveillance system and a communication gateway that can selectively permit or block control signals.
Solution Approach 2:
The UTM is positioned as an intermediary component in the communication path between the controller and UAV. By inserting the UTM into the communication flow, it can mediate and control the exchange of signals, enabling it to enable or disable communication as needed while maintaining the existing controller-UAV link.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the UTM cannot interfere with communication between UAV and controller, then the communication system remains simple and stable, but the UTM cannot effectively manage the accessed UAV and controller
Solution Approach 1:
The UTM serves as a mediator that can selectively interfere with communication when management actions are required. It maintains normal communication flow under ordinary conditions, preserving system stability, but can intervene to enable or disable communication when management decisions need to be enforced.
Solution Approach 2:
The UTM implements dynamic control over the communication channel, allowing it to switch between permitting and blocking communication based on management requirements. This dynamic capability enables the UTM to adapt the communication state without requiring permanent system reconfiguration.
3Device complexity
If no control mechanism is provided for the UTM to manage communication, then the system architecture remains simple, but the UTM cannot perform essential traffic management functions
Solution Approach 1:
The UTM is designed to perform multiple management functions including monitoring, identifying, enabling, and disabling communication. This multi-functional approach consolidates various UAV management capabilities into a single system component, enhancing versatility without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The communication control functions are merged with the existing UTM monitoring and identification capabilities. By combining these functions in a single integrated system, the patent avoids creating separate complex control mechanisms while still providing comprehensive UAV traffic management capability.
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AI summary
This application provides an unmanned aerial vehicle control method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: determining, by UTM, that a control device of an unmanned aerial vehicle UAV needs to be handed over; and sending, by the UTM, a hosting command to a network device, to enable the network device to indicate, according to the hosting command, that the UAV needs to hand over the control device of the UAV, where the hosting command is used to hand over the control device of the UAV, and the hosting command includes indication information used for handing over the control device of the UAV and information about the UAV. According to the unmanned aerial vehicle control method, apparatus, and system provided in this application, the hosting command is sent to the network device by the UTM, and the network device indicates, according to the hosting command, that the UAV needs to hand over the control device of the UAV. In this way, the UTM controls a connected UAV and a control device of the UAV by using a communications network.