Method and device for making unmanned aerial vehicle access network

Abstract

The invention provides a method and a device for making an unmanned aerial vehicle access a network, wherein the method comprises the steps of acquiring to-be-transmitted information between an unmanned aerial vehicle and a target base station; forwarding the to-be-transmitted information to a second communication module; transmitting the to-be-transmitted information to an information receiving end by the second communication module. The information receiving end comprises the unmanned aerial vehicle or a target base station of a mobile communication network, wherein the first communication module and the second communication module are of different types. The communication modules comprise a cellular communication module, and a wireless local area network (WLAN) communication module. Themethod for making the unmanned aerial vehicle access the network according to the invention can smoothly realize accessing of the unmanned aerial vehicle into the mobile communication network.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communications, and in particular to a method and device for controlling drone access to a network. Background technique [0002] Unmanned aircraft, referred to as "UAV" ("Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV"), is an unmanned aircraft controlled by radio remote control equipment and its own program control device. With the rapid development of drone technology, the application fields of drones are becoming more and more extensive, such as aerial photography, agriculture, plant protection, micro selfie, express delivery, disaster relief, wildlife observation, infectious disease monitoring, surveying and mapping, News reports, power inspections, disaster relief, film and television shooting and other fields. [0003] In order to further expand the application range of drones, 3GPP approved the "Enhanced LTE Support for Aerial Vehicles" project, which aims to study and standardize mobile cellular networks...

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Problems solved by technology

However, the study found that because the current mobile cellular network mainly guarantees ground coverage, the high-altitude coverage is not good enough. If only relying on the current mobile cellular network, it cannot meet the performance requirements of the UAV access network.

In addition, the cellular network UAV needs to be additionally loaded with a cellular network communication module, resulting in an increase in the cost of the UAV

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