DRONE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND FLIGHT PLAN MANAGEMENT

One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving a flight plan request for a drone. The flight plan request comprises a drone identity, departure information, and arrival information. The method further comprises constructing a modified flight plan for the drone based on the flight plan request...

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Main Authors Glissmann-Hochstein, Susanne M, Chowdhary, Pawan R, Lee, Sunhwan, Strong, JR., Hovey R, Butler, Eric K, Jadav, Divyesh, Griffin, Thomas D, Chandra, Anca A
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.01.2020
Subjects
PHYSICS
SIGNALLING
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
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Summary:One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving a flight plan request for a drone. The flight plan request comprises a drone identity, departure information, and arrival information. The method further comprises constructing a modified flight plan for the drone based on the flight plan request, wherein the modified flight plan represents an approved, congestion reducing, and executable flight plan for the drone, and the modified flight plan comprises a sequence of four-dimensional (4D) cells representing a planned flight path for the drone. For each 4D cell of the modified flight plan, the method further comprises attempting to place an exclusive lock on behalf of the drone on the 4D cell, and in response to a failure to place the exclusive lock on behalf of the drone on the 4D cell, rerouting the modified flight plan around the 4D cell to a random neighboring 4D cell.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201916588920