Personal adaptive radio access network advanced capabilities
Abstract
Personal adaptive radio access network advanced capabilities are provided. A device can include a transceiver; a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising facilitating movement of the device from a first position associated with a user equipment (UE) to a second position in response to an observed signal strength at the UE from a communication network being determined to have fallen below a threshold; in response to facilitating the movement of the device, determining a first communication frequency for communications between the device and the UE based on features determined to be present in an environment associated with the UE; and conveying signals transmitted by the communication network to the UE via the transceiver at the first communication frequency instead of a second communication frequency used by the communication network.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modifiedWhat is claimed is:
1 . A method, comprising:
physically coupling, by a mobile antenna device comprising a processor, to a user equipment; in response to a signal strength observed at the user equipment from a communication network being lower than a threshold, physically decoupling, by the mobile antenna device, from the user equipment; and in response to physically decoupling the mobile antenna device from the user equipment, relaying, by the mobile antenna device, communications from the communication network to the user equipment at a first communication frequency instead of a second communication frequency, used by the communication network.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting, by the mobile antenna device, the first communication frequency based on features, of an environment associated with the user equipment, determined to be present.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in further response to physically decoupling the mobile antenna device from the user equipment, facilitating, by the mobile antenna device, movement of the mobile antenna device from a first position associated with the user equipment to a second position that is distinct from the first position.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the facilitating of the movement of the mobile antenna device comprises engaging a rotor system at the mobile antenna device and moving, using the rotor system, the mobile antenna device from the first position to the second position.
5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the facilitating of the movement of the mobile antenna device comprises facilitating the movement of the mobile antenna device via adhesion of a surface adhesive coupled to the mobile antenna device to an environmental surface at the second position.
6 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the movement of the mobile antenna device is a first movement, and wherein the method further comprises:
monitoring, by the mobile antenna device, a charge level of a battery unit associated with the mobile antenna device; and in response to the charge level of the battery unit being determined to have decreased below a threshold charge level, facilitating, by the mobile antenna device, a second movement of the mobile antenna device from the second position to the first position.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the communications from the communication network are first communications, and wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, by the mobile antenna device, second communications from the user equipment at the first communication frequency; and relaying, by the mobile antenna device, the second communications to the communication network at the second communication frequency instead of the first communication frequency.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user equipment is a first user equipment, and wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, by the mobile antenna device, authentication credentials from a second user equipment that is distinct from the first user equipment; validating, by the mobile antenna device, the authentication credentials; and enabling, by the mobile antenna device in response to the validating being determined to be successful, communication between the first user equipment and the second user equipment via the mobile antenna device independently of the communication network.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the communications from the communication network are first communications, wherein the mobile antenna device is a first mobile antenna device, and wherein the method further comprises:
relaying, by the first mobile antenna device, second communications from the user equipment to a second mobile antenna device; and relaying, by the first mobile antenna device, third communications from the second mobile antenna device to the user equipment.
10 . A device, comprising:
a transceiver; a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
physically coupling to a launch surface;
in response to a signal strength observed at a user equipment, associated with the device, from a communication network being determined to be lower than a threshold, physically decoupling the device from the launch surface; and
in response to physically decoupling the device from the launch surface, conveying, via the transceiver, signals transmitted via the communication network to the user equipment at a first communication frequency instead of a second communication frequency that is used by the communication network.
11 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
selecting the first communication frequency based on features determined to be present in an environment associated with the user equipment.
12 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in further response to physically decoupling from the launch surface, moving from a first position associated with the user equipment to a second position that is distinct from the first position.
13 . The device of claim 12 , further comprising:
a rotor system, wherein the moving comprises moving from the first position to the second position by engaging the rotor system and moving the device to the second position via a force generated by the rotor system.
14 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the signals transmitted via the communication network are first signals, and wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving, via the transceiver, second signals transmitted by the user equipment at the first communication frequency; and conveying, via the transceiver, the second signals to the communication network at the second communication frequency instead of the first communication frequency.
15 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the user equipment is a first user equipment, and
wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving, via the transceiver, authentication data from a second user equipment that is distinct from the first user equipment;
validating the authentication data; and
in response to the validating being determined to be successful, enabling communication between the first user equipment and the second user equipment via the device independently of the communication network.
16 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile antenna device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
causing the mobile antenna device to physically couple to a launch surface associated with a user device; in response to a signal strength, observed at the user device and received via a communication network, being determined to be lower than a threshold, causing the mobile antenna device to physically decouple from the launch surface; and in response to causing the mobile antenna device to physically decouple from the launch surface, relaying signals, transmitted by the communication network, to the user device at a first frequency instead of a second frequency that is used by the communication network.
17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:
selecting the first frequency based on features of an environment associated with the user device.
18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in further response to causing the mobile antenna device to physically decouple from the launch surface, causing the mobile antenna device to move from a first location associated with the user device to a second location that is distinct from the first location, wherein the selecting of the first frequency comprises selecting the first frequency while at the second location.
19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the signals are first signals, wherein the mobile antenna device is a first mobile antenna device, and wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving second signals, transmitted by the user device, at the first frequency; and relaying the second signals to the communication network at the second frequency instead of the first frequency.
20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the user device is a first user device, and wherein the operations further comprise:
authenticating with a second user device that is distinct from the first user device; and in response to the authenticating being determined to be successful, enabling communication, via the mobile antenna device and independently of the communication network, between the first user device and the second user device.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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