Description:
A Lightweight Communication Architecture For Small UAS Traffic Management (SUTM)
Invention Summary
For this invention, the methods and systems may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. In addition, they may take the form of a computer program product on a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions.
Market Opportunity
The use of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and small unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs) is growing rapidly due to the high affordability and easy controllability. This makes it difficult to integrate an increasing number of UASs into the national airspace system (NAS). UASs are capable of flying high enough to threaten manned aircraft, and this creates a safety issue which can be addressed by the methods and systems of this invention.
Features and Benefits:
-These methods comprise transmitting an authentication request for an operator of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to an UAS Traffic Management (UTM) server
- Transmitting flight plan data to the UTM server if the authentication request is successful
- Receiving operational data that comprises first traffic data,and displaying at least a portion of the operational data
- Receiving flight data from the UAS, transmitting the flight data to the UTM server, and receiving updated operational data comprising second traffic data based on the flight data.
Intellectual Property
Published United States Patent Application: No. US 2018/0090012