US 12696326 B2 / Jul 28, 2026

Frequency hopping scheme for improved operation in congested environments

Technology is disclosed herein for a method of operating a UAV as an access point for communication with one or more ground controllers and/or one or more other UAVs. In an implementation, a UAV establishes a connection, including an uplink and downlink, between the UAV and a ground controller such that the UAV is an access point with respect to the ground controller. The connection is established in accordance with a wireless protocol that divides the RF spectrum into bands of resource units with respect to uplinks and downlinks between access points and non-access points. The UAV identifies a single resource unit (RU) to support uplink traffic and instructs the ground controller to transmit uplink traffic on the single resource unit. The UAV receives uplink traffic from the ground controller on the single resource unit.