Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'A Self-Deploying Ground Node-assisted Communication System For Extending Operational Range Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles' Filed by Manipal University

MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611048908 A) filed by Manipal University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on April 17, for 'a self-deploying ground node-assisted communication system for extending operational range of unmanned aerial vehicles.'

Inventor(s) include Keshav Rai; Keshav Dixit; Dr. Praneet Saurabh; and Dr. Ajay Kumar.

The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a system and method for extending the communication range of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) without modification to onboard hardware. The system comprises externally mounted relay ...