1 Scope

23.2563GPPRelease 17Stage 2Support of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) connectivity, identification and trackingTS

The present document specifies architecture enhancements for supporting Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) connectivity, identification, and tracking, according to the use cases and service requirements defined in TS 22.125 [5].

The following functions are specified:

– UAV Identification, authentication and authorization.

– UAV tracking in the 3GPP system:

– this includes how the 3GPP system can provide support for UAV to ground identification (e.g. to authorized third parties such as police devices).

– handling of unauthorized UAVs and revocation of authorization.