Systems and methods for collecting weather information for selected airspace regions
First Claim
1. A method for collecting weather information for selected airspace regions, the method comprising:
- receiving aircraft position information for a plurality of aircraft;
forming an aircraft weather group based on flight path attributes derived from the aircraft position information;
selecting one or more representative aircraft from the aircraft weather group; and
receiving, at a weather information ground station, weather data from the one or more representative aircraft of the aircraft weather group, wherein only the one or more representative aircraft transmit weather information to the weather information ground station from the aircraft weather group;
wherein the selecting the one or more representative aircraft further comprises;
broadcasting position information to the aircraft weather group, the position information comprising a position for each aircraft in the aircraft weather group and a position of the weather information ground station; and
wherein the one or more representative aircraft has selected itself as the one or more representative aircraft based on the position information broadcast to the aircraft weather group.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for collecting weather information for selected airspace regions are provided. In one embodiment, a method for collecting weather information for selected airspace regions comprises: receiving aircraft position information for a plurality of aircraft; forming an aircraft weather group based on flight path attributes derived from the aircraft position information; selecting at least a first representative aircraft from the weather group; and receiving at a weather information ground station, weather data from one or more representative aircraft of the aircraft weather group, wherein only the one or more representative aircraft transmit weather information to the weather information ground station from the aircraft weather group.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for collecting weather information for selected airspace regions, the method comprising:
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receiving aircraft position information for a plurality of aircraft; forming an aircraft weather group based on flight path attributes derived from the aircraft position information; selecting one or more representative aircraft from the aircraft weather group; and receiving, at a weather information ground station, weather data from the one or more representative aircraft of the aircraft weather group, wherein only the one or more representative aircraft transmit weather information to the weather information ground station from the aircraft weather group; wherein the selecting the one or more representative aircraft further comprises; broadcasting position information to the aircraft weather group, the position information comprising a position for each aircraft in the aircraft weather group and a position of the weather information ground station; and wherein the one or more representative aircraft has selected itself as the one or more representative aircraft based on the position information broadcast to the aircraft weather group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for collecting weather information for selected airspace regions, the system comprising:
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at least one transceiver configured to communicate with aircraft via one or more data communication links; a weather data processing system coupled to the at least one transceiver, the weather data processing system comprising a processor coupled to a memory that stores weather information compiled from aircraft collected weather data; wherein the weather data processing system further comprises a weather area-of-interest identification function, an aircraft weather group selection function, and a representative aircraft nomination function; wherein the aircraft weather group selection function is configured to receive, via the at least one transceiver, aircraft position information for a plurality of aircraft flying within an airspace and further configured to form an aircraft weather group from the plurality of aircraft based on a weather area of interest identified by the weather area-of-interest identification function and flight path attributes derived from the aircraft position information; wherein the representative aircraft nomination function is configured to facilitate selection of one or more representative aircraft from the aircraft weather group; wherein the weather data processing system is further configured to store the weather information regarding the weather area of interest in the memory; and wherein the representative aircraft nomination function facilitates the selection of the one or more representative aircraft from the aircraft weather group by sending position information to the aircraft weather group, the position information comprising a position for each aircraft in the aircraft weather group and a position of a weather information ground station. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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