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Apparatus and method for communications management

  • US 10,341,002 B2
  • Filed: 08/05/2016
  • Issued: 07/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for management of communications resources of a moving platform comprising:

  • a communications system configured to effect wireless data communication between said moving platform and a recipient node, said communications resources comprising a plurality of wireless communications links for facilitating said wireless data communication and a plurality of antennas associated therewith; and

    an antenna analysis and selection module residing within said communications system and configured to;

    identify a communications requirement between said moving platform and the recipient node;

    receive attribute data representative of movement of said platform, said attribute data including platform movement data comprising future known movement of said moving platform and/or future predicted movement of said moving platform and/or said recipient node;

    determine, using said attribute data, suitability of each of the plurality of antennas and/or portions of aperture antenna for data transmission from said moving platform to said recipient node;

    determine a quality metric for each of the plurality of antennas/portions of aperture antenna, said quality metric being indicative of a respective performance criterion, wherein said quality metric is representative of an antenna gain characteristic of a respective antenna, based on moving platform position and/or attitude; and

    select one or more of suitable antennas and/or portions of aperture antenna having a highest performance criterion, for said data transmission.

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