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Wireless network selection

  • US 10,470,114 B2
  • Filed: 06/27/2017
  • Issued: 11/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireless communication unit comprising:

  • one or more memory devices for receiving data from an electronic engine controller of an aerial vehicle, wherein the wireless communication unit and the electronic engine controller are located within a nacelle housing an engine of the aerial vehicle;

    an antenna positioned within the nacelle, the antenna configured for communicating with a ground system, wherein the nacelle defines one or more gaps, the antenna being positioned at or near one of the one or more gaps; and

    one or more processors configured to;

    access data indicative of one or more transmission parameters, each of the one or more transmission parameters being associated with the aerial vehicle;

    select one wireless network of a plurality of wireless networks based on the accessed data;

    connect with the selected wireless network; and

    transmit, via the antenna, engine data from the wireless communication unit to the ground system via the selected wireless network.

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