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Aerial vehicle management for an aeronautical communications network

  • US 10,560,181 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2017
  • Issued: 02/11/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing service coverage for the provision of data services to a target aircraft comprising:

  • generating a data services availability map and an expected data usage profile aboard the target aircraft for each point in a flight plan of the target aircraft;

    generating a metric for a level of available data services for each point in the flight plan based on the data services availability map;

    comparing the metric with the expected data usage profile for each point in the flight plan; and

    when the level of available data services is insufficient, configuring a pattern of communication links with one or more other aircraft and the target aircraft to achieve the expected data usage profile.

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