COMMUNICATION NETWORK ACCELERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An accelerated ground-to-air and air-to-ground communication system comprising:
- at least one mobile aircraft-based communication system adapted to transmit and receive accelerated data signals, the mobile aircraft-based communication system comprising a data communication accelerator device adapted to accelerate and decelerate data signals received by the mobile aircraft-based communication system;
a ground-based communication system adapted to transmit and receive accelerated data signals comprising;
a data communication router device adapted to route accelerated and non-accelerated data signals, and a multi-user data communication accelerator device communicatively coupled to the data communication router device and to a data network and adapted to accelerate and decelerate data signals from the data network and the data communication router device; and
a satellite communication system communicatively coupled to the mobile air communication system and to the ground-based communication system and adapted to transmit accelerated data signals between the mobile air communication system and the ground-based communication system.
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Abstract
A system and method for mobile ground-to-air and air-to-ground communication network acceleration. The system and method can reduce the cost of airborne communication services by creating a faster connection and thus increasing data throughput. In one embodiment, the communication network acceleration system and method provide as much as a four-fold increase over standard high-speed data rates. This increase is made possible in part through the integration, implementation, and use of acceleration and compression technologies in the ground system that supports communications to and from an airborne terminal.
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29 Claims
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1. An accelerated ground-to-air and air-to-ground communication system comprising:
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at least one mobile aircraft-based communication system adapted to transmit and receive accelerated data signals, the mobile aircraft-based communication system comprising a data communication accelerator device adapted to accelerate and decelerate data signals received by the mobile aircraft-based communication system;
a ground-based communication system adapted to transmit and receive accelerated data signals comprising;
a data communication router device adapted to route accelerated and non-accelerated data signals, and a multi-user data communication accelerator device communicatively coupled to the data communication router device and to a data network and adapted to accelerate and decelerate data signals from the data network and the data communication router device; and
a satellite communication system communicatively coupled to the mobile air communication system and to the ground-based communication system and adapted to transmit accelerated data signals between the mobile air communication system and the ground-based communication system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of accelerating ground-to-air and air-to-ground communications comprising the steps of:
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generating a data stream at a mobile aircraft;
accelerating the data stream at the mobile aircraft;
transmitting the data stream from the mobile aircraft to a ground station through a satellite communication system;
decelerating the data stream at the ground station; and
routing the decelerated data stream to a destination. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for accelerating ground-to-air and air-to-ground communications comprising:
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means for generating a data stream at a mobile aircraft;
means for accelerating and decelerating a data stream generated at or received by the mobile aircraft;
means for transmitting a data stream between the mobile aircraft and a ground station through a satellite communication system;
means for accelerating and decelerating a data stream received by or generated at the ground station;
means for determining a destination of the data stream, wherein the destination comprises one of a ground-based destination and a mobile aircraft destination; and
means for routing the decelerated data stream at the ground station to a destination. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 29)
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28. The system of claim 28, wherein the satellite communication system comprises an INMARSAT satellite.
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