AERONAUTICAL SECURITY MANAGEMENT OVER BROADBAND AIR/GROUND NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method to facilitate securing of air-to-ground communications, the method comprising:
- receiving security management information at the aircraft via at least one broadband data link prior to takeoff of the aircraft, wherein the security management information is received for ground entities that can be communicatively coupled with the aircraft traveling on a flight path;
validating the security management information for the ground entities; and
storing the validated security management information for the ground entities in the aircraft, wherein the validating and storing security management information occur prior to takeoff of the aircraft.
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Abstract
A method to facilitate securing of air-to-ground communications for an aircraft is provided. The method includes receiving security management information at the aircraft via at least one broadband data link prior to takeoff of the aircraft. The security management information is received for ground entities that can be communicatively coupled with the aircraft traveling on a flight path. The method of securing avionics also includes validating the security management information for the ground entities, and storing the validated security management information for the ground entities in the aircraft. The validating and storing of security management information occur prior to takeoff of the aircraft.
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20 Claims
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1. A method to facilitate securing of air-to-ground communications, the method comprising:
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receiving security management information at the aircraft via at least one broadband data link prior to takeoff of the aircraft, wherein the security management information is received for ground entities that can be communicatively coupled with the aircraft traveling on a flight path; validating the security management information for the ground entities; and storing the validated security management information for the ground entities in the aircraft, wherein the validating and storing security management information occur prior to takeoff of the aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system to facilitate securing of air-to-ground communications for an aircraft, the system comprising:
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a communication manager to receive security management information for at least one ground entity at the aircraft via at least one broadband data link prior to takeoff of the aircraft and to validate the security management information for the at least one ground entity; and a memory communicatively coupled to the communication manager to store a list of at least one ground entity in a flight path, the security management information for each ground entity in the flight path. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A computer readable storage medium storing computer interpretable-instructions, which, when interpreted by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method to facilitate securing of air-to-ground communications for an aircraft, the method comprising:
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receiving a flight plan at an aircraft, the flight plan including information indicative of ground entities that can be communicatively coupled with the aircraft traveling on a preferred flight path prior to takeoff of the aircraft; checking certificates associated with the ground entities against a certificate revocation list received via at least one broadband data link prior to takeoff of the aircraft; obtaining a new certificate for any ground entity determined to be on the certificate revocation list via the at least one broadband data link prior to takeoff of the aircraft; validating the security management information received for the ground entities at the aircraft via at least one broadband data link prior to takeoff of the aircraft; and storing the validated security management information for the ground entities in the aircraft prior to takeoff of the aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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