Wireless Aircraft Network and Method for Wirelessly Connecting Aircraft in a Network
First Claim
1. A wireless aircraft network, comprising:
- a plurality of aircrafts having transceiver devices for transceiving wireless communication;
a plurality of ground-based network stations having transceiver devices for transceiving wireless communication; and
a network operator station configured to store location data regarding the current geographical location of the plurality of aircrafts in a location data table of the network operator station and to determine a most efficient network path for each of the plurality of aircrafts to one of a plurality of ground-based network stations depending on the current geographical location of the plurality of aircraft and the geographical location of the plurality of ground-based network stations.
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Abstract
A wireless aircraft network includes a plurality of aircrafts having transceiver devices for transceiving wireless communication, a plurality of ground-based network stations having transceiver devices for transceiving wireless communication, and a network operator station configured to store location data regarding the current geographical location of the plurality of aircrafts in a location data table of the network operator station and to determine a most efficient network path for each of the plurality of aircrafts to one of a plurality of ground-based network stations depending on the current geographical location of the plurality of aircrafts and the geographical location of the plurality of ground-based network stations.
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13 Claims
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1. A wireless aircraft network, comprising:
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a plurality of aircrafts having transceiver devices for transceiving wireless communication; a plurality of ground-based network stations having transceiver devices for transceiving wireless communication; and a network operator station configured to store location data regarding the current geographical location of the plurality of aircrafts in a location data table of the network operator station and to determine a most efficient network path for each of the plurality of aircrafts to one of a plurality of ground-based network stations depending on the current geographical location of the plurality of aircraft and the geographical location of the plurality of ground-based network stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for wirelessly connecting aircraft, comprising:
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receiving location data regarding the current geographical location of a plurality of aircrafts in a network operator station; updating a location data table of the network operator station according to the received location data; reading out the current geographical locations of the plurality of aircrafts from the location data table and determining a most efficient path for each of the plurality of aircrafts to one of a plurality of ground-based network stations depending on the read out current geographical locations of the plurality of aircrafts and the geographical locations of the plurality of ground-based network stations in the network operator station; providing the determined most efficient paths to each of the plurality of aircrafts as route discovery information for an aircraft ad-hoc network; and connecting one or more of the plurality of aircrafts in an aircraft ad-hoc network according to the provided route discovery information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A network operator station for an aircraft ad-hoc network, the operator station comprising:
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a location management module configured to receive location data regarding the current geographical location of a plurality of aircrafts and to update a location data table according to the received location data; and a control module configured to read out the current geographical locations of the plurality of aircrafts from the location data table, to determine a most efficient path for each of the plurality of aircrafts to one of a plurality of ground-based network stations depending on the read out current geographical locations of the plurality of aircrafts and the geographical locations of the plurality of ground-based network stations, and to provide the determined most efficient paths to each of the plurality of aircrafts as route discovery information for the aircraft ad-hoc network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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