Integrated communications management unit and very high frequency data radio
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1. A system for air-ground and air-air communications, comprising:
- a high-speed bus, said high-speed bus transmitting data signals at a speed greater than data signals are transmitted by an ARINC 429 protocol; and
a VHF data radio (VDR), coupled to said high-speed bus, wherein said VDR complies with the Aeronautical Radio, Inc. (ARINC) 716/750 standard and is accessible via said high-speed bus using a programmable interface.
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Abstract
A system for air-ground (120) and air-air (122) communications wherein a VHF data radio (204) is coupled to a high-speed bus (304). The VHF data radio complies with the ARINC 716/750 standard and is accessible via the bus using a programmable interface (306). A communications management unit (208) can also be coupled to the high-speed bus, which communicates with the VHF data radio via the bus according to the programmable interface.
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1. A system for air-ground and air-air communications, comprising:
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a high-speed bus, said high-speed bus transmitting data signals at a speed greater than data signals are transmitted by an ARINC 429 protocol; and
a VHF data radio (VDR), coupled to said high-speed bus, wherein said VDR complies with the Aeronautical Radio, Inc. (ARINC) 716/750 standard and is accessible via said high-speed bus using a programmable interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
a central processing unit (CPU) and input/output (I/O) card coupled to said high-speed bus; and
an ARINC I/O card coupled to said high-speed bus.
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9. The system of claim 7, wherein said VDR comprises:
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a power supply/power amplifier (PS/PA) card coupled to said high-speed bus; and
a receiver/demodulator, modulator/exciter, and digital signal processing (DSP) card coupled to said high-speed bus, to said PS/PA card, and to said antenna aperture.
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10. The system of claim 1, wherein the programmable interface is defined in software within the VDR so as to allow the VDR to communicate with the high-speed bus.
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11. A system for air-ground and air-air communications, comprising:
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a high-speed internal bus, said high-speed bus transmitting data signals at a speed greater than data signals are transmitted by an ARINC 429 protocol;
a CMU coupled to said internal bus; and
a VDR, coupled to said internal bus, wherein said VDR complies with the ARINC 716/750 standard and communicates with said CMU via said internal bus using a VDR programmable interface. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for air-ground and air-air communications, said system comprising:
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a high-speed bus;
an antenna aperture; and
a VHF data radio (VDR) coupled to the high-speed bus, said VDR including a power supply/power amplifier (PS/PA) card coupled to the high-speed bus and a receiver/demodulator, modulator/exciter and digital signal processing (DSP) card coupled to the high-speed bus, the PSA/PA card and the antenna aperture, wherein the VDR complies with the Aeronautical Radio, Inc. (ARINC) 716/750 standard and is accessible via the high-speed bus using a programmable interface. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
a central processing unit (CPU) and input/output (I/O) card coupled to said high-speed bus; and
an ARINC I/O card coupled to said high-speed bus.
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20. The system of claim 16, wherein said high-speed bus includes a PCI bus.
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