Channel selection in aircraft communications system by determining zone load and selecting alternate carrier
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1. A method for aircraft telecommunications comprising the steps of:
- identifying a current service volume within an ATC sector;
identifying an available VHF communications channel frequency from a table of preferred VHF communications frequencies associated with said current service volume;
selecting a preferred communications attribute from a table of attributes associated with said current service volume and according to said available VHF communications channel frequency; and
effecting airborne communications utilizing said preferred communications attribute.
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Abstract
An apparatus, method and computer program product that utilizes user defined channel and frequency preferences to effect airborne voice and data telecommunications.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for aircraft telecommunications comprising the steps of:
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identifying a current service volume within an ATC sector; identifying an available VHF communications channel frequency from a table of preferred VHF communications frequencies associated with said current service volume; selecting a preferred communications attribute from a table of attributes associated with said current service volume and according to said available VHF communications channel frequency; and effecting airborne communications utilizing said preferred communications attribute. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for aircraft telecommunications comprising the steps of:
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defining a plurality of service volumes within an ATC Sector; associating a set of preferred communications attributes with each of said plurality of service volumes; identifying a current service volume; selecting a preferred communications attribute from said set of preferred communications attributes associated with said current service volume; and effecting airborne communications utilizing said preferred communications attribute. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product for use on an aircraft, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code means embodied in said medium, said computer readable program code means comprising; a first computer instruction means for identifying a current service volume within an ATC sector to be used for airborne communications; a second computer instruction means for identifying an available VHF communications channel frequency from a table of preferred VHF communications frequencies associated with said current service volume; a third computer instruction for selecting a preferred communications attribute from a table of attributes associated with said current service volume and according to said available VHF communications channel frequency; and a fourth computer instruction means for effecting airborne communications utilizing said preferred communications attribute. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A communications apparatus for effecting airborne communications comprising:
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an input for receiving a message to be transmitted from an aircraft; a logic device for selecting a preferred communications attribute to be utilized in transmitting said message as a function of;
an identified service volume within an ATC sector; and
a VHF channel frequency preference, the preference based upon a table of VHF communication channel frequencies associated with the service volume, the selecting being based upon a table of attributes associated with the service volume; anda router for effecting airborne communications according to said preferred communications attribute. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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