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Method for diversity site group operations in air/ground communications

  • US 7,313,143 B1
  • Filed: 09/26/2003
  • Issued: 12/25/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In an air/ground communication environment in which a control site communicates with a plurality of aircraft via a plurality of ground stations, wherein each of the plurality of aircraft is in radio communication with at least one of the plurality of ground stations, and the plurality of ground stations and the plurality of aircraft share a common air/ground communication channel, a method of allocating transmission time slots to the plurality of ground stations, the method comprising:

  • (a) building a transmission time slot schedule containing a transmission time slot allocation for at least one of the plurality of ground stations; and

    (b) distributing the transmission time slot schedule from the control site to at least one of the plurality of ground stations;

    wherein a ground station that receives a time slot allocation assumes management over use of transmission time slots allocated to the ground station by the transmission time slot schedule, andwherein the transmission time slot schedule allocates VDL management time slots.

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