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Multiple modem communication system and method for a mobile platform

  • US 9,408,129 B2
  • Filed: 06/17/2014
  • Issued: 08/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of communicating between a controller mounted to a mobile platform and a pair of satellite stations included among one or more networks of satellite stations, the method comprising:

  • utilizing a first modem and establishing, via one or more processors, a first communication link between the controller and a first satellite station;

    utilizing one or more maps of the one or more networks of satellite stations and determining, via one or more processors, a second satellite station for communication with the controller;

    utilizing a second modem and establishing, via one or more processors, a second communication link between the controller and the second satellite station;

    receiving, via one or more processors, one or more communication indicators;

    analyzing, via one or more processors, the one or more communication indicators;

    calculating , via one or more processors, a time to handoff communication from the first communication link to the second communication link based on the analysis of the one or more communication indicators;

    preparing the first and second modems for the communication handoff from the first communication link to the second communication link; and

    ,initiating the communication handoff, via one or more processors, based on the calculated time.

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