Onboard activity influenced multi-antenna pairing system for mobile communication platform

• US 9,900,062 B1
• Filed: 03/27/2015
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Anuvu IP Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Global Eagle Entertainment Incorporated
• Inventors: Wise, Robert M
• Primary Examiner(s): Roberts, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): Haque, Abu-Sayeed
• Application Number:
  US14/672,079
• Time in Patent Office: 1,061 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/024 Co-operative use of antennas of several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/04 using two or more spaced independent antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0404 the mobile station comprising multiple antennas, e.g. to provide uplink diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0691 using subgroups of transmit antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0817 with multiple receivers and antenna path selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0874 using subgroups of receive antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile

Abstract

A system includes a vehicle and logic that performs predictive pairing of multiple antenna of the vehicle with multiple fixed antenna of a port the vehicle is approaching, the predictive pairing performed using data obtained about the multiple fixed antenna obtained via a satellite, the predictive pairing prioritizing maximum spatial diversity in the pairings of the antenna of the vehicle with the fixed antenna.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a vehicle; and

logic that performs predictive pairing of multiple mobile antenna of the vehicle with multiple fixed antenna of a port the vehicle is approaching, the predictive pairing performed using location and utilization data for the multiple fixed antenna obtained via a satellite, the predictive pairing prioritizing maximum spatial diversity in pairings of the multiple mobile antenna and the multiple fixed antenna.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the logic applying a velocity and trajectory of the vehicle to the predictive pairing of the multiple mobile antenna with the multiple fixed antenna.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the logic applying a known destination or route of the vehicle to the predictive pairing of the multiple mobile antenna with the multiple fixed antenna.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the logic applying a known destination or route of the vehicle to the predictive pairing of the multiple mobile antenna with the multiple fixed antenna.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the predictive pairing applying an aggregate or statistical model of passenger device utilization of content cached by the vehicle to the predictive pairing of the multiple mobile antenna with the multiple fixed antenna.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the logic forming a bonded communication channel for the vehicle; and

the bonded communication channel being a logical channel comprising a satellite channel and multiple WiFi channels between the multiple mobile antenna of the vehicle and the multiple fixed antenna at the port.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

the logic reserving a portion of the satellite channel for control of the bonded communication channel.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the multiple mobile antenna of the vehicle comprising exactly two antenna, one mounted forward and one mounted aft of the vehicle.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the logic applying information about departure times of other vehicles from an area comprising the multiple fixed antenna in the pairings to the pairings of the multiple mobile antenna with the multiple fixed antenna.