Aircraft communications system and related method for communicating between portable wireless communications device and ground
First Claim
1. An aircraft communications system comprising:
- at least one portable wireless communications device positioned within the aircraft, including a transceiver for transmitting and receiving wireless communications signals;
a wireless local area network (LAN) access point positioned within the aircraft that receives and transmits wireless communications signals with the at least one portable wireless communications device;
a control panel operatively connected to the wireless LAN access point and positioned within the flight deck of the aircraft and controlled by a flight deck crew; and
a communications transceiver operative with the control panel and wireless LAN access point and operative for receiving and transmitting a communications signal between the wireless LAN access point and a ground based transceiver, wherein communications between the at least one portable wireless communications device and ground based transceiver are controlled from the flight deck using the control panel.
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Abstract
An aircraft communications system includes a wireless local area network (LAN) access point positioned within the aircraft that receives and transmits wireless communications to and from at least one portable wireless communications device. A control panel is operatively connected to the wireless LAN access point and positioned within the flight deck of the aircraft. A communications transceiver is operative with the control panel and wireless LAN access point and operative for receiving and transmitting a communications signal between the wireless LAN access point and a ground-based transceiver. Communications between the portable wireless communications device and ground-based transceiver can be controlled from the flight deck using the control panel in one non-limiting example.
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1. An aircraft communications system comprising:
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at least one portable wireless communications device positioned within the aircraft, including a transceiver for transmitting and receiving wireless communications signals;
a wireless local area network (LAN) access point positioned within the aircraft that receives and transmits wireless communications signals with the at least one portable wireless communications device;
a control panel operatively connected to the wireless LAN access point and positioned within the flight deck of the aircraft and controlled by a flight deck crew; and
a communications transceiver operative with the control panel and wireless LAN access point and operative for receiving and transmitting a communications signal between the wireless LAN access point and a ground based transceiver, wherein communications between the at least one portable wireless communications device and ground based transceiver are controlled from the flight deck using the control panel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An aircraft communications system comprising:
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a wireless local area network (LAN) access point positioned within the aircraft that is adapted to receive and transmit wireless communications signals with at least one portable wireless communications device;
a control panel operatively connected to the wireless LAN access point and positioned within the flight deck of the aircraft and controlled by a flight deck crew; and
a communications transceiver operative with the control panel and wireless LAN access point and operative for receiving and transmitting a communications signal between the wireless LAN access point and a ground-based transceiver for allowing air-to-ground communications. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of communicating between an aircraft and ground, which comprises:
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transmitting a communications signal between a wireless local area network (LAN) access point positioned within the aircraft and at least one portable wireless communications device positioned within the aircraft;
transmitting the communications signal between a ground-based communications transceiver and a communications transceiver on the aircraft that is operatively connected to the wireless LAN access point; and
controlling the communications signals to and from the portable wireless communications device and the ground-based transceiver and the communications transceiver on the aircraft through a control panel located in the flight deck. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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