发明名称 Aircraft communications during different phases of flight
摘要 A method and apparatus for exchanging information between a source and an aircraft. In response to a request to exchange the information between the aircraft and the source, a number of aircraft is identified to send microwave signals between the source and the aircraft to form a number of identified aircraft based on a location of the aircraft and a location of the source. The number of identified aircraft is configured to send the microwave signals between the source and the aircraft to form a number of configured aircraft. The number of configured aircraft forms a mobile network. The microwave signals are sent between the source and the aircraft using the number of configured aircraft. The information is exchanged between the aircraft and the source using the microwave signals sent through the mobile network.
申请公布号 US9426768(B1) 申请公布日期 2016.08.23
申请号 US200912507509 申请日期 2009.07.22
申请人 The Boeing Company 发明人 Small Gregory J.;Mitchell Timothy M.;McMillin Duke
分类号 H04W24/00;H04W64/00 主分类号 H04W24/00
代理机构 Yee & Associates, P.C. 代理人 Yee & Associates, P.C.
主权项 1. A method for exchanging information between a source and an aircraft, the method comprising: responsive to a request to exchange the information between the aircraft and the source, using an optimization process in a computer system to continuously identify a number of aircraft to be used as a mobile network for sending microwave signals between the source and the aircraft, such that a number of aircraft are identified based on a first known location of the aircraft and a second known location of the source, and further wherein the number of aircraft are identified before sending the information between the aircraft and the source; using the optimization process in the computer system to continuously configure the number of identified aircraft for use as the mobile network, wherein continuously configuring forms a number of configured aircraft, and wherein the number of configured aircraft form the mobile network; and sending the microwave signals between the source and the aircraft using the mobile network, wherein the information is exchanged between the aircraft and the source using the microwave signals sent through the mobile network.
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