AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

An aircraft communication system (10) and corresponding method for establishing a datalink network between participating aircrafts (100), wherein each participating aircraft (100) comprises a datalink transponder (12) for sending and receiving standard communication messages (M) over a standard communication protocol; said datalink transponders (12) are employed for establishing said datalink network using a standard communication protocol, and wherein said datalink transponders (12) transmitting event driven messages (M) with a predefined structure identifying said messages (M) as test messages (TM) and at the same time comprising message data (MD) for establishing said datalink network, thus providing a datalink network established by transmission of solely messages (M) compliant with said standard communication protocol.