SYSTEM FOR CREATING AN AIRCRAFT-BASED INTERNET PROTOCOL SUBNET IN AN AIRBORNE WIRELESS CELLULAR NETWORK

摘要

The Aircraft IP Subnet System provides wireless communication services to passengers located onboard an aircraft by storing data indicative of individually identified wireless devices that are onboard The Aircraft IP Subnet System assigns an IP address to each Point-to-Point Protocol link connecting the aircraft network to the ground-based network and creates an IP subnet onboard the aircraft The subnet utilizes a plurality of IP addresses for each Point-toPoint link, to enable passenger wireless device to be uniquely identified with their own IP address This is enabled since both Point-to-Point Protocol IPCP endpoints have pre-defined IP address pools and/or topology configured, so each Point-to-Point Protocol endpoint can utilize a greater number of IP addresses than one per link This does not change IPCP or other EVDO protocols/messaging but allows this address to be visible to the ground-based network.