END-T0O-END AERONAUTICAL DATA NETWORK ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSITIONING THERETO

摘要

A networking architecture for air/ground data communications implements a single network-layer protocol between a customer aircraft network interface and a customer ground system network interface, routes data between customer aircraft and associated customer ground systems, and eliminates the need for network-layer protocol conversion by service provider ground systems. To provide a transition to the new networking architecture, a transition method and a hybrid radio are provided.