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公开(公告)号：US10341011B2
公开(公告)日：2019-07-02
申请号：US15749633
申请日：2016-08-05
Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Abstract: Apparatus for on-board management of communications in a mobile node comprising a communications system configured to effect wireless data communication between the mobile node and another node by means of at least one supported wireless communications link, wherein the apparatus comprises a node manoeuvre planning module and a dynamic route planner; the node manoeuvre planning module being configured to: identify that a wireless communications link associated with the mobile node (i) has been lost, degraded or is otherwise not optimal, and/or (ii) would violate an emissions control restriction; define a desired wireless communications link between the mobile node and the other node to (i) support wireless communications therebetween, and/or (ii) comply with the emissions control restriction; determine an attitude and/or position of the mobile node with respect to the other node required to support the desired wireless communications link; derive a node manoeuvre plan including data representative of the determined attitude and/or position of the mobile node and generate a plan metric in respect of the node manoeuvre plan; and transmit node manoeuvre plan data to the dynamic route planner, wherein the node manoeuvre plan data is configured to cause the dynamic route planner (11) to derive a route plan designed to manoeuvre the mobile node to the determined attitude and/or position; the dynamic route planner being configured to: in response to receipt of the node manoeuvre plan data, generate a route plan designed to manoeuvre the mobile node to the determined attitude and/or position and generate corresponding route plan data; and provide the route plan data and data representative of the plan metric to a node authority with a request for authorisation.
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公开(公告)号：US10341002B2
公开(公告)日：2019-07-02
申请号：US15748748
申请日：2016-08-05
Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
IPC: H04B7/06 , H04B7/185 , H04B17/336 , H04B7/0456
Abstract: Apparatus for management of communications resources of a moving platform comprising a communications system configured to effect wireless data communication between the moving platform and a recipient node, the communications resources comprising a plurality of wireless communications links for facilitating the wireless data communication and a plurality of antennas associated therewith, the apparatus comprising an antenna analysis and selection module residing with the communications system and configured to: identify a communications requirement between the moving platform and a recipient node; receive attribute data representative of movement of the platform, the attribute data including platform movement data comprising future known movement of the moving platform and/or future predicted movement of the moving platform and/or the recipient node; determine, using the attribute data, suitability of each of a plurality of antennas and/or portions of aperture antenna for data transmission from the moving platform to the recipient node; determine a quality metric for each of a plurality of antennas/portions of aperture antenna, the quality metric being indicative of a respective performance criterion; and select one or more of the suitable antennas/portion of aperture antenna having a highest performance criterion, for the data transmission.
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公开(公告)号：US20190007882A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-03
申请号：US15748957
申请日：2016-08-02
Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Inventor： Peter Noble Hudson , Rania Hamdi Eissa
Abstract: Apparatus and method for management of communications in respect of a moving platform comprising at least one platform application and a communications system for transmitting data received from the at least one platform application and being configured to effect wireless data communication thereof by means of one or more supported communications links, wherein the apparatus comprises a link analysis and selection module which is configured to reside within a dynamic planning and management function on board the moving platform and: receive, during mission execution, attribute data representative of platform movement and/or emissions control restrictions affecting a current communications link; determine, using the attribute data and based on the platform movement and/or emissions control restrictions, suitability of one or more communications links in respect of a communications requirement between the moving platform and another node; determine a quality metric for each of a plurality of communications links determined to be suitable; and select one or more of the communications links based on the quality metrics.
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公开(公告)号：US09418299B2
公开(公告)日：2016-08-16
申请号：US14407741
申请日：2013-06-26
Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
Inventor： Harry John Finn , Peter Noble Hudson
CPC classification number: G06K9/00771 , G06K9/4604 , G08B13/19652 , G08B13/19667 , H04N5/341 , H04N5/3535
Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing surveillance comprising: imaging, at a first frame rate, an area (4) to produce images; detecting, using the images, a feature of interest (22) within the area (4); determining a region of interest (24), the region of interest (24) corresponding to a region within the area (4) in which the feature of interest (22) will be located at a later time-step; and, at the later time-step, using the region of interest (24), imaging the area (4) such that images of the region within the area (4) in which the feature of interest (22) is located are produced at a second frame rate, while images of the rest of the area (4) are produced at a third frame rate, the second rate being different to the third rate.
Abstract translation: 一种用于执行监视的方法和装置，包括：以第一帧速率成像区域（4）以产生图像; 在所述区域（4）内检测使用所述图像的感兴趣特征（22）; 确定感兴趣区域（24），对应于区域（4）内的区域（4）中的关注区域（24），感兴趣特征（22）将在稍后的时间步长处位于该区域内; 并且在稍后的时间步骤中，使用感兴趣区域（24），对区域（4）进行成像，使得在感兴趣特征（22）所在的区域（4）内的区域的图像被产生在 第二帧率，而以第三帧速率产生区域（4）的其余部分的图像，第二速率与第三速率不同。
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公开(公告)号：US10455521B2
公开(公告)日：2019-10-22
申请号：US15747662
申请日：2016-08-10
Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Abstract: An emissions management module for a mission management system of a moving platform, said emissions management module being configured to: —obtain attribute data representative of (i) prevailing emissions control parameters in the form of an emissions control region defined by the relative locations of said platform and another node; and (ii) a direction of said emissions control region with respect to said platform; —generate, using said attribute data, an emissions plan that complies with restrictions defined by said emissions control parameters, and includes at least an emissions limit defining: a) a maximum transmission power permitted to be utilised by an on-board antenna or portion of aperture antenna in a specified direction relative to said moving platform; and/or b) permissible antenna waveforms and/or a specified maximum emissions duration in said specified direction relative to said moving platform; and/or c) permitted or restricted usage of on-board sensors in a specified direction relative to said moving platform.
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公开(公告)号：US10193615B2
公开(公告)日：2019-01-29
申请号：US15747686
申请日：2016-08-10
Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Abstract: Apparatus for management of communications resources of a moving platform comprising an on-board communications system configured to effect wireless data communication between said moving platform and another node, said communications resources comprising a plurality of wireless communications links and a plurality of antennas associated therewith, the apparatus comprising an antenna analysis and selection module residing with said communications system and configured to: —receive, during a mission from one or more systems/subsystems and/or functions of said moving platform, attribute data representative of said emissions control criteria, said attribute data comprising (i) location data representative of a specified emissions control region, and/or (ii) position and/or attitude and/or velocity data representative of an adversary node defining an emissions control region; —determine, using said attribute data and based on said emissions control criteria, suitability of one or more on-board antennas and/or portions of aperture antenna for supporting said communications requirement; —for each of a plurality of antennas/portions of aperture antenna determined to be suitable for supporting said communications requirement based on said emissions control criteria, determine a quality metric, said quality metric being indicative of a respective performance criterion; and—select one or more of said suitable antennas/portion of aperture antenna having a highest performance criterion, for facilitating said communications requirement.
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公开(公告)号：US20190028172A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-24
申请号：US15748748
申请日：2016-08-05
Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
IPC: H04B7/06 , H04B17/336 , H04B7/0456
CPC classification number: H04B7/0634 , H04B7/0469 , H04B7/0608 , H04B7/18504 , H04B17/336
Abstract: Apparatus for management of communications resources of a moving platform comprising a communications system configured to effect wireless data communication between the moving platform and a recipient node, the communications resources comprising a plurality of wireless communications links for facilitating the wireless data communication and a plurality of antennas associated therewith, the apparatus comprising an antenna analysis and selection module residing with the communications system and configured to: identify a communications requirement between the moving platform and a recipient node; receive attribute data representative of movement of the platform, the attribute data including platform movement data comprising future known movement of the moving platform and/or future predicted movement of the moving platform and/or the recipient node; determine, using the attribute data, suitability of each of a plurality of antennas and/or portions of aperture antenna for data transmission from the moving platform to the recipient node; determine a quality metric for each of a plurality of antennas/portions of aperture antenna, the quality metric being indicative of a respective performance criterion; and select one or more of the suitable antennas/portion of aperture antenna having a highest performance criterion, for the data transmission.
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公开(公告)号：US20180227860A1
公开(公告)日：2018-08-09
申请号：US15747676
申请日：2016-08-10
Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Inventor： Peter Noble Hudson , Rania Hamdi Eissa
IPC: H04W52/34
CPC classification number: H04W52/34 , H04B7/18506 , H04W84/005
Abstract: Apparatus for a communications system of a moving platform comprising a plurality of systems, at least one platform application, and a communications module comprising at least one wireless communications link and configured to effect wireless data communication, wherein said apparatus comprises a communications planning module configured to: —receive data representative of a communications requirement between said platform and a recipient node; —identify a communications link for supporting said communications requirement; —determine, using attribute data representative of a position and/or orientation of said platform relative to said recipient node, a distance and direction of said recipient node with respect to said platform; —receive data representative of prevailing emissions control restrictions including an upper emissions limit defining a maximum transmission power permitted N to be utilised by an on-board antenna or portion of aperture antenna; —determine a best achievable transmission power, within said upper emissions limit, of said identified communications link taking into account at least said distance of said recipient node with respect to said platform; and —cause the transmission power of said identified communications link to be set to said best achievable transmission power.
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公开(公告)号：US20180227040A1
公开(公告)日：2018-08-09
申请号：US15749633
申请日：2016-08-05
Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
CPC classification number: H04B7/18506 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/146 , G05D1/0022 , G05D1/101 , G08G5/0034 , G08G5/0039 , G08G5/0069
Abstract: Apparatus for on-board management of communications in a mobile node comprising a communications system configured to effect wireless data communication between the mobile node and another node by means of at least one supported wireless communications link, wherein the apparatus comprises a node manoeuvre planning module and a dynamic route planner; the node manoeuvre planning module being configured to: identify that a wireless communications link associated with the mobile node (i) has been lost, degraded or is otherwise not optimal, and/or (ii) would violate an emissions control restriction; define a desired wireless communications link between the mobile node and the other node to (i) support wireless communications therebetween, and/or (ii) comply with the emissions control restriction; determine an attitude and/or position of the mobile node with respect to the other node required to support the desired wireless communications link; derive a node manoeuvre plan including data representative of the determined attitude and/or position of the mobile node and generate a plan metric in respect of the node manoeuvre plan; and transmit node manoeuvre plan data to the dynamic route planner, wherein the node manoeuvre plan data is configured to cause the dynamic route planner (11) to derive a route plan designed to manoeuvre the mobile node to the determined attitude and/or position; the dynamic route planner being configured to: in response to receipt of the node manoeuvre plan data, generate a route plan designed to manoeuvre the mobile node to the determined attitude and/or position and generate corresponding route plan data; and provide the route plan data and data representative of the plan metric to a node authority with a request for authorisation.
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公开(公告)号：US20180219611A1
公开(公告)日：2018-08-02
申请号：US15747686
申请日：2016-08-10
Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
CPC classification number: H04B7/18504 , G05D1/101
Abstract: Apparatus for management of communications resources of a moving platform comprising an on-board communications system configured to effect wireless data communication between said moving platform and another node, said communications resources comprising a plurality of wireless communications links and a plurality of antennas associated therewith, the apparatus comprising an antenna analysis and selection module residing with said communications system and configured to:—receive, during a mission from one or more systems/subsystems and/or functions of said moving platform, attribute data representative of said emissions control criteria, said attribute data comprising (i) location data representative of a specified emissions control region, and/or (ii) position and/or attitude and/or velocity data representative of an adversary node defining an emissions control region;—determine, using said attribute data and based on said emissions control criteria, suitability of one or more on-board antennas and/or portions of aperture antenna for supporting said communications requirement;—for each of a plurality of antennas/portions of aperture antenna determined to be suitable for supporting said communications requirement based on said emissions control criteria, determine a quality metric, said quality metric being indicative of a respective performance criterion; and—select one or more of said suitable antennas/portion of aperture antenna having a highest performance criterion, for facilitating said communications requirement.
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