DIRECTIONAL BEAM MESH NETWORK FOR AIRCRAFT
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200372807A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-26

    申请号:US16993211

    申请日:2020-08-13

    Abstract: Techniques are provided herein for procedures for establishing an aircraft-to-aircraft mesh network during flight using high-bandwidth directional communication beams. A first aircraft may be able to utilize flight data about a second aircraft to reduce a computational cost of a beam discovery procedure used to establish directional communication beams in the aircraft-to-aircraft mesh network. For example, the first aircraft may receive flight data (e.g., position information, heading, altitude, etc.) using an air traffic control system. The first aircraft may determine one or more predicted locations of the second aircraft based on the flight data. The first aircraft may use the predicted locations to transmit directional discovery beams to only those locations where the second aircraft is likely to be. Upon receiving at least one of the directional discovery beams, the second aircraft and the first aircraft may establish a communication link of the aircraft-to-aircraft mesh network.

    SHARING CRITICAL FLIGHT INFORMATION USING MESH NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20190043369A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US16004008

    申请日:2018-06-08

    Abstract: Techniques are provided herein for establishing an ad hoc aircraft-to-aircraft mesh network to provide a redundant backup of critical flight information for an aircraft. Using a directional communication link of the aircraft-to-aircraft mesh network, the aircraft can transmit at least a portion its critical flight information to one or more receiving aircraft. The receiving aircraft may store the critical flight information of the transmitting aircraft on a local memory device. At least portions of the critical flight information may be reconstructed from the data stored on the receiving aircraft. In some examples, the receiving aircraft may retransmit the critical flight information to other aircraft.

    DIRECTIONAL BEAM MESH NETWORK FOR AIRCRAFT
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190045348A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US16042599

    申请日:2018-07-23

    Abstract: Techniques are provided herein for procedures for establishing an aircraft-to-aircraft mesh network during flight using high-bandwidth directional communication beams. A first aircraft may be able to utilize flight data about a second aircraft to reduce a computational cost of a beam discovery procedure used to establish directional communication beams in the aircraft-to-aircraft mesh network. For example, the first aircraft may receive flight data (e.g., position information, heading, altitude, etc.) using an air traffic control system. The first aircraft may determine one or more predicted locations of the second aircraft based on the flight data. The first aircraft may use the predicted locations to transmit directional discovery beams to only those locations where the second aircraft is likely to be. Upon receiving at least one of the directional discovery beams, the second aircraft and the first aircraft may establish a communication link of the aircraft-to-aircraft mesh network.

    Directional beam mesh network for aircraft

    公开(公告)号:US10803754B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-13

    申请号:US16042599

    申请日:2018-07-23

    Abstract: Techniques are provided herein for procedures for establishing an aircraft-to-aircraft mesh network during flight using high-bandwidth directional communication beams. A first aircraft may be able to utilize flight data about a second aircraft to reduce a computational cost of a beam discovery procedure used to establish directional communication beams in the aircraft-to-aircraft mesh network. For example, the first aircraft may receive flight data (e.g., position information, heading, altitude, etc.) using an air traffic control system. The first aircraft may determine one or more predicted locations of the second aircraft based on the flight data. The first aircraft may use the predicted locations to transmit directional discovery beams to only those locations where the second aircraft is likely to be. Upon receiving at least one of the directional discovery beams, the second aircraft and the first aircraft may establish a communication link of the aircraft-to-aircraft mesh network.

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