Internetworking air-to-air network and wireless network
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04W-084/06
출원번호
US-0143369
(2008-06-20)
등록번호
US-8190147
(2012-05-29)
발명자
/ 주소
Kauffman, Donald C.
Toth, Louis
Foster, Eric N.
출원인 / 주소
Honeywell International Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Fogg & Powers LLC
인용정보
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66
초록▼
Methods and systems of operating a communication system are provided. One method comprises establishing at least one communication link between a mobile-to-mobile communication network of mobile nodes and at least one route computing system via gateway node. The gateway node is one of the mobile nod
Methods and systems of operating a communication system are provided. One method comprises establishing at least one communication link between a mobile-to-mobile communication network of mobile nodes and at least one route computing system via gateway node. The gateway node is one of the mobile nodes that is in communication with a wireless network. Moreover, the route computing system is in communication with a terrestrial network that is also in communication with the wireless network. The at least one established communication link is then used to communicate messages.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of operating an aircraft communication system, the method comprising: establishing a connection between at least one aircraft that is a member of an air-to-air communication network of aircraft and a ground station that is a part of a wireless network;using the connection to communicate
1. A method of operating an aircraft communication system, the method comprising: establishing a connection between at least one aircraft that is a member of an air-to-air communication network of aircraft and a ground station that is a part of a wireless network;using the connection to communicate messages between an aircraft in the air-to-air communication network and a terrestrial end system;in response to establishing the connection between the aircraft and the ground station, sending a register message and topology information from the aircraft to a route computing system, wherein the register message and topology information are sent via the wireless network and a terrestrial network that is in communication with the wireless network;in response to establishing the connection between the aircraft and the ground station, advertising by the aircraft to other aircraft in the air-to-air communication network that the aircraft is available as a gateway node between the air-to-air communication network and the wireless network; anddynamically updating topology information maintained by the route computing system based on the topology information received from the aircraft. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: routing messages to a select aircraft in the air-to-air communication network via the gateway based on the then current topology information of the air-to-air communication network and on position information of the air-to-air communication network. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising: translating network addresses of downlink messages from aircraft in the air-to-air communication network to network addresses that can be sent over the wireless network; andtranslating network addresses of uplink messages received over the wireless network to network addresses that can be sent over the air-to-air communication network. 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising: registering the gateway with the route computing system. 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising: upon at least one of prior to leaving and upon leaving the radio range of the wireless network, sending an unregister signal to the route computing system to unregister the gateway and advertising to the other aircraft in the air-to-air network that the designated gateway will cease to provide gateway functions. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: advertising to any aircraft in the air-to-air communication networks of the status of their associated gateway. 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising: providing a protocol specific address for the gateway and a communication peer based on a supplied node identifier. 8. An aircraft communication system for use in an aircraft, the system comprising: a communication transceiver configured to communicate messages between aircraft in an associated ad-hoc air-to-air communication network;a wireless network transceiver configured to establish a connection with a wireless network; anda communication management function configured to switch the aircraft communication system into a gateway mode when the wireless network transceiver has established the connection with the wireless network, wherein the communication management function is configured to, in response to the connection with the wireless network being established, use the wireless network transceiver to send a register message and topology information to a route computing system, wherein the register message and topology information are sent via the wireless network and a terrestrial network that is in communication with the wireless network, and wherein topology information maintained by the route computing system is dynamically updated based on the topology information sent from the aircraft; andwherein the communication management function is configured to, in response to the connection with the wireless network being established, use the communication transceiver to advertise to other aircraft in the associated ad-hoc air-to-air communication network that the advertising aircraft is available as a gateway node between the associated ad-hoc air-to-air communication network and the wireless network. 9. The system of claim 8, further comprising: a surveillance transceiver: andsurveillance equipment in communication with the surveillance transceiver, the surveillance equipment and the surveillance transceiver used at least in part by the communication management function to determine the topology of the associated ad-hoc air-to-air communication network. 10. The system of claim 8, wherein the communication management function is further configured to encapsulate downlink messages with protocol specific addresses and extracting messages from uplink messages having protocol specific addresses. 11. The system of claim 8, wherein the communication management function is configured to implement optimal route algorithms to direct messages to select aircraft in the associated ad-hoc air-to-air network. 12. A communication system comprising: a ground station controller in communication with at least one wireless network; andat least one ad-hoc air-to-air communication network, each ad-hoc communication network made up of a plurality of aircraft in communication with each other, at least one of the plurality of aircraft within the radio range of the wireless network being designated as a gateway to the ad-hoc air-to-air communication network, each gateway including, a communication transceiver configured to communicate messages between aircraft,a wireless network transceiver configured to communicate with the wireless network, anda communication management function configured to switch the aircraft communication system into a gateway mode when the wireless network transceiver has established the connection with the wireless network;wherein the communication management function is configured to, in response to the connection with the wireless network being established, use the wireless network transceiver to send a register message and topology information to the ground station controller, wherein the register message and topology information are sent via the wireless network and a terrestrial network that is in communication with the wireless network, and wherein topology information maintained by the ground station controller is dynamically updated based on the topology information sent from the aircraft; andwherein the communication management function is configured to, in response to the connection with the wireless network being established, use the communication transceiver to advertise to other aircraft in the ad-hoc air-to-air communication network that the advertising aircraft is available as a gateway node between the ad-hoc air-to-air communication network and the wireless network. 13. The system of claim 12, further comprising: a memory coupled to the ground station controller configured to store received topology information regarding the ad-hoc air-to-air communication networks, the ground station controller further configured to determine routes for messages based on the stored topology. 14. The system of claim 13, wherein the ground station controller is further configured to update the stored topology associated with the ad-hoc air-to-air communication network when a more current topology of the ad-hoc air-to-air communication network is received. 15. The system of claim 12, wherein the communication management function is further configured to encapsulate downlink messages into protocol specific messages for transmission by the wireless network transmitter and extract uplink messages from protocol specific messages received by the wireless network transmitter.
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