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6999758 System and method for providing communications services  
An enhanced services system for a telecommunications network includes operator equipment accessible by an operator, and a routing system for routing a call from a caller to the operator equipment....
6985942 Airborne IP address structure  
An Internet protocol (IP) networking architecture includes a command and control sub-network (CCN) interconnecting a plurality of control interfaces wherein each control interface has a...
RE38925 Automatic weather monitoring and adaptive transmitting system  
A method for automatically providing weather advisories for an airport to pilots comprises monitoring weather conditions at the airport and then generating weather advisories in response to these...
6975616 Batch round robin polling method for return link communications between a mobile platform and a base station  
A polling system and method for establishing forward and return communication links with a plurality of mobile platforms operating within a given coverage region, and further which provides...
6970704 System for direct communications with a space craft  
An automated communication system for communicatively connecting a caller with a communications device to an space craft. The system includes a port for accepting a call and a call management...
6968187 Multi-airplane cellular communications system  
A communications link for a cellular communications system ( 10 ) includes a first airplane ( 35 ) for flying in a first pattern ( 86 ) and including a first antenna for transmitting RF beams ( 92...
6967830 Expansion module and network for avionic devices  
An apparatus and network, each including at least one expansion module, and an associated method are provided. The expansion module can be disposed between an aircraft connector and an avionic...
6965771 Method for selecting applications that can be activated via a civil aeronautical communication network  
It is proposed, for better efficacity of the ATN aeronautical telecommunication network, that the requests for logons through the ATN network originating from non-ATC applications be subjected to a...
6963743 Audio panel with wireless telephone input  
An audio panel ( 10 ) with a wireless telephone input or interface ( 54 ) that provides wireless telephone calling capabilities without affecting other communications functions of the audio panel (...
6954639 Audio panel with enhanced intercom isolation modes  
An audio panel ( 10 ) with enhanced intercom isolation modes. The audio panel ( 10 ) has four intercom isolation modes, including a Co-pilot isolation mode that enables a co-pilot to make private...
6947742 Aircraft location system for airports  
A system for providing ground location messages to an aircraft equipped with a Marker receiver, comprising a plurality of message transmitting devices arranged at different locations, each message...
6944475 Transceiver-processor building block for electronic radio systems  
A transceiver-processor building block ( 700 ) for implementation of radio systems, an example being used in an electronic radio system multifunction slice, includes several transceivers ( 704-710...
6944450 Communications system  
This disclosure provides a communications system using a span-loaded flying wing, traveling at relatively slow speeds, that can remain airborne for long periods of time. The communications system...
6941138 Concurrent communications between a user terminal and multiple stratospheric transponder platforms  
A method for communicating between a user terminal and multiple stratospheric transponder platforms includes the steps of positioning a plurality of stratospheric transponder platforms ( 102, 104,...
6931247 Aircraft control method  
This disclosure provides a solar rechargeable aircraft that is inexpensive to produce, is steerable, and can remain airborne almost indefinitely. The preferred aircraft is a span-loaded flying...
6931248 Method for selecting a ground station within an aeronautical telecommunications network  
A method for an ATN aeronautical telecommunications network to select ground stations giving access to the ATN terrestrial network, by an aircraft in the course of its task. The method equips the...
6904280 Communication system with mobile coverage area  
Systems and methods are disclosed for establishing and utilizing a mobile communication system having a mobile communication coverage area. The mobile communication system includes a plurality of...
6889032 Mobile base station for disseminating information  
A device for implementing a multimedia communication dissemination system is disclosed herein. The communication system integrates heterogeneous satellite transmission systems, local area computer...
6889042 Cellular mobile telephone system usable on board a passenger transport vehicle  
A cellular mobile telephone system usable on board a passenger transport vehicle includes a first transmitter-receiver station on board the vehicle and connected to an antenna external to the...
6885864 Virtual private network for cellular communications  
The virtual private network for cellular communications implements a secure local area voice and data network for use by members of an organization, such as a corporate customer. The virtual...
6885863 Precoordination of return link for hand-off between coverage areas being traversed by a mobile transceiver platform  
A system and method for carrying out a hand-off of a satellite-based communications link with a mobile platform, such as an aircraft, leaving a first coverage region and entering a second coverage...
6856803 Method for maintaining candidate handoff list for airborne cellular system  
A terrestrial cell site handoff list is dynamically maintained for an airborne cellular system. A beam pattern is maintained relative to an airborne cellular system repeater, but rotates relative...
6836659 Control device for a communication system of an aircraft, in particular of a transport plane  
A control device for a communication system of an aircraft, in particular of a transport plane. A control device includes a control section and a display section which depicts on a presentation...
6829479 Fixed wireless back haul for mobile communications using stratospheric platforms  
A method and system for communicating includes a plurality of cells having base units therein. Each of the base units communicates with a plurality of users within the cells. A communications...
6816728 Aircraft data communication system and method  
An aircraft avionics software and database upload transmission/reception system using a cellular data transmission/reception system. An aircraft data communications system and method including a...
6813493 Cellular mobile telephone system that can be used on board a vehicle  
A cellular mobile telephone system which can be used on board a vehicle enables conventional mobile telephones to be used on board an aircraft, for example. It includes a first transceiver on board...
6804515 Transportable infrastructure for airborne cellular system  
A wireless communications system infrastructure includes an integrated unit of RF and switch components mounted on a transportable platform for providing a communications link to a public switched...
6801764 Broadband medical emergency response system  
A method and apparatus for managing a broadband data communication system onboard a mobile platform during an emergency response situation wherein an onboard emergency response apparatus uses the...
6801769 Modular aircraft information network system and an associated method of packaging the same  
A modular aircraft information system is provided for communicating information onboard an aircraft. The modular aircraft information system includes a backplane and a network router module, and...
6788935 Aircraft-based network for wireless subscriber stations  
The aircraft-based network for wireless subscriber stations provides wireless telecommunication services in the aircraft for both the terrestrial (ground-based) and non-terrestrial regions via the...
6781968 Wireless communication system, apparatus and method using an atmospheric platform having a wideband trunkline  
A system, apparatus and method provide wireless communications to a geographical area. The system includes at least one atmospheric platform serving as a central relay or node using a star network...
6778825 Path discovery method for return link communications between a mobile platform and a base station  
A polling system and method for establishing forward and return communications links with a plurality of mobile platforms operating within a given coverage region. The system and method combines...
6771977 Dual mode satellite terminal for emergency operation  
A multi-channel mobile satellite communication system for normal operation within spotbeams and during emergency operation, beyond the normal limit of a spotbeam. The system involves terminating...
6768906 System and technique for plane switchover in an aircraft based wireless communication system  
An aircraft based communication system ( 10 ) defining a wireless service area ( 20 ) is disclosed. The communication system ( 10 ) includes a communication gateway ( 30 ) connected to a...
6760778 System and method for communication between airborne and ground-based entities  
A method and apparatus for enhancing the current data communication capabilities of the North American Terrestrial System (NATS) Network is presented. In accordance with an embodiment of the...
6757535 System and method for providing network addresses to mobile platforms  
A system and method for assigning network addresses to mobile platforms using a satellite communications link. The network address information is transmitted from a ground station only upon request...
6754489 Node and onboard station for setting up at any time a call involving a passenger on a vehicle  
Passengers on board a vehicle make and receive calls via a satellite network. That network sees each passenger involved in a call as a temporary dummy subscriber of the satellite network. Thus the...
6745010 Wireless, frequency-agile spread spectrum ground link-based aircraft data communication system with wireless unit in communication therewith  
A system and method provides a retrievable record of the flight performance of the aircraft and includes a ground data link unit that obtains flight performance data representative of aircraft...
6735438 Antenna for air-to-ground communication  
A system and method for providing wireless communication services to passengers of an aircraft through the use of a standard mobile telephone. A system of antennas on an air base station radiates...
6728535 Fail-over of forward link equipment  
A communications system and method for transmitting data to a mobile platform is provided. The communications system comprises a forward link assignment manager in communication with a route server...
6725013 Communication system having frequency reuse in non-blocking manner  
A communications system ( 10 ) and method of operating the communications system includes a high altitude communication device ( 12 ) that communicates with a plurality of user terminals and a...
6725035 Signal translating repeater for enabling a terrestrial mobile subscriber station to be operable in a non-terrestrial environment  
The signal translating repeater is located in the aircraft and enables a traditional ground-based mobile subscriber station to provide wireless telecommunication services to a subscriber in both...
6721559 Integrated communications management unit and very high frequency data radio  
A system for air-ground ( 120 ) and air-air ( 122 ) communications wherein a VHF data radio ( 204 ) is coupled to a high-speed bus ( 304 ). The VHF data radio complies with the ARINC 716/750...
6714783 Method for an automatic search by an aircraft of a communication address of a ground entity in an ATN network  
A process for the automatic searching by an aircraft for a communication address of a ground entity of an ATN network. In the process, each address is coded according to a hierarchical binary tree...
6714521 System and method for implementing a constellation of non-geostationary satellites that provides simplified satellite tracking  
Provided is a system and method for implementing a constellation of satellites in inclined elliptical orbits that provides simplified satellite tracking for ground stations on the earth. The...
6714782 Method for the localizing of terrestrial mobile radio from an aircraft  
The disclosure relates to methods and devices for the real-time localization of terrestrial transmitters belonging to a TDMA type cellular radiocommunications network. The device comprises an...
6708019 Method and apparatus using transmit beam lobing for identifying an interfering mobile terminal  
A method for rapidly monitoring and detecting a mobile terminal causing RF interference with one or more satellites orbiting in the vicinity of a target satellite, from a plurality of mobile...
6675013 Doppler correction and path loss compensation for airborne cellular system  
The present invention corrects for Doppler shift in both forward and reverse links in a cellular communications system including an airborne repeater. A reverse link pilot reference signal in a...
6651012 Method and apparatus for trending and predicting the health of a component  
Disclosed are techniques used in connection with determining a health indicator (HI) of a component, such as that of an aircraft component. The HI is determined using condition indicators (CIs)...
6650897 Aircraft cockpit telephony  
A system and method for interface of the passenger telephone communication system that is installed in many commercial aircraft with the flight crew communication console to allow the flight crew...
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