# US 12,183,209 B2 · Systems and methods for swarm communication for an electric aircraft fleet > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,183,209 B2 - Document ID: US12183209B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/203,761 - Filed: 2023-05-31 - Published: 2024-06-27 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2022-01-13 - Assignees: Beta Air, LLC - Applicants: Beta Air, LLC - Inventors: Herman Wiegman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12183209B2 ## CPC - G08G 5/25: Transmission of traffic-related information between aircraft - B64C 29/0008: {having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded} - G08G 5/22: located on the ground - G08G 5/26: Transmission of traffic-related information between aircraft and ground stations - G08G 5/55: for a single aircraft - H04B 7/18506: {Communications with or from aircraft, i.e. aeronautical mobile service} - G08G 5/57: for unmanned aircraft - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An apparatus for swarm communication for an electric aircraft fleet, wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of electric aircraft connected by a mesh network. The apparatus further includes a computing device communicatively connected to the mesh network, wherein the computing device includes an authentication module configured to authenticate each electric aircraft and facilitate communication of a plurality of aircraft data between the plurality of electric aircraft. The computing device includes a plurality of communication components, each assigned to an electric aircraft of the electric aircraft fleet, wherein each communication component is configured to transmit the aircraft data to the communication component of its assigned electric aircraft. The apparatus further includes a cloud database configured to record the plurality of aircraft data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: a computing device communicatively connected to a mesh network configured to connect a plurality of aircraft, wherein the plurality of aircraft comprises at least an electric aircraft, the computing device-comprises including: a plurality of communication components, and an electronic processor configured to: authenticate an aircraft of the plurality of aircraft; and in response to authenticating the aircraft, assign a communication component of the plurality of communication components to the aircraft, the communication component configured to: receive aircraft data from the aircraft; and facilitate communication of the aircraft data among the plurality of aircraft via the mesh network and as a function of the communication satisfying a communication threshold that includes an error rate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the mesh network comprises: a plurality of local mesh networks, wherein each local network comprises a plurality of nodes representing non-local entities; and a central mesh network, wherein the central mesh network is configured to communicate with the plurality of nodes representing non-local entities as a function of the plurality of local mesh networks. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the aircraft data includes aircraft logistics. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the aircraft data includes a location of an aircraft. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the aircraft data includes component state data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the component state data comprises a health status of a flight component, wherein the flight component comprises an electric propulsion assembly. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic processor is configured to authenticate the aircraft of the aircraft by: receiving a physical signature credential from the aircraft; and comparing the physical signature credential to an authorized signature credential stored in a physical signature database. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the physical signature credential comprises a physiological characteristic of a pilot. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the electronic processor is configured to authenticate the aircraft of the aircraft by: storing the physical signature credential in a failed credential datum table when the physical signature credential fails to match to the authorized signature credential. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the aircraft is a first aircraft, wherein the communication component is a first communication component, and wherein the first communication component is further configured to facilitate communication of the aircraft data by providing the aircraft data to a second aircraft of the aircraft via a second communication component of the plurality of communication components, the second communication component assigned to the second aircraft. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic processor is further configured to: in response to assigning the communication component to the aircraft, assigning a node in the mesh network to the communication component. ### Claim 12 A method for swarm communication, the method comprising: authenticating via a computing device communicatively connected to a mesh network and comprising a plurality of communication components, an aircraft of a aircraft; in response to authenticating the aircraft, assigning via the computing device, a communication component of the plurality of communication components to the aircraft; receiving the communication component, aircraft data from the aircraft; and facilitating, via the communication component, communication of the aircraft data among the plurality of aircraft via the mesh network and as a function of the communication satisfying a communication threshold that includes an error rate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein: the mesh network comprises a plurality of local mesh networks, wherein each local network comprises a plurality of nodes representing non-local entities and a central mesh network; and the method further comprises communicating, by central mesh network, with the plurality of nodes representing non-local entities as a function of the plurality of local mesh networks. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the aircraft data includes aircraft logistics. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the aircraft data includes a location of an aircraft. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the aircraft data includes component state data. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the component state data comprises a health status of a flight component, wherein the flight component comprises an electric propulsion assembly. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising: authenticating the aircraft by: receiving a physical signature credential from the aircraft; and comparing the physical signature credential to an authorized signature credential stored in a physical signature database. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the physical signature credential comprises a physiological characteristic of a pilot. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: authenticating the aircraft by: storing the physical signature credential in a failed credential datum table when the physical signature credential fails to match to the authorized signature credential.