In-Situ Measurement Logging by Wireless Communication Unit for Communicating Engine Data

A method for monitoring performance comprising:

• receiving, by one or more computing devices, a measurement from a sensor;
• assigning, by the one or more computing devices, a time to the measurement;
• storing, by the one or more computing devices, the received measurement and the assigned time to a file;
• and
• transmitting, by the one or more computing devices, the file to a remote computing device associated with a ground system.

A ground system comprising:

• one or more memory devices;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• execute a program comprising a model to predict operation of the wireless communication unit;
• receive a file from the wireless communication unit, wherein the file comprises at least one measurement from a sensor associated with the wireless communication unit, and wherein the file comprises at least one time assigned to the at least one measurement;
• and
• refine the model based on the at least one measurement and the at least one time.