Secure wireless dataloading using in-flight entertainment connectivity systems

A device for improving dataloading in an airplane, comprising:

• a processor and a memory including instructions stored thereupon, wherein the instructions upon execution by the processor cause the processor to:
• retrieve, from an in-flight entertainment connectivity (IFEC) system, at least one avionics software, wherein the IFEC system comprises a mass storage device comprising a plurality of storage segments, wherein a first storage segment of the plurality of storage segments is a secure storage segment configured to store the at least one avionics software, and wherein a second storage segment of the plurality of storage segments is configured to store media content;
• select, using a multi-position rotary switch, a target avionics system of the airplane;
• and
• load, using a wireless access point (WAP) of the IFEC system that is coupled to a wired legacy port, the at least one avionics software onto the target avionics system.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereupon for improving convergence of a soft bit-flipping decoder in a non-volatile memory device, comprising:

• instructions for logically separating, in a mass storage device of an in-flight entertainment connectivity (IFEC) system, a first storage segment of the mass storage device from a second storage segment of the mass storage device;
• instructions for retrieving, from the first storage segment, at least one avionics software, wherein the first storage segment is a secure storage segment configured to store the at least one avionics software, and wherein the second storage segment is configured to store media content;
• and
• instructions for loading, using a wireless network converter coupled to a wired legacy port, the at least one avionics software onto a target avionics system.