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US 9,003,052 B2Granted
System and method for air-to-ground data streaming
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsStephen C. Holstein, Tri M. Phan
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Abstract
A method for air-to-ground data streaming includes receiving data, by a processor aboard an aircraft, from an LRU aboard the aircraft, encoding the data according to a data map received from a ground station, and transmitting the encoded data in real time to the ground station via a transmission link selected by a dynamic link manager, configured to identify and select a most efficient data path.
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An air-to-ground data streaming system, comprising:
- an onboard processor, disposed aboard an aircraft, configured to receive and store a data map, and to receive and encode data from an onboard Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) per the data map, and to transmit the encoded data via a transmission link, and to operate according to a monitor mode, wherein the data map identifies a first minimal data set, and an event mode, wherein the data map identifies a second expanded data set;
- a ground station, having a processor, configured to communicate the data map to the onboard processor via the transmission link, and to receive and decode the encoded data from the onboard processor per the data map;
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- a dynamic link manager, configured to identify and select at least one data path for the transmission link between the onboard processor and the ground station, and to transmit data from the onboard processor to the ground processor via the selected data path.
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An aircraft, comprising:
- an onboard processor, configured to receive and store a data map transmitted from a ground station, and to receive and encode data from an onboard Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) per the data map, and to transmit the encoded data via a transmission link to a processor of the ground station, and to operate according to a monitor mode, wherein the data map identifies a first minimal data set, and an event mode, wherein the data map identifies a second expanded data set;
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- a dynamic link manager, configured to identify and select at least one data path for the transmission link between the onboard processor and the ground station, and to transmit data from the onboard processor to the ground processor via the selected data path.
A method for air-to-ground data streaming, comprising:
- receiving data, by a processor aboard an aircraft, from a Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) aboard the aircraft;
- encoding the data, according to a data map received from a ground station, in one of a monitor mode, wherein the data map identifies a first minimal data set, and an event mode, wherein the data map identifies a second expanded data set;
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- transmitting the encoded data in real time to the ground station via a transmission link selected by a dynamic link manager, configured to identify and select a most efficient data path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.