Interference mitigation techniques for air to ground systems

A method for air to ground communication interference mitigation within an aircraft equipped with a multi-beam array antenna, comprising:

• adjusting a modulation symbol interleaving and/or forward error correction of an aircraft receiver interface in response to detected interference from an interferer;
• reducing a data rate of the aircraft receiver interface when the adjusting of the modulation symbol interleaving and/or forward error correction does not mitigate the detected interference, from the interferer;
• performing antenna beam-steering away from a geographic (GEO) arc during an aircraft turn;
• and
• disabling an aircraft transmitter when a roll-angle of the aircraft turn is greater than or equal to a predetermined roll-angle threshold.

An apparatus configured for air to ground communication interference mitigation within an aircraft equipped with a multi-beam array antenna, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being configured:
• to adjust a modulation symbol interleaving and/or forward error correction of an aircraft receiver interface in response to detected interference from a forward link of an interferer aircraft;
• to reduce a data rate of the aircraft receiver interface when the adjusting of the modulation symbol interleaving and/or forward error correction does not mitigate the detected interference, from the forward link interferer aircraft, on communications received by the aircraft receiver interface from a serving ground station through the multi-beam array antenna;
• and
• to provide aircraft internet service based on the communications received by the aircraft receiver interface from the serving ground station through the multi-beam array antenna.

An apparatus configured for air to ground communication interference mitigation within an aircraft equipped with a multi-beam array antenna, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being configured:
• to adjust a modulation symbol interleaving and/or forward error correction of an aircraft receiver interface in response to detected interference from an interferer;
• to reduce a data rate of the aircraft receiver interface when the adjusting of the modulation symbol interleaving and/or forward error correction does not mitigate the detected interference, from the interferer;
• to perform antenna beam-steering away from a geographic (GEO) arc during an aircraft turn;
• and
• to disable an aircraft transmitter when a roll-angle of the aircraft turn is greater than or equal to a predetermined roll-angle threshold.

A computer program product configured for air to ground communication interference mitigation within an aircraft equipped with a multi-beam array antenna, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having non-transitory program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:
• program code to adjust a modulation symbol interleaving and/or forward error correction of an aircraft receiver interface in response to detected interference from a forward link of an interferer aircraft;
• program code to reduce a data rate of the aircraft receiver interface when the adjusting of the modulation symbol interleaving and/or forward error correction does not mitigate the detected interference, from the forward link of interferer aircraft, on communications received by the aircraft receiver interface from a serving ground station through the multi-beam array antenna;
• and
• program code to provide aircraft internet service based on the communications received by the aircraft receiver interface from the serving ground station through the multi-beam array antenna.

An apparatus operable for air to ground communication interference mitigation within an aircraft equipped with a multi-beam array antenna, the apparatus comprising:

• means for adjusting a modulation symbol interleaving and/or forward error correction of an aircraft receiver interface in response to detected interference from a forward link of an interferer aircraft;
• means for reducing a data rate of the aircraft receiver interface when the adjusting of the modulation symbol interleaving and/or forward error correction does not mitigate the detected interference, from the forward link of the interferer aircraft, on communications received by the aircraft receiver interface from a serving ground station through the multi-beam array antenna;
• and
• means for providing aircraft internet service based on the communications received by the aircraft receiver interface from the serving ground station through the multi-beam array antenna.