The Boeing Company

Carlos M Montes

Jeffrey Scott Willcox

Timothy James Ong

Youstina Yacoub

Ernest L Ferrier, Jr

Anthony Sangsoo Bak

Cameron Alexander Sanders

Thomas John Berens

Terry Allan Smith

Terry Lee Davis

Gordon E Letney

John H Bender

Brian L Skeen

Andrew L Dul

An autonomous watercraft with a waterproof container that houses a satellite communication terminal. The waterproof container includes a first shell mounted on a deck of the watercraft and that has a sealed first interior space that contains satellite communication circuitry of the terminal. The waterproof container also includes a second shell mounted under the deck of the watercraft and that has a sealed second interior space that contains the processing circuitry of the terminal. The first and second shells include ports configured to receive connectors for communication signaling and/or power. The first shell can also include a pressure port to pressurize the first interior space for use in leak detection. The shells can also include heat sinks to cool the satellite communication terminal.

Autonomous watercraft with a waterproof container system that houses satellite communication terminal

A routing system operably links a mobile platform to the Internet. The system includes a ground based communications link manager linkable to the mobile platform. At least one ground based prefix server can communicate with the communications link manager. An initial Internet address is assigned to the mobile platform. A prefix server program communicates the initial destination address of the mobile platform to the communications link manager and to the Internet. During a travel segment of the mobile platform a new destination address can be communicated to the Internet using the prefix server to maintain communication between the mobile platform and the Internet.

Global internet protocol prefix number mobility

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Marysville, WA, United States of America

Carlos M Montes