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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2020
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Timothy M. Mitchell, Seattle, WA (US);
Anil Kumar, Sammamish, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Provided are methods and systems for terrestrial data transmission between aircrafts and external networks, such as airline and/or airport computer systems. When an aircraft is parked at the gate, the aircraft is connected to and powered by an electrical cable, such as a stinger cable. This cable may be also be used for wired data transmission between the aircraft and the gate using broadband over power line (BPL) technology. The gate and the aircraft are each equipped with a BPL module. The aircraft may include other communication modules, such as a Wi-Fi module, a cellular module, and/or an Ethernet module. These other modules can be also used for data transmission in addition to or instead of communication through the BPL module. A communication link manager may be used to select one or more communication modules depending on availability of communication links, costs, speed, and other parameters.