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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2020
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Zhenning Zhou, Shanghai, CN;

Zhijian Xu, Beijing, CN;

Pi-Shien Liu, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Kai Tian, Beijing, CN;

Minghui Chen, Beijing, CN;

Mei Tian, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/18508 (2013.01); H04B 7/155 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes selecting, with a communications management system, a first satellite communications (SATCOM) system of a plurality of SATCOM systems as a primary SATCOM system based on user input, received by a human machine interface, that identifies the first SATCOM system as a user-selected SATCOM system. The method further includes automatically switching, with the communications management system, the primary SATCOM system from the first SATCOM system to a second SATCOM system of the plurality of SATCOM systems in response to: a fault status for the first SATCOM system; a loss of channel availability for the first SATCOM system; and/or a failed datalink message transmission for the first SATCOM system. The method further includes establishing a communication link between the primary SATCOM system and a ground station.


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