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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2019
Architecture Technology Corporation, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Barry A. Trent, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Ranga S. Ramanujan, Medina, MN (US);
Fabio F. Pozzo, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method of generating a flight path for an aircraft is provided. The method includes modeling geographic space and time that includes a plurality of mobile communication nodes. The model includes locations of each of the plurality of mobile communication nodes as those nodes move over time. The model also provides an indication of wireless connectivity between a radio on each of the plurality of communication nodes and a radio of the aircraft at their respective location. The method further includes running a plurality of flight paths through the model in order to identify a selected flight path that provides a desired level of connectivity between the aircraft and the plurality of communication nodes.