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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1997
David Moon Yee, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Robert Henry Bickley, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Philip John Zucarelli, Glendale, AZ (US);
Theodore Woolley Keller, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Jeff Scott Osman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Randall Keith Derr, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A satellite-based air traffic control system utilizes global-coverage satellite communications network to provide voice and data communication between an air traffic control center and one or more aircraft worldwide. Each aircraft is provided with an airborne navigation location reporting system device which has the capability of determining positional information of the aircraft and to transmit and receive voice and data messages to and from the ATC center via the satellite communications network.