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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2009
Debra J. Graves, Annapolis, MD (US);
Rolf Stefani, West River, MD (US);
William Brian Pemberton, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alan Martin Williard, Severn, MD (US);
Ernest Joseph Siegrist, Davidsonville, MD (US);
Debra J. Graves, Annapolis, MD (US);
Rolf Stefani, West River, MD (US);
William Brian Pemberton, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alan Martin Williard, Severn, MD (US);
Ernest Joseph Siegrist, Davidsonville, MD (US);
ARINC Incorporated, Annapolis, MD (US);
Abstract
A system in a method are provided for sending and receiving messages between a point located on the ground and a point located on an aircraft via an Iridium Short Burst Data Service. The messages may conform to Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) Specification 618. The messages may be ground-to-air messages or air-to-ground messages. The messages may be ACARS messages and at least some of the messages may have a length exceeding a maximum payload of the Iridium Short Burst Data Service. ACARS messages, which exceed the maximum payload of the Iridium Short Burst Data Service may be segmented and each of the segments may be sent in respective Iridium Short Burst Data messages via the Iridium Short Burst Data Service. When the separate Iridium Short Burst Data messages are received, the segments may be combined to reconstruct the ACARS message for delivery to an intended destination.