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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2009
David S. Benco, Winfield, IL (US);
Michael J. Hawley, Naperville, IL (US);
David S. Benco, Winfield, IL (US);
Michael J. Hawley, Naperville, IL (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
An exemplary method provides Internet Protocol (IP) devices of passengers of an in-flight airplane with terrestrial Internet IP communications. One airplane in a group of in-flight airplanes functions as a ground link airplane with a direct communication link to a ground station. Each airplane in the group travels in a substantially linear direction. A daisy chain of communications between adjacent airplanes in the group supports inter-airplane IP communications for carrying IP information of the IP devices of the passengers. The ground link airplane collects the IP-based information of the IP devices of the passengers and relays this information to the ground station that is connected to the terrestrial Internet. A communication satellite is not utilized to support any of these communications.