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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2008
Michael J. Lynch, Merritt Island, FL (US);
Robert M. Keen, Malabar, FL (US);
Jeffrey A. Frisco, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Michael J. Lynch, Merritt Island, FL (US);
Robert M. Keen, Malabar, FL (US);
Jeffrey A. Frisco, Palm Bay, FL (US);
LiveTV, LLC, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
A communications system for an aircraft carrying at least some personnel having personal electronic devices (PEDs) for wireless data communications outside the aircraft includes a ground-based communications network comprising spaced apart base stations, and an access point in the aircraft for providing a WLAN for data communications with the PEDs. An air-to-ground transceiver in the aircraft cooperates with the access point for data communications with the ground-based communications network. First and second base stations define respective first and second adjacent coverage areas, and include respective first and second hard handoff controllers. The respective first and second hard handoff controllers implement a hard handoff of a data communications channel with the air-to-ground transceiver as the aircraft moves from the first coverage area to the second adjacent coverage area.