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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2008
Ivica Kostanic, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Vahid Tarokh, Cambridge, MA (US);
Harold Grant Saroka, Ashburn, VA (US);
Joseph M. Cruz, Naperville, IL (US);
William James Gordon, Washington, DC (US);
Anand K. Chari, Bartlett, IL (US);
Ivica Kostanic, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Vahid Tarokh, Cambridge, MA (US);
Harold Grant Saroka, Ashburn, VA (US);
Joseph M. Cruz, Naperville, IL (US);
William James Gordon, Washington, DC (US);
Anand K. Chari, Bartlett, IL (US);
Gogo LLC, Itasca, IL (US);
Abstract
The present Broadband Link System supplements the existing Air-To-Ground Radio Frequency communications link with an additional, separate high speed Broadband Ground-To-Air Data Channel to provide additional data communication capacity for aircraft. This Broadband Ground-To-Air Data Channel is typically a uni-directional (Ground-To-Air) link directed via a focused beam to selected aircraft which are operational in the coverage area of the Broadband Ground-To-Air Data Channel. The routing of the various data transmissions on both the Air-To-Ground Radio Frequency communications link and the Broadband Ground-To-Air Data Channel are managed in a unified manner to maximize the utilization of the two transmission facilities.