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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Donald C. Kauffman, Laurel, MD (US);
Tom D. Judd, Morristown, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Donald C. Kauffman, Laurel, MD (US);
Tom D. Judd, Morristown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 84/22 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/18508 (2013.01); H04W 84/22 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of communicating aircraft messages is provided. The method comprises forming an at-hoc communication network of mobile nodes. Communicating messages between the mobile nodes via the at-hoc communication network using mobile node-to-mobile node communication signals and supplementing communication gaps in the ad-hoc communication network with alternative communication signals.