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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Ronald W. Burch, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/118 (2013.01); B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/118 (2013.01); B64G 1/428 (2013.01); B64G 1/646 (2013.01); H04B 5/0031 (2013.01); B64G 2001/1092 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for wirelessly communicating between a host bus of a spacecraft and a secondary payload. In one configuration, the host bus and secondary payload each include a wireless interface for establishing a radio or optical communications link thereby allowing for the elimination of a complex wiring harness connected between the host bus and the secondary payload.