Network connection outage prediction due to antenna failure using machine learning

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11455839-B2
Application number	US-202017133082-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2020
Priority date	Sep 30, 2020
Publication date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Sep 27, 2022

Abstract

A system for predicting an outage for a commercial passenger vehicle is described. The system includes a storage configured to store flight information of the commercial passenger vehicle that includes an antenna configured to assist a network connectivity for devices in the commercial passenger vehicle to remote devices, the flight information including travel information of the commercial passenger vehicle and antenna-related information of the antenna; and a server configured to apply a machine learning algorithm that (1) processes the flight information and (2) generate an output indicative of a probability of an antenna-related outage of the network connectivity that is caused due to a failure of the antenna based on processed flight information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for predicting an outage for a commercial passenger vehicle, comprising:
a storage configured to store flight information of the commercial passenger vehicle that includes an antenna configured to assist a network connectivity for devices in the commercial passenger vehicle to remote devices, the flight information including travel information of the commercial passenger vehicle and antenna-related information of the antenna; and
a server configured to apply a machine learning algorithm that (1) processes the flight information and (2) generate an output indicative of a probability of an antenna-related outage of the network connectivity that is caused due to a failure of the antenna based on processed flight information.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server includes a computing engine configured to perform the machine learning algorithm.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is coupled to an external engine configured to perform the machine learning analysis and located outside of the server.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is further configured to use fault trap data to determine the probability of the antenna-related outage.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is further configured to determine the probability of the antenna-related outage based on predetermined rules regarding trap importance applied to the fault trap data.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a visualization module that provides a graphical representation of the probability of the antenna-related outage using numbers or colors that represent a level of a necessity of a maintenance or a replacement of the antenna.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the antenna is located at a tail or a fuselage of the commercial passenger vehicle.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the travel information includes at least one of: flight identification data of the commercial passenger vehicle and departure and arrival time of flights of the commercial passenger vehicle.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is further configured to transmit the output to the commercial passenger vehicle.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is in communication with an on-board server in the commercial passenger vehicle.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sever is further configured to provide a notification for a maintenance or a replacement of the antenna based on the output.

12. A method for predicting an outage for a commercial passenger vehicle, comprising:
receiving flight information of the commercial passenger vehicle that is configured to provide a network connectivity for devices in the commercial passenger vehicle through an antenna located in the commercial passenger vehicle, the flight information including travel information of the commercial passenger vehicle and antenna-related information of the antenna; and
performing, based on the flight information, a prediction of an outage of the network connectivity by determining probabilities of an antenna-related outage caused due to a failure of the antenna.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the performing of the prediction includes applying a machine learning algorithm that (1) processes the flight information and (2) determines the probability of the antenna-related outage based on processed flight information.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
transmitting a result of the prediction to the commercial passenger vehicle.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
providing a graphical representation of the probability of the antenna-related outage using numbers or colors that represent a level of a necessity of a maintenance or replacement of the antenna.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the performing of the prediction includes using fault trap data to determine the probabilities of the antenna-related outage.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the performing of the prediction further includes applying predetermined rules regarding trap importance to the fault trap data to determine the probabilities of the antenna-related outage.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the antenna is located at a tail or a fuselage of the commercial passenger vehicle.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein the travel information includes at least one of: flight identification data of the commercial passenger vehicle and departure and arrival time of flights of the commercial passenger vehicle.

20. The method of claim 12 , further comprising providing a notification for a maintenance or a replacement of the antenna based on the output.

Assignees

• Panasonic Avionics Corp

Inventors

• Lad Samir
• Liu Hanbin
• Campbell Alan
• Rilea Dennis
• Sarraffe Paul

Classifications

• H04W72/542

  using measured or perceived quality · CPC title

• H04M15/8351

  before establishing a communication · CPC title

• H04B17/3911

  Fading models or fading generators · CPC title

• H04B7/18519 Primary

  Operations control, administration or maintenance · CPC title

• H04B17/373

  Predicting channel quality {or other radio frequency [RF]} parameters · CPC title