Apparatus for electric aircraft communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11990046-B2
Application number	US-202217825448-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2022
Priority date	May 26, 2022
Publication date	May 21, 2024
Grant date	May 21, 2024

Abstract

In an aspect an apparatus for electric aircraft communication is presented. An apparatus includes a first networking component installed on a first electric aircraft. An apparatus includes at least a processor communicatively connected to a first networking component. An apparatus includes a memory communicatively connected to at least a processor. A memory contains instructions configuring at least a processor to configure a first networking component to establish a communicative connection between the first networking component and a second networking component as a function of a communication criterion. At least a processor is configured to communicate aircraft data through a communicative connection.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for electric aircraft communication, comprising:
a first electric aircraft comprising a manned aircraft
a first networking component installed on the first electric aircraft, wherein the first networking component is communicatively connected to at least a subchannel of a communicative connection wherein the at least a subchannel is further configured to communicate with a second networking component, wherein the first networking component is configured to transmit and receive cellular signals from the second networking component;
at least a processor installed on the first electric aircraft and communicatively connected to the first networking component, wherein the at least a processor is further configured to:
establish a communicative connection between the first networking component and the second networking component as a function of a communication criterion, wherein the communication criterion comprises an altitude between 100 ft and 2500 ft; and

compare the communication criterion to a communication parameter using an optimization criterion; and
a memory installed on the first electric aircraft and communicatively connected to the at least a processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to:
detect a communicative connection to a ground-based network node; and
send a communication to a second networking component using the communicative connection to the ground-based network node.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second networking component is installed in an electric aircraft.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to adjust a bandwidth of the communicative connection through the first networking component.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to adjust a frequency of the communicative connection through the first networking component.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the communicative connection includes a mesh network.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to establish a communicative connection through the first networking component as a function of an optimization model.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the communicative connection includes an electric aircraft to electric aircraft communication channel.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to communicate aircraft data with the ground-based network node using the first networking component.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to:
receive training data correlating communication parameters to communicative connections;
train a communication machine learning model with the training data, wherein the communication machine learning model is configured to input communication parameters and output communicative connections; and
determine a communicative connection as a function of an output of the communication machine learning model.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the memory further instructs the processor to:
detect a communicative connection to a network node located on a second aircraft; and
send a communication to a third networking component using the communicative connection to the network node located on the second aircraft.

11. A method of electric aircraft communication, comprising:
detecting, through a first networking component installed on a manned first electric aircraft, a communication criterion wherein the first networking component is communicatively connected to at least a subchannel of a communicative connection wherein the at least a subchannel is further configured to communicate with a second networking component, wherein the first networking component is configured to transmit and receive cellular signals from the second networking component;
establishing, by a processor, a communicative connection between the first networking component and the second networking component as a function of a communication criterion, wherein the communication criterion comprises a current altitude of the manned first electric aircraft as between 100 ft and 2500 ft;
comparing, by the processor, the communication criterion to a communication parameter using an optimization criterion;
establishing, through the first networking component installed on the manned first electric aircraft, a communicative connection with a ground-based network node as a function of the communication criterion; and
communicating, during flight of the electric aircraft at an altitude between 100 ft and 2500 ft, aircraft data between the electric aircraft and a second networking component through the communicative connection of the ground-based network node.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second networking component is installed in an electric aircraft.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to adjust a bandwidth of the communicative connection through the first networking component.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to adjust a frequency of the communicative connection through the first networking component.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the communicative connection includes a mesh network.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to establish a communicative connection through the first networking component as a function of an optimization model.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the communicative connection includes an electric aircraft to electric aircraft communication channel.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to communicate the aircraft data with the ground-based network node using the first networking component.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to:
receive training data correlating communication parameters to communicative connections;
train a communication machine learning model with the training data, wherein the communication machine learning model is configured to input communication parameters and output communicative connections; and
determine a communicative connection as a function of an output of the communication machine learning model.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:
detecting, using the processor, a communicative connection to a network node located on a second aircraft; and
sending, using the processor, a communication to a third networking component using the communicative connection to the network node located on the second aircraft.

Assignees

• Beta Air Llc

Inventors

• Henck Thomas

Classifications

• G08G5/26 Primary

  Transmission of traffic-related information between aircraft and ground stations · CPC title

• G08G5/0013 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic