Methods and systems for vehicle broadband connection to a data network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8929465-B2
Application number	US-201313866397-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2013
Priority date	Apr 19, 2013
Publication date	Jan 6, 2015
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015

Abstract

Methods and systems for communicating data between an aircraft and a ground-based unit are provided. The method includes integrating a Broadband over Power Line (BPL) module and inductive coupler into the ground-based unit, communicatively coupling the aircraft to the ground-based unit, initiating a Broadband over Power Line (BPL) link between the aircraft and the ground-based unit when power is supplied to the aircraft, and updating data stored in the aircraft with data received from the ground-based unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for communicating data between an aircraft and a ground-based unit, said method comprising:
integrating a Broadband over Power Line (BPL) module with an inductive coupler into a single device by coupling the BPL module directly to the inductive coupler;
coupling the integrated BPL module and inductive coupler to a power line of the ground-based unit;
communicatively coupling the aircraft to the ground-based unit;
initiating a Broadband over Po…

Assignees

• Boeing Co

Inventors

• Lee Donald B
• Mitchell Timothy M
• Ward Brian E

Classifications

• H04B3/544 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B2203/5483

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B2203/5408

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B2203/547

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B2203/5445

  Electricity · mapped topic