The invention provides a system and method of providing service coverage for the provision of data services to a target aircraft comprising the step of configuring one or more other aircraft in an area at a specific time such that the data services can be provided via a radio or communication link to the target aircraft via the one or more other aircraft; and predicting a data services requirement in an area and configuring a pattern of communication links with the one or more other aircraft and the target aircraft to maintain the predicted data services.
AERIAL VEHICLE MANAGEMENT FOR AN AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
2019-02-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Aerial vehicle management for an aeronautical communications network
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