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Vehicle multi-communication message type communication system

Honeywell International Inc.
2023
Online Patent

Titel:
Vehicle multi-communication message type communication system
Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: Honeywell International Inc.
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Veröffentlichung: 2023
Medientyp: Patent
Sonstiges:
  • Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Grants
  • Sprachen: English
  • Patent Number: 11551,557
  • Publication Date: January 10, 2023
  • Appl. No: 16/189871
  • Application Filed: November 13, 2018
  • Assignees: Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, NC, US)
  • Claim: 1. A vehicle communication system comprising: a communication management unit (CMU) at least in part configured to route first type messages using a first type message communication with a first type protocol, the CMU including at least one processor; and a data gateway configured to communicate second type messages to a remote location, the CMU configured to route at least some of the first type messages to the data gateway, the data gateway configured to communicate a pseudo acknowledgment for each message block of each first type message routed to the data gateway back to the CMU indicating the message block was received by a designated remote location, the data gateway further configured to convert each received first type message into the second type message and communicate each second type message one message block at a time to the designated remote location using a second type of message communication with a second type protocol.
  • Claim: 2. The vehicle communication system of claim 1 , wherein each pseudo acknowledgment is communicated back to the CMU by the data gateway when an associated message block is received at the data gateway before receiving confirmation from the remote location that the block was received.
  • Claim: 3. The vehicle communication system of claim 1 , wherein; the vehicle communication system is part of an aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS); the first type of message communication is an ACARS communication; and the second type of message communication is an ACARS over internet protocol (AOIP) communication.
  • Claim: 4. The vehicle communication system of claim 3 , wherein the data gateway includes an AOIP server, the AOIP server configured to generate the pseudo acknowledgement of each first type message received.
  • Claim: 5. The vehicle communication system of claim 4 , wherein the AOIP server further comprises: at least one processor; and at least one storage device to store at least instructions implemented by the at least one processor.
  • Claim: 6. The vehicle communication system of claim 1 , wherein the first type of messages are safety messages and the second type of messages are non-safety messages.
  • Claim: 7. The vehicle communication system of claim 1 , further comprising: a first communication path to communicate select first type messages to at least one ground end system at the designated remote location from the CMU in a downlink direction; and a second communication path to communicate the second type messages to the at least one ground end system at the designated remote location from the data gateway in a downlink direction.
  • Claim: 8. The vehicle communication system of claim 7 , wherein the second communication path includes a router configured to select between a plurality of available sub-link paths to the at least one ground end system.
  • Claim: 9. A vehicle communication system comprising: a communication unit including at least one processor configured to communicate with messages of a first type having a first type protocol between the vehicle communication system and at least one remote ground end system, the communication unit configured to sort the first type messages to the at least one remote ground end system in at least two different categories, the communication unit further configured to communicate at least first type messages of a first category through a first communication path and first type messages of a second category through a second communication path; a data gateway in the second communication path, the data gateway configured to send a pseudo acknowledgement that indicates a ground service provider associated with the at least one remote end system has received a message block of the first type messages communicated through the second communication path back to the communication unit, the data gateway further configured to convert the first type messages to second type messages having a second different protocol; and a router in the second communication path, the router in communication with the data gateway to route the second type messages one message block at a time to the at least one remote ground end system.
  • Claim: 10. The vehicle communication system of claim 9 , wherein the first category is safety messages and the second category is non-safety messages.
  • Claim: 11. The vehicle communication system of claim 9 , wherein; the first type of messages are an aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS) messages; and the second type messages are ACARS over internet protocol (AOIP) messages.
  • Claim: 12. The vehicle communication system of claim 9 , wherein each pseudo acknowledgment is communicated back to the CMU by the data gateway when an associated message block is received at the data gateway before receiving confirmation from the remote location that the block was received.
  • Claim: 13. The vehicle communication system of claim 9 , wherein the router is configured to select between a plurality of available sub-link paths in communicating the second type messages to the at least one remote ground end system.
  • Claim: 14. The vehicle communication system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one remote ground end system is at least one of an airline operation station and an air traffic control station.
  • Claim: 15. The vehicle communication system of claim 9 , wherein the first communication path includes at least one of a very high frequency link, a high integrity satellite communication link and a high frequency link and the second communication path includes at least one of a low cost satellite communication link, a WiFi communication link and a cellular communication link.
  • Claim: 16. A method of communicating messages in a downlink direction between a vehicle communication unit and at least one remote ground end system, the method comprising: sorting first type messages to be downlinked to the at least one remote ground end system into at least a first category and a second category with a communication unit, the first type messages using a first type protocol; communicating first type messages of at least the first category through a first communication path to the at least one remote ground end system; communicating first type messages of the second category through a second communication path to the at least one remote ground end system; sending a pseudo acknowledgement that indicates a message block has been received at a ground service provider associated with a designated remote ground end system of the at least one remote ground end system to the communication unit in response to the communication unit communicating the message block of the first type messages of the second category through the second communication path; converting the first type messages in the second communication path into second type messages, the second type messages using a second type protocol; and communicating the converted second type messages to the at least one remote ground end system one message block at a time.
  • Claim: 17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising: using a data gateway in the second communication path to generate the pseudo acknowledgement that indicates the message block has been receive and to convert the first type messages in the second communication path into second type messages.
  • Claim: 18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising: routing second type messages through at least one of a plurality of available sub-link paths in the second communication path to the at least one remote ground end system.
  • Claim: 19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising: sending an acknowledgment back to the communication unit through the first communication path when the at least one remote ground end system receives a first type message through the first communication path.
  • Claim: 20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first type messages are aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS) messages and the second type messages are ACARS over internet protocol (AOIP) messages.
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  • Other References: European Patent Office, “Extended European Search Report from Application No. 19208206.3”, from Foreign Counterpart to U.S. Appl. No. 16/189,871, dated Feb. 24, 2020, pp. 1-7, Published: EP. cited by applicant
  • Primary Examiner: Mehdizadeh, Navid Z.
  • Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fogg & Powers LLC

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