System and method providing improved, dual-purpose keep-alive packets with operational data
US10999378B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 25, 2018 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/321
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods for combining operational data transmission (statistics about device health, connected device information, and the like) and keep alive packets (ping type packets which expect a reply back within predetermined amount of time to indicate network connections can pass traffic bi-directionally) are described. Embodiments provide an onboard aircraft communication equipment, in which the onboard aircraft communication equipment is deployed on an operational aircraft and transmits keep-alive packets to a ground network. Embodiments generate operational data from the aircraft, construct a bi-directional keep-alive packet with keep-alive data for transmission between the onboard aircraft communication equipment and the ground network, combine the operational data with the bi-directional keep-alive packet into a combined keep-alive request transmission, and transmit the combined keep-alive request transmission from the onboard aircraft communication equipment to the ground network.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.