Method for directional digital data transmission between an aircraft and a ground station

US8786492B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Tim Fuss · Hamburg, DE
• Uwe Schwark · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 22, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B7/04
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for digital and directional data transmission between aircraft and ground stations. In this arrangement data is exchanged digitally and directly, in other words directly by means of directional antennae, between the aircraft and the ground stations. Furthermore, transmission lobes are adapted during flight, and the directional antennae on the aircraft only illuminate regions on the ground that are located at a minimum distance across the flight path of the aircraft.