Patent ID: 11909501
Assignee: SKYSTREAM LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A network broker for an enhanced L-band Digital Aeronautical Communications System (LDACS) comprising a plurality of LDACS ground stations assigned to respective different ground communication networks; and a plurality of LDACS airborne stations configured to communicate with selected ones of the LDACS ground stations based upon respective roaming agreements for the different ground communication networks; the network broker comprising:
a processor and an associated memory configured to
authorize a connection between an LDACS airborne station and an LDACS ground station based upon a corresponding roaming agreement,
transact roaming costs per the corresponding roaming agreement, and
provide a corresponding level of service, from among a plurality of different levels of service, based upon the corresponding roaming agreement.