Patent ID: 9706563
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for message communication, the method comprising: tagging a message with a message tag, the message tag comprising a Class-of-Service tag and a Priority tag; adding the message to a first message queue of a plurality of message queues based on a Class-of-Service indicted by the Class-of-Service tag; prioritizing the message relative to other messages in the first message queue based in part on content of the Priority tag and in part on a state indicator provided by an on-board messaging system; and transitioning the first message queue between a Prioritize-and-Store operating state and a Prioritize-and-Forward operating state based on a status of at least one data link associated with the first message queue; wherein while the first message queue is in the Prioritize-and-Store operating state, the first message queue stores the message; and wherein while the first message queue is in the Prioritize-and-Forward operating state, the message is transmitted from the first message queue in an order of assigned priority.