Patent ID: 9730042
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G07C,H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of collecting aircraft data, comprising: receiving, by one or more computing devices located on a first aircraft, a first transmission from a second aircraft, wherein the first transmission comprises a first set of data associated with the second aircraft; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a communication time period during which the first aircraft can receive data sent from the second aircraft, wherein the communication time period is determined based at least in part on the first set of data, a velocity associated with the first aircraft, a velocity associated with the second aircraft, and a distance between the first and second aircrafts; sending, by the one or more computing devices, a second transmission to the second aircraft, wherein the second transmission comprises a second set of data indicative of at least the communication time period; and receiving, by the one or more computing devices, one or more third transmissions from the second aircraft, wherein the one or more third transmissions comprise a third set of data indicative of one or more parameters associated with the second aircraft, and wherein a size of the third set of data is based at least in part on the communication time period.