Patent ID: 9647748
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04B

Claim:
1. An antenna system for a small to mid-sized aircraft, comprising: at least one antenna of the small to mid-sized aircraft, each of the at least one antenna being configured to send signals to and receive signals from one or more non-geostationary satellites; at least one directional antenna of the small to mid-sized aircraft, each of the at least one directional antenna being configured to receive signals from one or more geostationary satellites, wherein a particular directional antenna of the at least one directional antenna comprises an electronically scanned array panel; and a computing device of the small to mid-sized aircraft, the computing device comprising a processor, wherein the computing device is a split proxy computing device configured to split inbound and outbound communications among two or more satellite systems, wherein the split proxy computing device is further configured to: wherein the at least one antenna and the at least one directional antenna are configured to be communicatively coupled to the computing device on-board the small to mid-sized aircraft.