Patent ID: 9553658
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L

Claim:
1. An onboard network router for aviation customers to manage voice and data cabin communications onboard an aircraft comprising: a processing device connected with memory; a communication link to simultaneously use two or more satellite connections with in orbit communication satellites while the aircraft is in flight; a set of instructions for traffic control stored in the memory and executable by the processing device to manage cabin communication systems onboard the aircraft; plural Ethernet interfaces each configurable as one of a WAN port and a LAN port; and an ISDN interface and two or more simultaneous network interfaces to allow multiple avionic systems to operate on the aircraft wherein the satellite communication link allows simultaneous use of two or more of Inmarsat, Swiftbroadband, Swift64, Ku-Band, and Ka-Band satellite connections to deterministically forward data communications over two or more of said communication links based on preset policies by a user said router including QoS/Prioritization to locate bandwidth per device or person and prevents a single device from consuming all available bandwidth as well as prioritizing traffic for a VVIP.