Patent ID: 9576404
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B64D,G05B,G07C,H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A system for transmitting aircraft data from an aircraft, comprising: a wireless engine monitoring module mounted on the aircraft engine that collects engine data relating to operation of the aircraft engine and includes a wireless engine monitoring transceiver that transmits and receives the collected engine data over a first wireless communications signal; a Data Acquisition Unit (DAU) that records aircraft data; a PC card interfaced to the DAU, comprising a wireless local area network (LAN) communications unit configured as an access point and positioned within the aircraft that transmits and receives the first and second wireless communications signals to and from the respective wireless engine monitoring module and the PC card; and a second wireless transceiver mounted within the aircraft that receives a third wireless communications signal containing aircraft data and the engine data from the wireless LAN communications unit and transmits the aircraft data and engine data from the aircraft.