Patent ID: 9571608
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of assessing timeslot compatibility between a first platform and a second platform communicating over a Time Division Multiple Access network, the method comprising: obtaining, by a processor onboard one of the first platform and the second platform, data representing a metamodel of communication characteristics of the first platform and the second platform, said first platform having a first base standard and said second platform having a second base standard different than the first base standard, wherein said first and second base standards define said communication characteristics of said first and second platform respectively, the metamodel including a first information regarding at least transmit timeslots for transmission by the first platform, and a second information regarding at least receive timeslots for reception by the second platform; querying, by the processor, the metamodel to assess compatibility between the transmit timeslots and the receive timeslots, wherein a transmit timeslot is assessed to be compatible with a receive timeslot when the transmit timeslot coincides in time with the receive timeslot, and is assessed to be not compatible otherwise; and outputting a timeslot compatibility map based on a result of the querying;