Patent ID: 7907545
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: B64D,H04W

Abstract:
1. An aircraft wireless network in an aircraft, the aircraft wireless network comprising: a maintenance server; a cabin server; a radio switch connected to an external antenna, a first aircraft access point, and a second aircraft access point; a network switch; and at least one cabin access point connected to at least one internal antenna, wherein the network switch and the radio switch are configured to arrange the aircraft wireless network according to at least two distinct configurations, in a first configuration the cabin server is permitted to connect to the at least one cabin access point by the network switch and the first aircraft access point is connected to the external antenna by the radio switch, in a second configuration the maintenance server is permitted to connect to the at least one cabin access point by the network switch and the second aircraft access point is connected to the external antenna by the radio switch, and in the first and second configurations the said maintenance and cabin servers are prohibited from simultaneously connecting to the said at least one cabin access point.