Patent ID: 8447292
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: H01Q,H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for managing radio frequency communications between a plurality of wireless subscriber devices located in an aircraft and a plurality of Air-To-Ground terrestrial base stations, which are located on the ground, comprising: a plurality of independently operable radio frequency antennas mounted on the exterior surface of said aircraft; a transmitter, located in said aircraft, for generating radio frequency communication signals for application to said plurality of independently operable radio frequency antennas to simultaneously maintain multiple Air-To-Ground Radio Frequency communications links with said Air-To-Ground terrestrial base stations independent of a handoff process, to concurrently exchange call traffic between said plurality of wireless subscriber devices and a plurality of said Air-To-Ground terrestrial base stations; a data flow controller, comprising: an interface located in said aircraft for simultaneously transmitting each of said multiple segments to an associated one of said plurality of independently operable radio frequency antennas, comprising: