Patent ID: 8290526
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless ground support system for communicating between a ground crew and a pilot, in which the pilot has a pilot's headset communicatively linked to a communication socket accessible from the exterior of an aircraft operable on the ground by such pilot, such that audio signals communicated to such communications socket may be heard by such pilot during ground operations, the system comprising: a. a wireless ground crew tug operator's headset; b. a first wireless intercom having a wired pilot interface operable to couple at least voice communications between said ground crew tug operator's headset and such communications socket, at least partially over a first wireless link; and c. a logic within said first wireless intercom operable to transmit an audio alarm signal to such communications socket if said ground crew tug operator's headset fails to maintain communication over said first wireless link.