Patent ID: 8195151
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method of integrating and communicating data link information from an aircraft to a ground station using a portable communications and integration system, comprising: receiving data link message information from one or more communication devices; integrating the received data link message information; converting integrated data link information into internet protocol information; and transmitting the internet protocol information from the aircraft over a satellite network to the ground station for display to a user over a communications network, a plurality of devices for executing the receiving, the integrating, the converting and the transmitting being housed in an integrated modular portable unit that is at least one of carried or rolled onto the aircraft; and the data link message information including at least one of Link-16 and Situational Awareness Data Link (SADL) data link message information that is received from at least one of a Link-16 communication device and a SADL communication device.