Patent ID: 8081969
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for providing individual ground-based access network IP addresses to a plurality of passenger wireless devices which are located onboard an aircraft, comprising: aircraft network means, located in an aircraft, for generating radio frequency communication signals to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of passenger wireless devices located in said aircraft, comprising: ground-based access network means for exchanging communication signals with at least one ground-based communication network; air-to-ground network means for exchanging radio frequency communications between said aircraft network means and said ground-based access network means to carry said at least one aggregate data stream; wherein said ground-based access network means comprises: subnet means for storing data indicative of at least one set of unique IP addresses for an associated aggregate datastream and that are available for use onboard said aircraft by each of said passenger wireless devices, comprising: handoff means, responsive to said radio frequency communication link being handed off to another ground-based access network means, for transmitting data indicative of said set of unique IP addresses to said another ground-based access network means.