Patent ID: 7869766
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. An intra-platform communications system for use with a platform having a payload, a processor, and plurality of subsystems supporting the payload, comprising: a first non-line of sight (NLOS) wireless transceiver, coupled to the processor; a second NLOS wireless transceiver, coupled to at least one of the subsystems; and a fourth NLOS wireless transceiver, coupled to another of the subsystems; wherein platform operational data is remotely reprogrammably communicated between the processor and the at least one subsystem via the first and second wireless transceivers and directly between the at least one subsystem and the another of the subsystems via the second NLOS wireless transceiver and the fourth NLOS wireless transceiver without the first NLOS wireless transceiver; and wherein the operational data is encrypted before transmission and decrypted after reception and wherein the operational data is communicated between the processor and the at least one subsystem according to a communication parameter having a first value and the operational data communicated directly between the at least one subsystem and another of the subsystems is communicated according to the communication parameter having a second value differing from first value, and the communication parameter is selected from the group comprising multiplex technique, operating frequency band, and encryption level.