A system for providing individual ground-based Access Network IP addresses to a plurality of passenger wireless devices (101, 221,224) which are located onboard an aircraft, comprising: aircraft network means, located in said aircraft, for generating radio frequency communication signals to communicate with at least one of said plurality of passenger wireless devices (101, 221-224) located in said aircraft; and Air-To-Ground network means for radio frequency communications between said aircraft network means and a ground-based Access Network for tunneling data packets, independent of said individual ground-based Access Network IP addresses associated with said plurality of passenger wireless devices (101, 221,224) on said aircraft, between said aircraft network means and said ground-based Access Network, comprising: data concentrator means, located on said aircraft, for converting subscriber traffic and signaling channels received from said plurality of passenger wireless devices (101, 221-224) located in said aircraft to at least one aggregate data stream, and at least one of: Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol means comprising a Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) functioning as the L2TP Access Concentrator and Air-To-Ground modem acting as a L2TP Network Server, or Layer 3 IP Tunneling means for transmitting said tunneled data packets over a Layer 3 IP tunnel within said Air-To-Ground network means, wherein one end of said Layer 3 IP tunnel terminates just before an Air-To-Ground Modem on the aircraft and another end terminates just after a PDSN on the ground. aircraft network means, located in said aircraft, for generating radio frequency communication signals to communicate with at least one of said plurality of passenger wireless devices (101, 221-224) located in said aircraft; and Air-To-Ground network means for radio frequency communications between said aircraft network means and a ground-based Access Network for tunneling data packets, independent of said individual ground-based Access Network IP addresses associated with said plurality of passenger wireless devices (101, 221,224) on said aircraft, between said aircraft network means and said ground-based Access Network, comprising: data concentrator means, located on said aircraft, for converting subscriber traffic and signaling channels received from said plurality of passenger wireless devices (101, 221-224) located in said aircraft to at least one aggregate data stream, and at least one of: Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol means comprising a Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) functioning as the L2TP Access Concentrator and Air-To-Ground modem acting as a L2TP Network Server, or Layer 3 IP Tunneling means for transmitting said tunneled data packets over a Layer 3 IP tunnel within said Air-To-Ground network means, wherein one end of said Layer 3 IP tunnel terminates just before an Air-To-Ground Modem on the aircraft and another end terminates just after a PDSN on the ground. data concentrator means, located on said aircraft, for converting subscriber traffic and signaling channels received from said plurality of passenger wireless devices (101, 221-224) located in said aircraft to at least one aggregate data stream, and at least one of: Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol means comprising a Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) functioning as the L2TP Access Concentrator and Air-To-Ground modem acting as a L2TP Network Server, or Layer 3 IP Tunneling means for transmitting said tunneled data packets over a Layer 3 IP tunnel within said Air-To-Ground network means, wherein one end of said Layer 3 IP tunnel terminates just before an Air-To-Ground Modem on the aircraft and another end terminates just after a PDSN on the ground. Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol means comprising a Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) functioning as the L2TP Access Concentrator and Air-To-Ground modem acting as a L2TP Network Server, or Layer 3 IP Tunneling means for transmitting said tunneled data packets over a Layer 3 IP tunnel within said Air-To-Ground network means, wherein one end of said Layer 3 IP tunnel terminates just before an Air-To-Ground Modem on the aircraft and another end terminates just after a PDSN on the ground.