Patent ID: 8270358

Claim:
A system for enabling simultaneous transmission of mission critical data between first application pair and non-mission critical data between a second application pair, a first application of each application pair in a nomadic/mobile subsystem and a second application of each application pair in a ground subsystem, the system comprising: a first router within the nomadic/mobile subsystem, said first router interconnected with the first applications; a second router within the ground subsystem, said second router interconnected with the second applications; a mission critical communication network; at least one non-mission critical communication network, and a secure data transfer tunnel established between said first router and said second router, said tunnel comprising a plurality of communication pipes, a first one of said plurality of pipes having associated therewith said mission critical communication networks and a first filtering rule dictating that said pipe can be used to transmit mission critical data and at least a second one of said plurality of pipes having associated therewith at least one of said non-mission critical communication networks and a second filtering rule dictating that said pipe can be used to transmit non-mission critical data; wherein the mission critical data is transmitted between the first application pair via said first communication pipe at the same time as said non-mission critical data is transmitted between the second application pair via said second communication pipe.