Patent ID: 7970410

Claim:
A data transfer system for an aircraft, said system comprising: a plurality of line replaceable units (LRUs) onboard the aircraft; a communications management unit onboard the aircraft; a plurality of wireless transceivers in communication with the communications management unit, each one of the wireless transceivers being operable to receive a signal containing LRU identification information from a remote signal source, and to transmit a message containing the LRU identification information to the communications management unit to identify one or more specific ones of the LRUs with which a respective one of said wireless transceivers is to communicate; an electronic switch in communication with the communications management unit and with each of the LRUs, the electronic switch responsive to the LRU identification information from the communications management unit indicating the specific one or more LRUs with which each said wireless transceiver is to communicate, and further operable to configure one or more communication paths in response to the LRU identification information from the communications management unit, through the communications management unit, between the transceivers and the one or more LRUs with which each respective said wireless transceiver is to communicate.