Patent ID: 8331926

Claim:
A method of communicating data between a vehicle and a ground system, the ground system comprising a plurality of access points, said method comprising: initiating connections between a plurality of clients on a vehicle and at least two of the plurality of access points, wherein each client of the plurality of clients is configured to connect directly with an access point; communicating, in parallel, data between the plurality of clients and the ground system via the at least two access points, wherein each client is in communication with a separate access point to facilitate providing faster data transfer between the vehicle and the ground system; optimizing communications between the plurality of clients and the plurality of access points via a communication priority matrix created based at least in part on the number of clients and the number of available access points; and ending communication between the plurality of clients and the at least two access points, and any association between the plurality of clients and the at least two access points, upon completion of a data communication.