Patent ID: 7558903

Claim:
A method of interfacing a legacy data bus to a wideband wireless data resource with a legacy interface having a bus controller module, the method comprising: wirelessly receiving data at the legacy interface via the wideband wireless data resource, from a wideband capable node, the data being intended for a legacy node, wherein the legacy node is a MIL-STD 1553 node; converting the received data to a legacy format comprising at least one data word, wherein the legacy format is compliant with MIL-STD 1553; transmitting the at least one data word on the legacy data bus, wherein the legacy data bus is a MIL-STD 1553 bus; receiving a reply to the at least one data word on the legacy data bus; and forwarding the reply via a wireless data communication link to a wideband capable node using the bus controller module in the legacy interface.