Patent ID: 8559391

Claim:
An Open Wireless Architecture (OWA) Unified Airborne and Terrestrial Communications system, said system comprising: a) OWA.Air Transceiver to connect an aircraft with Ground Cells or Ground Airports in both up-link (from Ground to aircraft) and down-link (from aircraft to Ground), or connect one aircraft with another aircraft in an Ad-Hoc or Mesh network Group, b) OWA.Ground Transceiver to connect with said OWA.Air Transceiver in both said up-link and said down-link with Predictable airborne mobile handover protocol, and connect with terrestrial Ground Cell and backbone Ground Network, c) OWA.on Board Wireless Router and Access Point to construct and manage In-Flight wireless mobile network in aircraft cabins, and to connect to said Ground Network through said OWA.Air Transceiver, d) OWA.in Flight Mobile Device or Mobile Notebook to connect to said OWA.on Board Wireless Router and Access Point for In-Flight mode with said In-Flight wireless mobile network in aircraft cabins, and switch to Terrestrial mode with said Ground Network when said aircraft returns to or arrive at said Ground Airports, and e) OWA.VMS (Virtual Mobile Server) to synchronize and manage OWA Mobile Devices or OWA Mobile Notebooks between the Terrestrial mode and the In-Flight mode when mobile users travel across airborne networks and terrestrial networks, and to support many processing tasks and modules moved from said OWA Mobile Devices or OWA Mobile Notebooks to said OWA.VMS to optimize the wireless transmission performance and wireless system performance.