Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for managing mobile internet protocol addresses in an airborne wireless cellular network
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Application No.: US15717662Application Date: 2017-09-27
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Publication No.: US10200111B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Bryan A. Lauer , Jerry Stamatopoulos , Anjum Rashid , Joseph A. Tobin , Patrick J. Walsh , Steven J. Arntzen
- Applicant: GOGO LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: GOGO LLC
- Current Assignee: GOGO LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Agent Randall G. Rueth
- Main IPC: H04B7/185
- IPC: H04B7/185 ; H04L12/933 ; H04W84/00 ; H04W36/08

Abstract:
The Aircraft Mobile IP Address System provides wireless communication services to passengers who are located onboard an aircraft by storing data indicative of the individually identified wireless devices located onboard the aircraft. The System assigns a single IP address to each Point-to-Point Protocol link which connects the aircraft network to the ground-based communication network but also creates an IP subnet onboard the aircraft. The IP subnet utilizes a plurality of IP addresses for each Point-to-Point link thereby to enable each passenger wireless device to be uniquely identified with their own IP address. This is enabled since both Point-to-Point Protocol IPCP endpoints have pre-defined IP address pools and/or topology configured; each Point-to-Point Protocol endpoint can utilize a greater number of IP addresses than one per link. Such an approach does not change IPCP or other EVDO protocols/messaging but does allow this address to be directly visible to the ground-based communication network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180019803A1 SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MOBILE INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSES IN AN AIRBORNE WIRELESS CELLULAR NETWORK Public/Granted day:2018-01-18
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