Dynamic Network Selection for Aircraft Message Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional aircraft message transmission systems rely on static network selection, failing to account for variable factors such as cost, security, and reliability, leading to suboptimal message routing and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a dynamic network evaluation and selection system that evaluates messages based on network mapping, forecast data, and parameters to identify a preferred network for transmission, allowing for message bundling and delayed transmission to optimize cost and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If static network selection is used, then device complexity is reduced, but cost increases and reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic network selection that adapts to changing network conditions, message priorities, and cost parameters. The system continuously evaluates multiple networks and selects the optimal one based on real-time conditions, transforming the static selection process into a dynamic, adaptive mechanism that improves reliability without excessive complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where network performance data, message transmission outcomes, and cost information are continuously collected and used to refine network selection decisions. This feedback loop enables the system to learn from past transmissions and improve future selections, enhancing reliability through experience
2Loss of energy
If dynamic network evaluation is implemented, then cost decreases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The network evaluation system is segmented into modular components: network parameter collectors, message characteristic analyzers, selection algorithms, and execution modules. This segmentation allows the complex evaluation process to be broken down into manageable, independent functions that can be developed, tested, and maintained separately, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining dynamic cost optimization
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes parameters such as network selection criteria, message bundling thresholds, and transmission timing based on current conditions. By adjusting these parameters rather than redesigning the entire system, the patent achieves cost optimization through flexible parameter tuning rather than complex structural changes
3Productivity
If message bundling and delayed transmission are used, then productivity increases, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The message bundling and transmission timing are dynamically adjusted based on message priority, network conditions, and bundling opportunities. High-priority messages are transmitted immediately while lower-priority messages are bundled and delayed, creating a dynamic transmission strategy that optimizes productivity without excessive time loss for critical communications
Solution Approach 2:
Different quality of service is applied to different messages based on their priority and characteristics. Critical messages receive immediate transmission with minimal delay, while non-critical messages are bundled and transmitted later. This local quality differentiation allows the system to achieve high overall productivity while minimizing time loss for important communications
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AI summary
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to evaluate and select networks for transmission of messages from aircraft. An example apparatus (106) includes a message analyzer (304) to determine, based on a message type, an allowable delay associated with a first message to be transmitted during a flight. The apparatus (106) includes a mapping data analyzer (312) to generate, based on network map data collected during a prior flight, a forecast of network availability associated with a transmission of the first message, and a target network determiner (314) to determine, based on the forecast of network availability, a target network for transmission of the first message, where the target network has a predicted availability at a time during the current flight within the allowable delay. The apparatus (106) includes a message outputter (322) to output, prior to the allowable delay, in response to the target network being available, the first message via the target network.