Message Combining Communication Exchange System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Bandwidth limitations in communication networks, such as the Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS), lead to slower message exchange and queuing, necessitating an efficient method to increase message exchange rates between communication hubs.
Innovation Solution
A method of combining short messages into a single message block before transmission, using a compression/decompression application to reduce the overall number of messages and optimize bandwidth usage, while ensuring compliance with maximum character limits and safety protocols.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If messages are transmitted individually through the communication network, then each message can be delivered with full protocol compliance, but bandwidth limitations cause slower message exchange and message queuing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple short messages into a single message block before transmission. The compression/decompression application consolidates multiple individual messages that would otherwise be transmitted separately, reducing the total number of transmissions required and improving bandwidth utilization while maintaining protocol compliance.
2Productivity
If multiple short messages are combined into a single message block, then bandwidth usage is optimized and transmission delays are reduced, but the system must ensure compliance with maximum character limits and safety protocols
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by combining multiple messages into a single message block before transmission. The compression application prepares the message block in advance, consolidating multiple individual messages while ensuring they meet the maximum character limits and protocol requirements before the actual transmission occurs.
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AI summary
A method of compressing messages into a message block is provided. The method includes monitoring a router queue of a first communication hub for short messages that are waiting to be transmitted to the same second communication hub. A short message is a message that contains less characters than a maximum number of characters allowed in a user data block of the message block. At least two short messages monitored in the router queue waiting to be transmitted to the same second communication hub are combined when a combined message character number is less than the maximum number of characters allowed in the user data block of the message block. The message block with the combined at least two messages is then transmitted.