Mobile Local Delivery Server for Aircraft Data Pre-loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for exchanging data with aircraft while on the ground are expensive and inefficient due to low data transfer rates with terrestrial cellular systems and potential bottlenecks in Wi-Fi networks, leading to incomplete data transfer between flights.
Innovation Solution
A mobile local delivery server (MLDS) system that includes a system controller to determine an aircraft's anticipated location and a data loading processor to pre-stage and load data onto the aircraft using a mass storage device, optimizing data transfer through Wi-Fi or cellular networks by minimizing network bottlenecks and reducing downtime.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If terrestrial cellular systems are used for data transfer, then data can be transferred to and from the aircraft while on the ground, but the data transfer rate is relatively low and all data may not be transferred between flights
Solution Approach 1:
The system determines the anticipated location of the aircraft based on flight information sources and pre-loads data to the MLDS at that location before the aircraft arrives. This preliminary action ensures data is ready and available, eliminating the need for high-speed transfer during the aircraft's ground time and guaranteeing complete data transfer regardless of cellular network speed limitations.
2Speed
If Wi-Fi systems are used for data transfer, then the data transfer rate is relatively higher, but the systems are expensive to use and network bottlenecks reduce the data transfer rate
Solution Approach 1:
Data is pre-loaded to the MLDS's mass storage device at the anticipated aircraft location before the aircraft arrives. This eliminates the need for expensive Wi-Fi transfers or ground cellular transfers during the aircraft's ground time, as data is already locally available for immediate transfer at high speed when the aircraft is present.
Solution Approach 2:
The MLDS acts as an intermediary device with local mass storage capability. It receives data via various networks (cellular, Wi-Fi, or other connections) when convenient, stores it locally, and then transfers it to the aircraft when the aircraft is present. This intermediary approach decouples the data acquisition phase from the data delivery phase, allowing optimization of each independently and avoiding expensive or bottlenecked transfers during critical aircraft ground time.
3Loss of time
If data is transferred while the aircraft is on the ground using existing systems, then data exchange can occur, but transfer time is extended and costs increase due to network bottlenecks
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary data loading to the MLDS at the anticipated aircraft location before the aircraft arrives. This ensures that when the aircraft is present, data transfer can occur immediately at high speed without waiting for network availability or dealing with ground network bottlenecks, thereby minimizing both transfer time and cost.
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AI summary
A mobile local delivery server (MLDS) may include a system controller configured to determine an anticipated location of an aircraft based on information received from one or more flight information sources and a data loading processor communicably coupled with the system controller and configured to execute one or more software applications. The one or more software applications may configure the MLDS to exchange data with the aircraft. The MLDS may further include a mass storage device communicably coupled with the data loading processor and configured to store data exchanged between the MLDS and the aircraft.