US 12,009,881 B2
Dynamic test bench for aircraft system testing
Praveen Palreddy, Ashburn, VA (US); Mohammed Elabd, Aldie, VA (US); Richard Canning, Rockville, MD (US); and David Claassen, Leesburg, VA (US)
Assigned to SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC, Morrisville, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/923,097
Filed by SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC, Morrisville, NC (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/030054
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/225872, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/020,171, filed on May 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0155703 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 17/391 (2015.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 17/3912 (2015.01) [H04B 7/18506 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A method of testing airborne and ground based air-to-ground (ATG) communication equipment, the method comprising:
operably coupling a base station to an aircraft base radio via a testing platform;
generating, via the testing platform, a simulated flight path; and
simulating channel conditions associated with the simulated flight path, via the testing platform, to communicate information between the aircraft base radio and the base station based on the simulated channel conditions,
wherein generating the simulated flight path comprises generating one or more flight paths comprising a simulated movement of the aircraft base radio,
wherein simulating the channel conditions comprises emulating the channel conditions corresponding to the one or more flight paths,
wherein the testing platform comprises a position simulator operably coupled to the base station and a second base station, and
wherein the one or more flight paths include at least one flight path corresponding to a site handover from the base station to the second base station.