CPC G08G 5/0039 (2013.01) [G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An avionics system for an aircraft, the avionics system comprising:
a flight management system (FMS); and
an electronic flight bag (EFB) having a processor and communication link, and configured to:
generate at least one specialized message including multiple labels within the specialized message;
transmit at least one specialized header frame to a data network, the at least one specialized header frame including identification information relating to an impending transmission of a set of conforming data frames;
generate the set of conforming data frames, wherein each of the set of conforming data frames is indicated as one of the sets of conforming data frames by a single bit indicator relating the respective conforming data frame to the specialized header frame; and
transmit at least a subset of the set of conforming data frames to the data network;
wherein the FMS is configured to:
receive a transmission of data from the EFB;
attempt to load a portion of the transmission into a flight plan of the FMS;
determine if the load was successful;
generate a status message related thereto;
periodically output groups of data including a sequence number and a status message related to the sequence number; and
operate the aircraft according to the flight plan.
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