Apparatus and method for communications management

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PATENT NO 10341002
APP PUB NO 20190028172A1
SERIAL NO

15748748

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Apparatus for management of communications resources of a moving platform comprising a communications system configured to effect wireless data communication between the moving platform and a recipient node, the communications resources comprising a plurality of wireless communications links for facilitating the wireless data communication and a plurality of antennas associated therewith, the apparatus comprising an antenna analysis and selection module residing with the communications system and configured to:

    identify a communications requirement between the moving platform and a recipient node;receive attribute data representative of movement of the platform, the attribute data including platform movement data comprising future known movement of the moving platform and/or future predicted movement of the moving platform and/or the recipient node;determine, using the attribute data, suitability of each of a plurality of antennas and/or portions of aperture antenna for data transmission from the moving platform to the recipient node;determine a quality metric for each of a plurality of antennas/portions of aperture antenna, the quality metric being indicative of a respective performance criterion; andselect one or more of the suitable antennas/portion of aperture antenna having a highest performance criterion, for the data transmission.

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BAE SYSTEMS PLCLONDON SW1Y 5AD

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Al-Ameri, Monadl Abd Al-Abbas Mansour Preston, GB 6 19
Eissa, Rania Hamdi Preston, GB 13 41
Hudson, Peter Noble Preston, GB 14 49

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