General Electric Company
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC NETWORK EVALUATION AND NETWORK SELECTION

Abstract:

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to evaluate and select networks for transmission of messages from aircraft. An example apparatus includes a message analyzer to determine, based on a message type, an allowable delay associated with a first message to be transmitted during a flight. The apparatus includes a mapping data analyzer to generate, based on network map data collected during a prior flight, a forecast of network availability associated with a transmission of the first message, and a target network determiner to determine, based on the forecast of network availability, a target network for transmission of the first message, where the target network has a predicted availability at a time during the current flight within the allowable delay. The apparatus includes a message outputter to output, prior to the allowable delay, in response to the target network being available, the first message via the target network.