FIELD: radio engineering, communication.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a cellular communication system which creates an aircraft-based Internet Protocol (IP) subnet in an airborne wireless cellular network. Disclosed is an aircraft IP subnet system, which provides wireless communication services to passengers located on-board an aircraft by storing data relating to individually identified passenger wireless devices that are located on-board the aircraft. The aircraft IP subnet system assigns an IP address to each point-to-point protocol link connecting the aircraft network to a ground-based communication network and creates an IP subnet on-board the aircraft. The subnet uses a plurality of IP addresses for each point-to-point link, thereby enabling each passenger wireless device to be uniquely identified with its own IP address, wherein both point-to-point protocol IPCP endpoints have pre-defined IP address pools and/or topology configured, so that each point-to-point protocol endpoint can use more than one IP address one per link.
EFFECT: controlling broadband connection to enable individual passenger identification by assigning unique individual IP addresses to each passenger wireless communication device.
16 cl, 10 dwg
