Scott A. Abfalter - Melbourne FL, US Terry L. Williams - Melbourne Beach FL, US Thomas L. Jordan - Melbourne FL, US John J. Uberbacher - West Melbourne FL, US
Assignee:
AIRNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION - Melbourne FL
International Classification:
G06F 9/44
US Classification:
717170
Abstract:
A method for installing software to software-defined radio equipment. The method includes the step of transferring software to one or more software-defined radio devices from a remotely located software server. The software server can be a computer operatively connected to the software-defined radio device via a communications network. The transferring step can occur while the software-defined radio device continues to perform software-defined radio functions. The software can be stored to a portion of a data store associated with the software-defined radio device which is not being used as a storage for currently running software. The software can be loaded on a restart of the software defined device. An error indication can be provided if a fault occurs in the transferring step or the loading step. The method also can include the step of reverting from the selected software to a previous software version upon a fault occurrence.
Software Management For Software Defined Radio In A Distributed Network
Scott Abfalter - Melbourne FL, US Terry Williams - Melbourne Beach FL, US Thomas Jordan - Melbourne FL, US John Uberbacher - West Melbourne FL, US
International Classification:
G06F009/445
US Classification:
717174000, 717176000
Abstract:
A method for installing software to software-defined radio equipment. The method includes the step of transferring software to one or more software-defined radio devices from a remotely located software server. The software server can be a computer operatively connected to the software-defined radio device via a communications network. The transferring step can occur while the software-defined radio device continues to perform software-defined radio functions. The software can be stored to a portion of a data store associated with the software-defined radio device which is not being used as a storage for currently running software. The software can be loaded on a restart of the software defined device. An error indication can be provided if a fault occurs in the transferring step or the loading step. The method also can include the step of reverting from the selected software to a previous software version upon a fault occurrence.