System and methods for electric aircraft charger communication

1 . A system for electric charger communication, comprising:

a network;

at least a first and a second electric charger, each of the electric chargers comprising:

a sensor configured to detect at least a charger metric;

a networking component configured to connect the corresponding electric charger to the network using a communicative connection, wherein the communicative connections to a given charger picked based on communication criterion including weighted attributes of distance from the charger, altitude difference from the charger, velocity of the aircraft, and bandwidth of the charger;

at least a processor communicatively connected to the networking component and the sensor; and

a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to:

receive the at least a charger metric from the corresponding sensor; and

transmit the at least a charger metric to the network using the corresponding communicative connection, wherein the at least a charger metric comprises a charger status; and

a second networking component, installed in an electric aircraft and configured to connect to the network using a second communicative connection,

wherein the second networking component is communicatively connected to an inter-aircraft network, and configured to receive the charger status from the network and transmit the charger metric to one or more additional aircraft of the inter-aircraft network.

2 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a third networking component configured to connect to the network using a third communicative connection and wherein the third networking component is installed in a second electric charger.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the charger status comprises a charge time remaining estimate.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory contains instructions further configuring the at least a processor to adjust a bandwidth of the first communicative connection using the first networking component.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is further configured to detect a battery metric.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein:

the memory contains instructions further configuring the processor to:

receive the battery metric from the sensor; and

transmit the battery metric to the network using the first communicative connection.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least a charge metric includes an energy cost.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least a charge metric includes a power generation type.

9 . A method of electric charger communication, comprising:

detecting, using a sensor communicatively connected to a first electric charger, at least a charger metric of the first electric charger;

connecting, by a first networking component of the first electric charger, the first electric charger to a network using a first communicative connection;

receiving, from the sensor communicatively connected to the first electric charger, the at least a charger metric from the sensor;

transmitting the at least a charger metric to the network using the first communicative connection, wherein the at least a charger metric comprises a charger status; and

connecting a second networking component, installed in an electric aircraft, to the network using a second communicative connection,

wherein the second networking component is communicatively connected to an inter-aircraft network, and configured to receive the charger status from the network and transmit the charger metric to one or more additional aircraft of the inter-aircraft network;

detecting, using a sensor communicatively connected to a second electric charger, at least a charger metric of the second electric charger;

connecting, by a second networking component of the second electric charger, the second electric charger to a network using a second communicative connection;

receiving, from the sensor communicatively connected to the second electric charger, the at least a charger metric from the sensor;

transmitting the at least a charger metric to the network using the second communicative connection, wherein the at least a charger metric comprises a charger status; and

connecting a second networking component, installed in an electric aircraft, to the network using a second communicative connection,

wherein the second networking component is communicatively connected to an inter-aircraft network, and configured to receive the charger status from the network and transmit the charger metric to one or more additional aircraft of the inter-aircraft network; and

choosing either the first or second charger to communicate with based on communication criterion including weighted attributes of distance from the charger, altitude difference from the charger, velocity of the aircraft, and bandwidth of the charger.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising connecting a third network component to the network using a third communicative connection,

wherein the third networking component is installed in a second electric charger.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the charger status comprises a charge time remaining estimate.

12 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising adjusting a bandwidth of the first communicative connection using the first networking component.

13 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising detecting, using the sensor, a battery metric.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving the battery metric from the sensor; and

transmitting the battery metric to the network using the first communicative connection.

15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least a charge metric includes an energy cost.

16 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least a charge metric includes a power generation type.