Title :
A study of future communications concepts and technologies for the national airspace system — Part III
Author :
Ponchak, Denise S. ; Apaza, Rafael D. ; Haynes, Brian ; Wichgers, Joel M. ; Roy, Anirban
Author_Institution :
NASA Glenn Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center (GRC) is investigating current and anticipated wireless communications concepts and technologies that the National Airspace System (NAS) may need in the next 50 years. NASA has awarded three NASA Research Announcements (NAR) studies with the objective to determine the most promising candidate technologies for air-to-air and air-to-ground data exchange and analyze their suitability in a post-NextGen NAS environment. This paper will present progress made in the studies and describe the communications challenges and opportunities that have been identified as part of the study.
Keywords :
data communication; mobile communication; next generation networks; space communication links; GRC; Glenn Research Center; NAR; NASA research announcements; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Airspace System; air-to-air data exchange; air-to-ground data exchange; postNextGen NAS environment; wireless communications; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Computer architecture; NASA; Safety; Satellites; Security;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2014 IEEE/AIAA 33rd
Conference_Location :
Colorado Springs, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5002-7
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.2014.6979439
