Selected results for IPv6 based SWIM, CPDLC and VoIP in the SANDRA flight trial campaign

Author

Graupl, T. ; Mayr, M. ; Lucke, O.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

fYear

2014

fDate

5-9 Oct. 2014

Abstract

Air traffic in Europe is expected to double by 2025 according to the last forecast of Eurocontrol, with an average growth of 2.7%-3.7% per year. In this context, an integrated aircraft communication system is of paramount importance to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the air transportation system. The SANDRA (“Seamless Aeronautical Networking Through Integration of Data Links, Radios and Antennas”) project designed, implemented and validated an integrated aeronautical communications system for this purpose. This system has now been put to the test in in-flight trials using the DLR Airbus A-320 ATRA Advanced Technology Research Aircraft. This paper presents results of these trials gained from the measurement of selected sample-applications. These sample applications were modeled after real-world aeronautical communication applications, but specifically adapted to allow network performance measurements.

Keywords

IP networks; Internet telephony; air traffic; aircraft antennas; aircraft communication; aircraft computers; CPDLC; DLR Airbus A-320 ATRA advanced technology research aircraft; Eurocontrol; IPv6 based SWIM; SANDRA flight trial campaign; VoIP; air traffic; air transportation system; controller-pilot data link communications; in-flight trials; integrated aeronautical communications system; integrated aircraft communication system; seamless aeronautical networking through integration of data links, radios and antennas project; system-wide information management network; Aerospace electronics; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Information management; Local area networks; Protocols; XML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2014 IEEE/AIAA 33rd

Conference_Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5002-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.2014.6979440

Filename

6979440