Evolution of aeronautical communications for personal and multimedia services

Author

Jahn, Axel ; Holzbock, Matthias ; Müller, Jan ; Kebel, Robert ; De Sanctis, Massimo ; Rogoyski, Andrew ; Trachtman, Eyal ; Franzrahe, Oliver ; Werner, Markus ; Hu, Fun

Volume

41

Issue

7

fYear

2003

fDate

7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

43

Abstract

The demand to make air travel more pleasant, secure, and productive for passengers is one of the winning factors for both airlines and the aircraft manufacturing industry for which aeronautical communications is one of the enablers. This article describes current trends in the area of aeronautical passenger communication toward personal and wireless in-cabin communications and multimedia data networks. Technological challenges are summarized as well as market potentials and regulatory issues.

Keywords

aircraft communication; legislation; multimedia communication; personal communication networks; Bluetooth; GSM/UMTS; WLAN; aeronautical communications; aeronautical market; aircraft manufacturing industry; multimedia data networks; multimedia services; personal communications; personal services; regulatory issues; services integration; wireless in-cabin communications; Aircraft; Artificial satellites; Bandwidth; Frequency; L-band; Mobile communication; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Satellite broadcasting; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2003.1215637

Filename

1215637