System architecture for 3G wireless networks in aircraft

Author

Jahn, Axel ; Nicbla, C.P.

Author_Institution

DLR, German Aerosp. Center, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

Volume

4

fYear

2003

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

2491

Abstract

This paper describes a network architecture for personal and multimedia services in networks on the move. Using the example of an aircraft, the convergence of different network infrastructures with GSM/UMTS as mobile networks and WLAN and Bluetooth as wireless data networks is shown. The protocols of the access networks are mapped to IETF Internet protocols to transport the services over satellite networks to a ground provider infrastructure. The paper provides a description of the architecture and protocols and gives message sequence charts for some selected protocols. Finally, QoS support is discussed.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; Bluetooth; access protocols; aircraft communication; cellular radio; mobile satellite communication; multimedia communication; quality of service; radio access networks; radio data systems; transport protocols; wireless LAN; 3G wireless network; Bluetooth; GSM; IETF Internet protocol; QoS; UMTS; WLAN; access network; access protocol; aircraft; convergence; ground provider infrastructure; message sequence chart; mobile network; multimedia service; network infrastructure; personal service; satellite network; system architecture; transport service; wireless data network; 3G mobile communication; Access protocols; Aircraft; Bluetooth; Convergence; GSM; IP networks; Transport protocols; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2003. VTC 2003-Fall. 2003 IEEE 58th

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7954-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2003.1285982

Filename

1285982