Making air travel more secure, productive, and pleasant for passengers is a stated goal of the airline industry. Present trends are geared towards creating better data rate communications, particularly Internet applications. In most aeronautical scenarios, global coverage is essential to provide continuous service.

Satellite communication is indispensable. Increasing data rate requirements of applications helps meet a rapidly expanding market. Most radio access technologies are transported via satellite to terrestrial applications.

Wireless devices including laptops, smartphones, and tablets can be used to access the Internet aerially. Browsing websites, sending and receiving e-mail with attachments, accessing VPNs, music downloads, and more can be made easier with expected growth in traffic.

Some airlines allow entertainment and communications equipment for passengers. People are increasingly used to their machines such as, mobile phones, laptops, with an Internet connection, either through a detailed investigation necessary to plan needed capacities.

New Aircraft Avionics

Most spread spectrum systems, such as; UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) and W-LAN (Wireless Local Area Network) have increased, especially if new aircraft avionics technologies are considered.

Specific constraints, such as, limited bandwidth, assymetric data rates, and dynamic traffic demand need to be addressed.

Most wireless segments, namely a wireless LAN for IP services, an UMTS pico-cell for personal and data communication, and Bluetooth, as well as a standard wired IP LAN.

Next-generation satellite systems are essential for aeronautical communication. Some of the key considerations of the feasibility study are spectrum availability and interference protection. These also cover technical considerations including coverage and capability.

Technological Change

Some of the many advantages of next generation satellite systems are global coverage, increased communication capacity, lower propogation delays, free flight etc. Internetworking has to be performed at the aircraft interface level with the segment.

Few geo-stationary satellites including the Inmarsat fleet are useful in two-way communication, covering the land masses and the equations. From the user’s point of view, service acceptance can be increased with familiarity; if they have the same number, and their laptops have the usual configurations.

Airline operators can save on investments. Most systems have stringent protection standards, and the frequency usage and system characteristics of aeronautical equipment are well-coordinated worldwide. Also, most communication mechanisms have a large transmission range, and an airplane with a similar high-powered range and superlative transmit powers.

The airport surface communication systems need to adopt wide-band technology. The use of IP in the network can integrate different types of links (e.g. satellite technology, aviation-specific air/ground links, Wimax or Wifi links at the airport) into a single heterogeneous arrangement.

Features that can be supported are global mobility, QoS provisioning for safety critical data, and handover between different link technologies. Also, realistic representation of air traffic can help the aviation industry globally.

Broadband Satellite Communication

Most broadband services are offered to clients via satellite. Enhancing collaborative research can create more focused solutions targeted at a more demanding client base. Dedicated installed hardware, increased market acceptance of multiple technologies forces certifying authorities and portable device manufacturers to create coherent, coexisting standards.

GSM telephony is currently prohibited in commercial aircraft due to the uncertain certification system. En-route air traffic control depends broadly on system issues and the ability to constantly handle increasing demand and reduction in the cost of ground-based infrastructure.

High data-rate communication services, especially Internet applications relate to effective aeronautical parameters. As in any disruptive innovation, the future of aeronautical communication hinges on proactive planning and addressing key customer issues and constraints in the existing setup.

Tomorrow’s altered paradigms will necessitate a creative, offbeat approach that reimagines the scope and nature of thought. Human progress is directly correlated with ingenuity, and a desire to look beyond existing standards to redefine reality.