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Safety and non‐safety data link technology characterization for NEWSKY aeronautical communication network
Author(s) -
Leconte Katia,
Díaz Núria Riera,
Schrekenbach Frank,
Platt Philip
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of satellite communications and networking
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.388
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1542-0981
pISSN - 1542-0973
DOI - 10.1002/sat.962
Subject(s) - cockpit , data link , computer science , telecommunications , interface (matter) , ground station , communications satellite , systems engineering , computer network , satellite , aeronautics , engineering , operating system , aerospace engineering , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
A review and characterization of possible air/ground data link technologies for aeronautical cockpit and cabin communications is presented in this study. The study was performed in the framework of the EC project NEWSKY, which aims at defining an integrated network based on IPv6 protocol, supporting both cockpit and cabin communications over different data link sub‐networks. The objective of this study is to characterize the data link technologies that could be interfaced with such a network, either for safety (cockpit) or for non‐safety (cabin) communications and to define some high‐level categories gathering technologies with common characteristics. These categories were defined to enable the NEWSKY network to interface with a large range of data link technologies, both current and future. They describe typical characteristics for the sub‐networks data links for which the networking solutions are defined. For this purpose, a thorough review of candidate technologies for cabin and cockpit applications was performed and is presented hereafter. It covers a large range of terrestrial (direct air–ground) or satellite solutions, with an emphasis on the satellite communication technologies that have more specific characteristics. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.