.Airplanes As a Network.

Information Connectivity in Aviation

A Presentation to ATCA

March 30, 2004 by

Ralph Yost
Innovations Research Division William J. Hughes Technical Center
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Today We Stand at the Intersection of Emerging Societal Trends

1. Businesses must reduce costs and increase revenue 2. Digitizing 3. Proliferation of wireless network connectivity 4. Personalized information services (web2) 5. Mobile routing 6. A new generation of small aircraft for transportation 7. The creation of industry standards
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AIRBORNE INTERNET/Collaborative Information Environment

What IS this thing?

A concept that overlays network theory and principles into the transportation realm

Information CONNECTIVITY .A general purpose, multi-application data channel for people in transit

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Collaborative Information Environment

Meet us in the cloud
GPS
Satcom

Navigation

DISCOVERY ON DEMAND

XM RFID AM/FM 802.xx

VHF Radio VHF Radio Line of sight

VHF Radio

XML Web Services

CIE Cloud
XML Web Services Gateway

Airport Services TIS FIS Hospitality Maint.

Non-CIE Aircraft

NAS Services ATM System HUB Airports TIS-B

ATC Controller

VPN

Internet Weather Products NOTAMs Flight Service Stations Other

Airborne Internet
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AirborneInternet033004PPt2000.ppt Original graphic courtesy of Computer Networks & Software, Inc.

Information Connectivity:
Employees Connected to Customer

Agile Business Process

Why not aircraft, crew, maintenance, operations, security? Air Traffic Management?

The process is already being Better Product; developed by business Faster Delivery

Integrated Partners

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Aviation Information of the Future

..and eventually, pilots will be able to extract data using VOICE.on the Airborne Internet/CIE.
Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) allows a user to interact with the network through voicerecognition technology by using a voice browser W3C (the WWW Consortium) is currently writing version 2.0 of VoiceXML standard
Editors are from PipeBeach, Nuance Communications, Speechworks International, Lucent, Motorola, IBM, and Tellme Networks

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Disruptive Innovations in Higher Speed, Longer Daily Range Travel and Information Connectivity
Relative Market Growth
VDL, ACR GAP Engines

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Small Aircraft Transportation System

First VORs

Jet Transports

Jetliners Displace Props

DC-3

33 years

Assembly Line

GPS

Propliners Displace Cars

Model T

Information Connectivity is now being applied to personal mobility

1990 2000 2010 2020 2030
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Cars Displace Trains 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980

1900

1910

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Functional Picture of the SATS Collaborative Information Environment (SATS_CIE)

O/S, Products & solutions Communications Channels RF, IR, FM, XM, Satellite

Engine Maintainer MX

Cockpit Pilot INFO

Cabin Passenger TAINMENT

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Aviation Information of the Future

CIE is the path to real time information connectivity

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Result of the Traditional Method of Deploying New Systems in Aviation

How did it come to this?

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Result of the Traditional Method of Deploying New Systems in Aviation

How did it come to this?

Analog radio technology at the time

Did not have todays digital transfer technology Did not have secure mobile routing technology

Did not have multi-function displays

Did not have data warehouses and broadband Did not have a general purpose, multi-application data channel

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The Cockpit of the future.?

NASA SATS aircraft interior conceptual drawing

.digital systems require DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY !

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.or Cockpit of Today !

Eclipse 500 interior from www.eclipseaviation.com

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Microjets, Small Airports, and Travel

Eclipse 500
HondaJet

~$1 million, 3000 runways, $.75/mile operating costs, 6 pax Will be the core of a new revolution of air travel
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We focus on the creation intermodal transportation networks for better personal transportation. - But, they lack the information networks needed by the people who operate and use them.

The Human Connectivity Imperative: People want to be connected at all times, even while in transient they NEED information connectivity!
Nearly of the US population older than two now have Internet access (200 million) !!
SATS: The Next Aviation Transportation System
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The AIRBORNE INTERNET COLLABORATION GROUP

Involving the Industry

Create an Industry sponsored consortium to advance A.I./CIE Attracts industry funding

Govt can contribute

Trend: Consortiums develop industry standards faster than standards developing organizations (Cargill)
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Airborne Internet Value Proposition

A general purpose, multi-application data channel represents the opportunity to:
1. Consolidate flight deck functions to reduce equipage in the aircraft (aircraft owner saves money) On the ground (FAA saves money)

2. Create a NEW revenue stream for air carriers that does not exist today (operators make money)

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Aerosat Airborne Internet Demonstration

Broadband communications over 1000 times as fast as standard 64K satellite service, operating at a small fraction of the cost.
Range: 300 Miles at 30,000 ft 45 Mbps 45 Mbps

Applications

Operations and Maintenance: Engine Monitoring Crew Communications Fault Reporting Diversion Management Cabin Services: Internet Access Programming Distribution

Air Traffic Management: System Capacity (separation) Hazardous Weather Avoidance Collaborative Decision Making Position reporting Safety & Security: Transportation Security Real Time Black Box Transmission Telemedicine
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For more information:

Ralph Yost

Innovations Research Division

William J Hughes Technical Center Atlantic City Airport, NJ 08405

(609) 485-5637
Ralph.Yost@faa.gov http://www.airborneinternet.com

http://www.airborneinternet.net

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