….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
Navigation
Satcom
DISCOVERY ON DEMAND
• XM
• RFID
• AM/FM
• 802.xx
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
Line of
sight
VHF Radio
XML Web Services
CIE
Cloud
Airport
Services
• TIS
• FIS
• Hospitality
• Maint.
XML Web Services
Gateway
Non-CIE
Aircraft
NAS Services
• ATM System
• HUB Airports
• TIS-B
VPN
ATC Controller
Internet
• Weather Products
• NOTAMs
• Flight Service Stations
• Other
Airborne Internet
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Original graphic courtesy of Computer Networks & Software, Inc.
Information
Connectivity:
Agile Business
Process
Employees Connected
to Customer
• 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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GPS
Jet Transports
First VORs
DC-3
1910
Assembly Line
Model T
1900
VDL, ACR
Relative Market Growth
GAP Engines
Disruptive Innovations
in Higher Speed, Longer Daily Range Travel
and Information Connectivity
Airborne
Internet
Small
Aircraft
Transportation
System
Jetliners Displace Props
33 years
Propliners Displace Cars
Information
Connectivity is now
being applied to
personal mobility
Cars Displace Trains
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
2030
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O/S, Products & solutions
Functional Picture of the SATS
Collaborative Information
Environment (SATS_CIE)
Communications Channels – RF, IR, FM, XM, Satellite
Engine
Cockpit
Cabin
Maintainer
Pilot
Passenger
MX
INFO
TAINMENT
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Aviation Information of the Future
CIE is the path to real time information connectivity
Graphic courtesy of CD3Aero
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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 today’s 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 ¾ 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
• Gov’t 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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