GSC-13

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GSC-13
DOCUMENT GSC13-GRSC6-21r1
FOR Presentation
SOURCE TIA
AGENDA ITEM GRSC Agenda Items 4.5 Air Traffic Management and 5.6 Communications onboard Aircraft
CONTACT(S) Dan Bart and Cheryl Blum

• Ground-Based Air Traffic Management Equipment and
  
• Air-to-Ground Communications

Submission DateJuly 16, 2008
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Air Traffic Management (ATM)

• Following the GSC-12 meeting in Kobe, and the
  suggestion by ETSI that the Participating
  Standards Organizations (PSOs) investigate
  whether there are areas for cooperation and/or
  collaboration relating to standardization for
  cockpit communications for Air Traffic Management
  Equipment (ATM-E), TIA contacted the FAA,
  individuals active with ARINC and TIA members
  involved with this equipment.
• Our conclusions are that in the USA this area is
  already being handled by ARINC and the FAA, and
  we do not see a need for TIA involvement at this
  time in ATM-E standardization.

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Air-to-Ground (1)

• With respect to PASSENGER communications, TIA is
  participating via 3GPP2 with other Organization
  Partners and interested members in Air-to-Ground
  (ATG) standards work.
• A New Work item was initiated in 3GPP2 in 4Q2007
• The Item supports cdma2000 enhancements for
  Air-to-Ground Communications using US FCC
  approved spectrum
• 849 to 850.5 MHz with center at 849.75 MHz for
  the forward link
• 894 to 895.5 MHz with center at 894.75 MHz for
  the reverse link

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Air-to-Ground (2)

• C.S0057-C, Band Class specification for cdma2000
  Spread Spectrum systems, added band class support
  for the air-to-ground (airborne terminal and
  ground base stations) system operations
• Published in 1Q2008
• Applications include email access, Internet
  access, VPN, etc.

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Air-to-Ground (3)

• According to TIA and 3GPP2 Member Aircell
• Over 65 of business travelers and one third of
  all leisure travelers in the United States carry
  laptops onboard when they fly. Whats more, 30
  carry Wi-Fi enabled phones and PDAs. In fact,
  passengers want to pay for true, reliable
  in-flight Internet. A 2007 research study
  indicates that Internet access is the number one
  in-flight service request by airline travelers,
  followed closely by video on demand.
  http//www.aircell.com/index.php?Itemid317id13
  optioncom_contenttaskview
• American Airlines has announced tests of
  Aircells GoGo Wi-Fi service
• American Airlines is planning to open up the
  worldwide Web to passengers on board an
  unspecified round-trip flight from New York's
  John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los
  Angeles. The GoGo service, provided via Aircell,
  will be free for patrons tomorrow, but will
  eventually run users 12.95 for flights greater
  than three hours and 9.95 for trips under said
  threshold. We're also told that more trials are
  expected to get going on flights between New York
  and San Francisco and New York and Miami, though
  no time frame is given for when the service would
  escape the beta stage and hit mass
  implementation. Additionally, the GoGo system is
  supposed to "prioritize the flow of data so that
  passengers downloading movies or large documents
  won't prevent other passengers from getting their
  email. http//www.engadget.com/2008/06/24/americ
  an-airlines-to-test-in-flight-wifi-tomorrow

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Air-to-Ground (4)

• Also see http//gr8tfate.blogspot.com/2008/04/int
  ernet-on-plane-thanks-to-aircell.html
• And http//www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/video-moss
  berg-reviews-likes-aircells-gogo-in-flight-wifi/
• Aircells service is based on cdma2000
  technology and IEEE 802.11 standards

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Strategic Direction

• Complete 3GPP2 and TIA standards work items
  regarding use of approved FCC cellular spectrum
  for ATG transport.

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Challenges

• HANG UP ACT
• Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Jerry Costello
  (D-IL) John Duncan (R-TN) and Thomas Petri
  (WI-06) all senior members of the Committee on
  Transportation and Infrastructure, and Chairman
  of the Committee, Rep. Oberstar, introduced
  legislation that will ban the use of cell phones
  on in-flight planes. The European Union recently
  announced that it will allow people to talk on
  their cell phones while a plane is in-flight on
  all commercial airlines. Additionally, U.S.
  airlines are already experimenting with in-flight
  Internet access. In-flight voice communication
  poses a potential revenue source for airlines
  both because they could charge passengers to sit
  in a non-talking section and charge people to use
  their phones. H.R. 5788, the HANG UP Act, Halting
  Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act, would insure
  that voice communication does not happen on U.S.
  flights. http//www.defazio.house.gov/index.php?o
  ptioncontenttaskviewid380
• The legislation only prohibits voice
  communications in-flight but passengers would
  still be able to access the Internet, e-mail and
  send text messages as these technologies become
  available on airplanes.