Airborne Internet

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Airborne Internet

• Host Boeing ATM
• Tech Planning Facilitators Yost, McHugh Meer
• Organizational Discussion Facilitator Masson
• March 3, 2004

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Agenda

• 845 Arrival and Introductions
• 900 Host Introduction
• 910 Meeting Process and Rules
• 915 Open Results to Date, Todays
  Objectives
• 930 Collaborative Information Environment
• 1030 Break
• 1045 Airborne Internet Spectrum Study
• 1200 Lunch Break
• 100 RF Simulation
• 200 Consortia Startup and Business Planning

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Agenda

• 300 Break
• 315 Workplan Review
• 345 Sponsor Solicitation Review
• 415 Next Organizational Steps
• 430 Results and Next Steps
• 445 Adjourn

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Meeting Process Rules

• Logistics
• Signup sheet
• Bathrooms
• Lunch
• Rules
• Cell phones and beepers off
• Start and stop on time
• Stay on topicparking lots for issues
• Side conversations outside the room
• Raise new issues at break with the Facilitator

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Results to Date

• Purpose of Group
• Definition, Charter, Objectives, Principles
• Technical Exchanges
• Workplan (July 03)
• Startup Elements
• Research and Development Elements
• Market, Public Policy, Transformation Elements
• Decisions from July 03
• Breakout group Consortia formation
• Develop startup business plan- STARNet
• Solicit sponsors for initial part of workplan

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Todays Meeting

• Technical exchanges
• Results of breakout group
• Develop startup business plan
• Solicit members/sponsors for initial part of
  workplan
• Next steps for startup

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Airborne Internet

• Organizing Issues

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January 03 Common Interest?

• Determine the level of consensus for the value an
  airborne internet collaborative effort
• Identify contributions available to develop open
  standards for airborne internet
• Identify consensus for a next meeting to address
  the organizational issues of a collaborative
  effort

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Organizing Issues

• Definition Airborne Internet
• Charter For the Group
• Principles To guide the Group
• Objectives To be achieved by the Group
• RD Workplan To achieve the objectives
• Consortia Startup Business Plan To organize the
  Group
• Member Resource Solicitation To participate
  fund

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Airborne Internet Definition

• A private, secure and reliable peer-to-peer
  aircraft communications network that uses the
  same technologies as the commercial Internet.

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Charter for the Airborne Internet Collaboration
Group (AICG)

• Using a public private collaboration
• Develop open systems architecture and standards
  for aviation digital communications
• Foster and promote internet protocols in aviation
• Develop intellectual content to guide and
  influence public and private investment

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AICG Principles

• Led by the private sector
• Promote concept and national value of airborne
  peer-to-peer communications
• Open to public and private sector participants

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AICG Objectives

• Creation of a public private collaboration
• Advocate the capability of A.I.
• Create A.I. guiding principles
• Create an A.I. Operational Concept
• Create and evaluate Systems Architectures
• Develop an implementation roadmap Near Term
  Long Term
• Influence, tailor or create standards

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AICG Workplan Plan Budget

• Organizational Startup
• New conceptual transportation model-aviation
• Stakeholder Needs Analysis
• Guiding Principles
• Research and Development Activities
• Market Activities
• Public Policy Activities
• Transformation Mapping
• Consortium Implementation
• RD Budget Goal 30 million over 3 to 5 years
• Consortia Startup Goal 100k over 1 year

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Organizing Options
Project Short term, dependent on other projects Components, studies, demos
Program Medium term, dependent on champions Technology Systems, influence standards
Ongoing Long term, dependent on self organize Transportation systems, set standards
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Organizational Startup

• Consortia Startup Plan 7 Steps
• Consortia Business Plan
• Member/Sponsor Recruitment Preparation
• Letter of Intent
• Summary of Business Plan

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Consortia Startup

• Develop Airborne Internet Stakeholders Map
• Develop Phased Workplan
• Develop Consortia Startup and Operating Plan
• Develop Membership Solicitation
• Recruit Core Members from AIC and Initiate
  Startup
• Provide Private Sector Leadership of Plans
• Create AIC Formation Steering Group
• Solicit Federal Sector Participation

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Consortia Business Plan

• Mission Define, develop promote common systems
  elements to deploy comprehensive aviation based
  information links through evolving internet
• Objectives Repeat six objectives
• Outputs Research studies, Standards and
  Guidelines reports, Advocacy
• Legal Vehicles Research non-profit (501 ( c )3)
  and Federal co-ops
• Founding Membership Three core corporations _at_
  25,000
• Ongoing Membership Two levels of commercial,
  government and academia
• Governance Founding board of three, ongoing
  board of seven
• Management Operations Part-time ED and full
  time operations sub-contract
• Phased Budget 3 phases of 3- 5 years, phase 1
  of 300 K all phases 30 M
• Resources Strategy Start with private funding,
  solicit Federal research funds

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Next steps

• Next meeting preparation
• For business meeting objective
• Starnet LLC will prepare a business planning
  session
• Starnet to draft set of 501c3 formation papers
• Starnet to draft board operations and board legal
  liability operations issues
• Send out Letters of Intent and Summary Business
  Terms to all attendees of the meetings and the
  top corporate candidates
• Possible next meeting dates Mon April 26, 2004