A study of future communications concepts and technologies for the national airspace system-Part I

Author

Ponchak, Denise S. ; Apaza, Rafael D. ; Haynes, Brian ; Wichgers, Joel M. ; Roy, Anirban

Author_Institution

NASA Glenn Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

5-10 Oct. 2013

Abstract

The National Aviation and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center (GRC) is investigating current and anticipated wireless communications concepts and technologies that the National Airspace System (NAS) may need in the next 50 years. NASA has awarded three NASA Research Anouncements (NAR) studies with the objective to determine the most promising candidate technologies for air-to-air and air-to-ground data exchange and analyze their suitability in a post-NextGen NAS environment. This paper will present progress made in the studies and describe the communications challenges and opportunities that have been identified during the studies´ first phase.

Keywords

aircraft communication; GRC; Glenn Research Center; NAR study; NASA; NASA research anouncement study; National Airspace System; National Aviation and Space Administration; air-to-air data exchange; national airspace system; post-NextGen NAS environment; wireless communication concepts; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Broadband communication; NASA; Safety; Security; Surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2013 IEEE/AIAA 32nd

Conference_Location

East Syracuse, NY

ISSN

2155-7195

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1536-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.2013.6712561

Filename

6712561