• DocumentCode
    1258729
  • Title

    Telephones in the sky

  • Author

    Schoenenberger, J.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Racal Avionics Ltd., London, UK
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1989
  • Firstpage
    81
  • Lastpage
    89
  • Abstract
    Following the rapid growth of land mobile radio, increased attention is being paid to the provision of aircraft passenger telephony services. The author reviews the requirements for such services and outlines how modern technology will shortly enable worldwide aeronautical telephony to become a reality-via satellite. The current service provisions and enabling technologies are described and an insight provided into an experimental airline passenger telephone system
  • Keywords
    aircraft communication; mobile radio systems; radiotelephony; satellite relay systems; aircraft passenger telephony services; satellite; worldwide aeronautical telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics & Communication Engineering Journal
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0954-0695
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    79997