A study of future communications concepts and technologies for the National Airspace System—Part II

Author

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

Author_Institution

NASA Glenn Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

1-8 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

12

Abstract

The National Aeronautics 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 Announcements (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 year.

Keywords

electronic data interchange; radio networks; space communication links; GRC; Glenn Research Center; NAR study; NASA; NASA Research Announcements study; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Airspace System; air-to-air data exchange; air-to-ground data exchange; post-NextGen NAS environment; time 50 year; wireless communication concept; Navigation; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5582-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2014.6836289

Filename

6836289