An independent technology assessmentfor a future aeronautical communication system based on potential systems like B-VHF

Author

Haindl, Bernhard

Author_Institution

Frequentis AG, Vienna

fYear

2007

fDate

21-25 Oct. 2007

Abstract

Air traffic management (ATM) system heavily relies upon air-ground communications. The frequency band currently used for air-ground communications (117.975 -137.000 MHz) is becoming congested. In some parts of Europe, it is extremely difficult to find a frequency to allow a new assignment to be made. This paper summarizes the communications services of current ATM systems as well as their basic operational concepts. Moreover, a comparison of different spectrum ranges and communication mechanisms used in physical and data link layers of aeronautical technologies was performed. Finally, the paper provides a comparison of several most promising technologies (LDL, B-VHF and P34) for a future aeronautical system.

Keywords

air traffic; aircraft communication; B-VHF; LDL; P34; aeronautical communication system; air traffic management; air-ground communications; data link layers; frequency 117.975 MHz to 137 MHz; independent technology assessment; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Artificial satellites; Collaboration; FAA; Frequency; Paper technology; Satellite broadcasting; Sea surface; Underwater communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 2007. DASC '07. IEEE/AIAA 26th

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1108-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1108-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.2007.4391918

Filename

4391918