Title :
A study of future communications concepts and technologies for the National Airspace System-part IV
Author :
Ponchak, Denise S. ; Apaza, Rafael D. ; Wichgers, Joel M. ; Haynes, Brian ; Roy, Aloke
Author_Institution :
NASA Glenn Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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 the final results describing the communications challenges and opportunities that have been identified as part of the study.
Keywords :
aircraft communication; cellular radio; high altitude stratospheric platforms; satellite communication; HAP-based cellular network; NASA GRC; NASA Glenn Research Center; NASA Research Announcements; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Airspace System; air-to-air data exchange; aircraft-to-aircraft communication network; communications concept; ground-based cellular network; post-NextGen NAS environment; satellite network; Jamming; Radio frequency; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5379-0
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2015.7118934
