Broadband wireless technologies are becoming more and more pervasive in several fields of application to supply new services and to satisfy operational constraints. Among them, this paper deals with the use of WiMAX technology in future air traffic management system. This technology is expected to increase the safety and to allow the exchange of large volume of data among heterogeneous users, including aircrafts. In particular, Eurocontrol and ICAO identified a WiMAX based technology for communications on the airport surface, named Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communication System (AeroMACS). The scope of this paper is to provide an overview of AeroMACS, with a description of its main features, requirements, PHY and MAC profiles choices and related network architecture. Finally, the paper highlights some open issues for AeroMACS that represent critical aspects and require, up to now, additional investigations.
AeroMACS: A New Perspective for Mobile Airport Communications and Services / Bartoli G.; Fantacci R.; Marabissi D.. - In: IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 1536-1284. - STAMPA. - 20:(2013), pp. 44-50. [10.1109/MWC.2013.6704473]
AeroMACS: A New Perspective for Mobile Airport Communications and Services
BARTOLI, GIULIO;FANTACCI, ROMANO;MARABISSI, DANIA
2013
Abstract
Broadband wireless technologies are becoming more and more pervasive in several fields of application to supply new services and to satisfy operational constraints. Among them, this paper deals with the use of WiMAX technology in future air traffic management system. This technology is expected to increase the safety and to allow the exchange of large volume of data among heterogeneous users, including aircrafts. In particular, Eurocontrol and ICAO identified a WiMAX based technology for communications on the airport surface, named Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communication System (AeroMACS). The scope of this paper is to provide an overview of AeroMACS, with a description of its main features, requirements, PHY and MAC profiles choices and related network architecture. Finally, the paper highlights some open issues for AeroMACS that represent critical aspects and require, up to now, additional investigations.I documenti in FLORE sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.