The System Wide Information Management (SWIM) concept is now being discussed internationally for the standardization of the data formats and exchange protocols in order to share the required information efficiently and safely among the relevant civil aviation stakeholders. This paper presents the results of a validation test regarding the feasibility of the Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communications System (AeroMACS) as a wireless medium to connect SWIM around the airport. We carried out flight experiments using AeroMACS and SWIM prototype system in order to investigate the possibility of expanding AeroMACS coverage. Furthermore, we demonstrated air-ground information sharing via SWIM-enabled applications that support operations based on FF-ICE (Flight and Flow Information for a Collaborative Environment). The results show that the coverage can be expanded to 18 km from the ground station under the constraint in the AeroMACS specifications that the transmission power is 200 mW for each antenna. A 5 Mbps throughput can be achieved while the aircraft is moving at a speed of 108 knots (200 km/h). Moreover, FF-ICE demonstrations show the effectiveness of aircraft access to SWIM using AeroMACS.
Flight Tests for Expanding Aeromacs Coverage and Air-Ground SWIM Demonstration
2021-04-20
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