1. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications
SOURCE:
ETSI
TITLE:
GSM onboard Aircraft
AGENDA ITEM:
GRSC 7.3
CONTACT:
GRSC4(06)11
GSM onboard Aircraft
Follow up of the generic presentation at the previous GSC in Sophia Antipolis
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GSM Onboard Aircraft
After long discussions the work is approaching completion and necessary regulation needs to be put in place before starting the services
Basically two issues have to be taken into account
Avoidance of disturbance for the equipment inside the aircraft
Limitation to the BTS/NCU to avoid interference with the terrestrial networks
The NCU is designed to ensure that terminals within the cabin cannot access terrestrial networks and that they do not transmit any signal without being controlled by the onboard GSM system, by raising the noise floor inside the cabin.
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GSM Onboard Aircraft
High level architecture of the GSM onboard aircraft system
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GSM onboard Aircraft
Interference with equipment onboard the aircraft
The limitation concerns the maximum power to be used by the onboard BTS to capture traffic from the onboard GSM Terminals
This is mainly required to avoid interference between the BTS and the transmission system onboard the aircraft
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GSM onboard Aircraft
Interference with external networks
The confinement of the mobile inside the aircraft is one of the main issues to be solved. When 3000 m above ground the system will work and the NCU will ensure that mobiles do not attempt to connect to terrestrial networks.
The key parameters for the protection of terrestrial radio mobile networks are the radiated power limits determined outside the aircraft as derived from the compatibility study performed within CEPT WGSE
There seems to be no modification required for the mobile station
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GSM onboard Aircraft
GSM onboard aircraft equipment must comply with the R&TTE Directive and the Harmonized European Norm has to guarantee that it does so
Time scale
It is assumed that the regulatory requirement gathered in a European Norm complementing the one on BTS GSM shall be made available before the end of this year.
Product could be made available on the European market as early as mid 2007
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