LTE Pro Experimentation2,6 GHz TDD

Air France - Paris CDG Airport

Christian RegnierHead of Communication solution department Air France KLM Secretary of AGURRE

Agenda

Introduction - Experimentation… in video

Objectives and resources

Needs and Issues

Experimentation progress

Aircraft Engineering and Maintenance & Ground services

First feedback from businesses

Experimentation Schedule

Next steps

Q & A

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3Introduction - Experimentation… in video

Objectives

Prepare in the medium term the migration of Tetra and WIFI network on LTE Pro network, for professional usage, on our major Airline Hubs (Roissy CDG & Orly).

Resources

• Temporary Allocation by French Regulation authority (ARCEP) of 20 MHz in Frequency Range 2.6 GHz since November 1st of 2016.

• Partnership with Telecom suppliers• Operational implementation for our businesses

Internal Mobilisation of businesses, IT Radio Experts, Security, Deployment, Development, Network, Communication etc.

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Objectives and resources

Needs and Issues

Better operational performance required by our businesses• Obsolescence of our Tetra radio network (20 000 communications per day).• WiFi no more appropriate (technical aspect, financials)• Significant increase of video usage and digitizing of our operational businesses

Control of our critical communications in CDG & ORY internally kept • Engineering control (skills)• Exploitation control (operations) • Costs management• Infrastructure flexibility in order too answer current and future operational usage :

(voice and data, video, IOT, 5G)

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LTE Pro Network implementation : project launched by Air France as well as others companies

• AGURRE Association created since 2012.• Implementation of action plan to address usage evolution and to obtain frequency resources• Discussions with Public Authorities (Ministry of Interior, ARCEP, ANFR, Ministry of Economy)

IT and radio tests

Businesses tests

Real Life Usage (Flight) for ground services

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Aircraft Engineering and Maintenance & Ground services

Aircraft connectivity

Predictive and preventive maintenance

Improvement of contents, software updates and upgrades for servers onboard

Operational data downloads/uploads

Improve inter-business communication around the aircraft (real time + zero paper)

New « chatty » aircraft and LTE Pro offer new possibilities

« high quality of reception within covered area »

« Not necessary to connect again after a

network disconnection »

« less use of battery on tablets (Aircraft engineering

& maintenance) »

« Tablets much less heat »

« cockpit and cabin connectivity OK »

“Connectivity OK”In the passenger boarding bridge

« successful test either with IPAD and

Scanners(ground services)»

« Luggage application : better performance

compared to WIFI and public

network connection»

« Form factor (device + 4G key) not deployable as it is»

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First feedback from businesses

MCPTT Tests

In Progress

Additional Engineering tests and measures

Extension (6 months) of frequency allocation by Arcep(november to april 2018)

Real Life situation usage by AF E&M

Tetra/LTE interconnection

10Next Steps : (estimated Macro planning)

Renewal of hardened End User Devices (2.6 GHz compatibility)

Smooth Migration from Tetra to 4G

ORY/CDG: Outdoor

infra

ORY/CDG: Indoor infra

MCPTT Iot (Critical) 5G

Full convergence (voice, data, video)

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11Q & A