LTE Pro Experimentation 2,6 GHz TDD & new business needs
Air France - Paris CDG Airport
Christian Regnier Head of Communication solution department Air France KLM Secretary of AGURRE
Agenda
Introduction - Experimentation… through video
Objectives and resources
Needs and Issues
First feedback
Tests in progress
Studies to be launched regarding Aircraft connectivity
Today : Communication & Connectivity around an aircraft
Tomorrow : Improve inter-business communication around an aircraft and merge Voice and data + Video
Tomorrow : create connectivity on aircraft taxiing before or after the parking stand
Next Steps – Macro planning
Q & A
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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.
4 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 to 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)
« 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
MCPTT Tests
Tests in Progress
Extension (6 months + 6 months) of frequency allocation by Arcep
(april 18 to october 18)
Real Life situation usage by AF E&M
Tetra/LTE interconnection
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Mixed SIM Cards to test To be able to connect at the end the
onboard devices (plane, crew t ablets) on private network in Roissy but on public network in the other airports
Today : communication & connectivity around an aircraft 8
Crew onboard
Operational staff
Tetra
Private
network
Public
Network
Wifi
Private
SSID Data centers
(operational & critical
applications)
VHF
Aircraft
9
Crew onboard
Operational staff
Data centers
(operational & critical
applications)
Tomorrow : Improve inter-business communication around an aircraft
and merge Voice and data + Video
Tomorrow : create connectivity on aircraft taxiing before or after the parking
stand
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Crew onboard (IPAD & Smartphones) & Aircraft
Voice & Video & Data Voice & Video
& Data
Operational staff connected through (LTE) Voice Video Chat tooling
Voice & Video & Data
11 Next Steps - 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
2019 2020 2021 ….
Full convergence
(voice, data, video)
….
Migration IOT and 5G
Connected Aircraft through Private network
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12 Q & A
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