Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communications Systems: IEEE 802. 16 Standard-Based Technology for the Next Generation of Air Transportation Infrastructure

Content: AeroMACS: An IEEE 802.16 Standard-Based Technology for the Next Generation of Air Transportation Systems
 Table of Contents
 Preface
 Acronyms
 Chapter 1: Airport Communications from Analog AM to AeroMACS
 1.1 Introduction
 1.2 Conventional Aeronautical Communication Domains (Flight Domains)
 1.3 VHF Spectrum Depletion
 1.4 The ACAST Project
 1.5 Early Digital Communication Technologies for Aeronautics
 1.5.1 ACARS
 1.5.2 VHF Data Link (VDL) Systems
 1.5.2.1 Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (ATN)
 1.5.2.2 VDL Systems
 1.5.3 Overlay Broadband Alternatives for Data Transmission. 1.5.3.1 Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum Overlay1.5.3.2 Broadband VHF (B-VHF)
 1.5.4 Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC)
 1.6 Selection of a Communications Technology for Aeronautics
 1.7 The National Airspace System (NAS)
 1.7.1 Flight Control
 1.7.2 United States Civilian Airports
 1.8 The Next Generation Air Transportation Systems (NextGen)
 1.8.1 The NextGen Vision
 1.8.2 NextGen Key Components and Functionalities
 1.9 Auxiliary Wireless Communications Systems Available for the Airport Surface
 1.9.1 Public Safety Mobile Radio for Airport Incidents. 1.9.1.1 Public Safety Communications (PSC) Systems Architecture and Technologies1.9.1.2 Public Safety Allocated Radio Spectrum
 1.9.1.3 700 MHz Band and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet)
 1.9.2 Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) Systems Applications for Airport Surface
 1.10 Airport Wired Communications Systems
 1.10.1 Airport Fiber-Optic Cable Loop System
 1.10.2 Applications of CLCS in Airport Surface Communications and Navigation
 1.11 Summary
 References
 Chapter 2: Cellular Networking and Mobile Radio Channel Characterization
 2.1 Introduction
 2.2 The Crux of the Cellular Concept. 2.2.1 The ``Precellular ́́Wireless Mobile Communications Systems2.2.2 The Core of the Cellular Notion
 2.2.3 Frequency Reuse and Radio Channel Multiplicity
 2.2.3.1 Co-Channel Reuse Ratio (CCRR), Cluster Size, and Reuse Factor
 2.2.3.2 Signal to Co-Channel Interference Ratio (SIR)
 2.2.3.3 Channel Allocation
 2.2.4 Erlang Traffic Theory and Cellular Network Design
 2.2.4.1 Trunking, Erlang, and Traffic
 2.2.4.2 The Grade of Service
 2.2.4.3 Blocked Calls Handling Strategies
 2.2.4.4 Trunking Efficiency
 2.2.4.5 Capacity Enhancement through Cell Splitting. 2.2.4.6 Capacity Enhancement via Sectorization2.3 Cellular Radio Channel Characterization
 2.3.1 Cellular Link Impairments
 2.3.2 Path Loss Computation and Estimation
 2.3.2.1 Free-Space Propagation and Friis Formula
 2.3.2.2 The Key Mechanisms Affecting Radio Wave Propagation
 2.3.2.3 The Ray Tracing Technique
 2.3.2.4 Ground Reflection and Double-Ray Model
 2.3.2.5 Empirical Techniques for Path Loss (Large-Scale Attenuation) Estimation
 2.3.2.6 Okumura-Hata Model for Outdoor Median Path Loss Estimation
 2.3.2.7 COST 231-Hata Model.