Application: High speed wireless connection in aerial vehicle for entertainment and service
Description
Currently, in-flight wireless access is made through Wi-Fi. Existing in-flight Wi-Fi is very slow and very expensive. As an example, American airline’s in-flight internet connection speed is approximately 500-600 Kbps for download for an individual user and approximately 300 Kbps for upload. It shows a significant difference from the speed of the existing 4G and 5G.
Devices
- Two type of connection scenarios are needed; Devices connected to an access point and server (e.g. access or server onboard) locally , and the external communications (e.g. the onboard server communicate to a ground server). The characterstics on this row is for onboard/local operations only. For external communications the E2E latency may be more than 800ms if connected through a GEO satellite and data rate, reliability requirements may vary.
KPIs
| KPI | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DL E2E Packet Latency | Low: < 10 ms | — |
| UL E2E Packet Latency | Low: < 10 ms | — |
| E2E Packet Jitter | Sensitive (ms) | — |
| DL User Experience Data Rate (Mbps) | Very high data rate: 101 Mbps - 500 Mbps | — |
| UL User Experience Data Rate (Mbps) | Medium: 10 - 50 Mbps | — |
| Communication Service Availability | Very high: > 99.999% | — |
| Guaranteed Bit Rate | Non-GBR | — |
| Criticality | Non-critical | — |
| Priority Service (NS/EP) | No | — |
| Service Continuity | Required | — |
| Mobility | Pedestrian: > 0 km/h to 10 km/h | — |
| Synchronization Precision | > 1 ms | — |
| Connection Density | Low: < 1000 | — |
| Common Communication Mode | Unicast | — |
| Data Reporting Mode | Event driven | — |
| Device Type and Form Factor | > 1 applicable device type | — |
| Device Integration | > 1 applicable device integration type | — |
| Device Lifespan | Short: 2 - 4 years | — |
| Device Power Constraints | Unlimited | — |
| DL E2E Packet Reliability | High: < 10E-6 | — |
| UL E2E Packet Reliability | High: < 10E-6 | — |
| Survival Time | > 100 ms | — |
| Connectivity Service Area | Local Indoor venue | — |
| APIs | Both | — |
| Connectivity Type (BAN/PAN/WAN/LAN) | LAN - WiFi | — |
| Sidelink Connectivity | Can be beneficial | — |
| Position Accuracy | Relaxed (3 m - 30 m) | — |
| Sensing Range Resolution | Relaxed (50 m - 200 m) | — |
| Velocity Resolution | Not applicable | — |
| False Alarm (FA) | Not applicable | — |
| Edge Computing Service | Not applicable | — |
| EC: Edge Compute Offload | Device <--> Edge | — |
| EC: Edge Storage Offload | Device <--> Edge | — |
| EC: Edge Application Enablement Services | Not required | — |
| EC: Edge Proximity | Edge cloud | — |
| EC: Distributed and Autonomous Management of Edge Resources | Not required | — |
| AI/ML Service | Not applicable | — |
| AIML: Personalization | Not required | — |
| AIML: Training Data Security | Not required | — |
| AIML: Service Location | On-premise | — |
| AIML: Ownership, Traceability and Accountability | Not required | — |
| AIML: Incentivized/Distributed/Collaborative AI/ML | Not required | — |
| Distributed Ledger Service | Not required | — |
| Connectivity Subscription Provisioning | Not pre-subscribed (Single or multiple subscriptions supported) | — |
| Number of Subscriptions Supported by the Device | > 1 | — |
| Connectivity Subscription Management | Local management by user (common in consumer devices) | — |
| User Interface for Device Management | None (not even a power switch) | — |
| Local Connectivity for Device Configuration and Management | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, etc.; | — |
| Device Configuration and Customization | Not required | — |