Technical Reports

The following reports were written for NASA’s Glenn Research Center during Airborne Internet development under the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) project:

AI Requirements Document - Strawman

Author:

CNS, Inc.

Date:

October 10, 2001

This report describes the communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) requirements that architecture and components of the Airborne Internet (AI) will have to support.
"AI Requirements Document - Strawman" document in PDF format PDF (1.5 MB)

SATS Operational Concepts - Strawman

Author:

CNS, Inc.

Date:

October 10, 2001

This document describes a Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) operating environment based upon available documentation from which Airborne Internet characteristics and requirements can be derived. The document is not intended to be a complete or comprehensive outline for the future direction of the entire SATS concept.
"SATS Operational Concepts - Strawman" document in PDF format PDF (0.8 MB)

NAS Infrastructure - Initial Assessment Report

Author:

CNS, Inc.

Date:

December 3, 2001

This report describes the activities performed to identify, assess and trade off the various issues and concepts involved in the Small Aircraft Transportation System's (SATS) relationship with the National Airspace System (NAS) infrastructure.
"NAS Infrastructure - Initial Assessment Report" document in PDF format PDF (2.4 MB)

Development of an Airborne Internet Architecture to Support SATS: Trends and Issues

Author:

Noel Schmidt and Michael Zernic

Date:

2002

This paper addresses some of the trends and issues involved in developing an Airborne Internet.
"Development of an Airborne Internet Architecture to Support SATS: Trends and Issues" document in HTML format HTML (73 KB)
"Development of an Airborne Internet Architecture to Support SATS: Trends and Issues" document in PDF format PDF (126 KB)

SATS Demonstration - Build A Report

Author:

CNS, Inc.

Date:

January 18, 2002

This document provides a report of the Airborne Internet (AI) Testbed Demonstration (Build A) of the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) AI Testbed facility as implemented at Computer Networks & Software (CNS), Inc.
"SATS Demonstration - Build A Report" document in PDF format PDF (2.1 MB)

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