Technical White Papers

White papers describing Airborne Internet technology:

Airplanes Can Be Networked

Author:

Ralph Yost

Date:

July 2002

This paper proposes to treat aircraft as nodes in a network allowing them to be electronically tracked by the air traffic control system.
"Airplanes Can Be Networked" document in MS Word format MS Word (1.8 MB)

Airborne Internet: Network In The Sky

Author:

Ralph Yost

Date:

December 2003

This paper discusses the Airborne Internet (AI) concept, which will provide a general purpose, multi-application data channel to aviation.
"Airborne Internet: Network In The Sky" document in PDF format PDF (0.5 MB)

Transportation Network Topologies

Author:

Dr. Bruce Holmes and John Scott

Date:

April 2004

This paper proposes a framework, or topology, for thinking about the problem of scalability of the system of networks that comprise the aviation system.
"Transportation Network Topologies" document in PDF format PDF (1.3 MB)

Airborne Internet/Collaborative Information Environment: Societal Trends Make NOW the Right Time to Create the “Network In The Sky”

Author:

Ralph Yost

Date:

April 2004

This paper explains the Airborne Internet/Collaborative Information Environment (AI/CIE), and discusses trends in society and their impact and/or contribution on the viability of the AI/CIE.
"Airborne Internet/Collaborative Information Environment: Societal Trends Make NOW the Right Time to Create the “Network In The Sky”" document in PDF format PDF (50 KB)

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