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EMS Aviation Keeping Your World Connected ™. WAEA SFW on Connectivity March 2010 Gary Hebb VP Innovation and Strategy EMS Technologies. Adelaide, Australia. Takoma Park, MD. Ottawa, Canada. Tewkesbury, UK. Moorestown, NJ. Norcross, GA. Headquarters. Office, Manufacturing /
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EMS AviationKeeping Your World Connected™ WAEA SFW on Connectivity March 2010 Gary Hebb VP Innovation and Strategy EMS Technologies
Adelaide, Australia Takoma Park, MD Ottawa, Canada Tewkesbury, UK Moorestown, NJ Norcross, GA Headquarters Office, Manufacturing / Research & Development Introducing: EMS Aviation • EMS SATCOM • EMS Formation • EMS Sky Connect • ============== • EMS Aviation www.emsaviation.com
Internet The Network is Ready Personal Devices Transceivers Servers Access points Antennas Satellites Gatelink Corporate Network Air to Ground Firewall
Short Burst Data Low Speed Data High Speed Data Broadband Data Safety Services Live TV Video Servers Wi-Fi
Gary in 2003 Conjuring up product roadmap
Looking forward from 2010 Cinema quality wireless seatback video distribution Ka-band antennas
HD wireless video distribution Do we need it? What data rates do we need? Is it possible?
Largest Contiguous Frequency Allocation in History Sets Blogosphere Atwitter 7 GHz of Spectrum
60 GHz Unlicensed Band To Do: Find out about all the other countries
60 GHz Technology • Compared to WiFi • 200 times as much spectrum • 50 times the capacity • SiBEAM • 4 GBps, uncompressed HDMI SiBEAM makes smallest phased array antenna, ever Pasted from <http://www.trenderresearch.com/profiles/blogs/another-contender-looks-good>
SiBeam 60 GHz Technology http://www.sibeam.com/technology/omnilink60_demo.html
I don’t want to discourage you, but …. Emerging standards probably not scalable to 100s of seats. Complete blockage by human bodies, drink carts Power Consumption (Gigabit data rates)
Much Lower Cost per Bit than Ku or L Spot beam coverage More spectrum Less complex antenna (than Ku) No polarization steering required More difficult steering problem Can be resolved Ka-band
Need Ku to cover the oceans? It’s hard enough to pay for one broadband antenna. Regional Ka-band competes with Air-to-Ground tough competition! Only Regional Coverage at Ka-band
Ka-band Rain Fades Example: Telesat http://www.kusat.com/govsat.php?path=/ka/qa.php
Wireless HD video distribution at 60 GHz can probably be made to work, but will keep folks like me busy for a long time. The technical problems at Ka-band can be solved, and can make passenger communications much more affordable. They are definitely worth solving if a global Ka network is built. Gary’s Long Term Outlook