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Project Lufthansa FlyNet World Premiere - Broadband Internet in the Sky Lufthansa German Airlines Jens Lehne Project Manager Avionics & Cabin Systems February 12, 2003. Agenda. Setting The Pace. FlyNet Services. FlyNet Technology. Regulatory WLAN Considerations. Questions & Answers.
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Project Lufthansa FlyNet World Premiere - Broadband Internet in the Sky Lufthansa German Airlines Jens Lehne Project Manager Avionics & Cabin Systems February 12, 2003
Agenda Setting The Pace FlyNet Services FlyNet Technology Regulatory WLAN Considerations Questions & Answers
Access via passenger or DLH owned laptops Washington D.C. Frankfurt B 747-400 D-ABTE “Saxony-Anhalt” World Premiere @ 40000 feet • As the world‘s first airline Lufthansa offers a fast and powerful Broadband Internet access onboard • The first-time passenger trial with onboard broad band internet is underway since January 15 and will continue trough April • Extensive evaluation period for our passengers • Exclusively onboard of the B747 Saxony-Anhalt, LH418/ 419 Frankfurt-Washington
Virtual Private Networking Onboard DLH Portal 802.11b DLH owned Laptops only! Unlimited Surfing Ethernet Connecters @ most Seats FlyNet – The Flying Office Means of Access ISP Products
Agenda Setting The Pace FlyNet Services FlyNet Technology Regulatory WLAN Considerations Questions & Answers
Services • Lufthansa onboard portal • Free of charge offline contents • Real-time transactions with selected partners • Up to date content by Tomorrow Focus • Virtual Privat Networking • Corporate e-mail • Intranet access • Unlimited broadband internet access • Webmail • Surf the web • …
Agenda Setting The Pace FlyNet Services FlyNet Technology Regulatory WLAN Considerations Questions & Answers
Means of Access • 802.11b is permitted with Lufthansa owned qualified Laptops • Compliant to DO-160D Sec. 21,Cat. M • Siemens Lifebook S-6010 • Any laptop connected • Via a network cable • Via wireless pending regulatory approval
Agenda Setting The Pace FlyNet Services FlyNet Technology Regulatory WLAN Considerations Questions & Answers
Initial Position on WLAN Devices • Only Lufthansa owned DO-160D qualified laptops with WLAN devices allowed • All other WLAN devices are • not permitted for use on board • rejected by the system A general safety assessment is essential to enable passenger use of WLAN devices in aircraft
How to move forward? Either specify and qualify all individual manufacturers commercial WLAN devices OR Prove the aircraft is generically immune to commercial WLAN devices
Qualify individual commercial WLAN Devices Individual qualification of passenger WLAN devices is neither reasonable nor feasible • Very fast product cycles • Immense cost to the operator for qualification and certification • Not likely to cover each and every WLAN device in the market • Impossible to enforce unqualified usage NOT AN OPTION
Prove Aircraft Immunity • Analyze commercial WLAN devices • Health • Emissions • Fault modes • Operational modes • Verify immunity for HIRF aircraft • Establish a method and verify immunity for other aircraft
Validate Aircraft Immunity • HIRF aircraft • Airbus SIL for establishing EMI thresholds • Processes defined in EUROCAE WG58 • SAE working with EUROCAE to provide similar guidance • Other aircraft • Identify susceptible aircraft equipment and locations • Test against worse than worst case Justifies passenger use of commercial WLAN devices in aircraft
Conclusion Lufthansa anticipates to be the first airline to offer its passengers access to the internet using their own WLAN devices Operational approval is expected during the trial Pending approval the vision becomes reality…
The Vision – Seamless mobile access SkyMobility AutoMobility RailMobility
Dipl.-Ing. Jens Lehne Project Manager Lufthansa German Airlines Dept. FRA J1 Lufthansa Base/ Airport West D-60546 Frankfurt/Main Avionics & Cabin Systems Project Lufthansa FlyNet Tel.: + 49-69-696-26977 Tel.: + 49-40-5070-65395 Fax: + 49-69-696-60136 Cell: + 49-172-733-0559 e-Mail: jens.lehne@dlh.de Thank you for you time and attention