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Airborne Internet / Collaborative Information Environment

Airborne Internet / Collaborative Information Environment. A presentation to AIG/WG. By the Airborne Internet Collaboration/Working Group Randy.Schmidt@NGC.com presenting March 3, 2004. Three Main Points. If the right aviation information at the right time is the goal…

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Airborne Internet / Collaborative Information Environment

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  1. Airborne Internet / Collaborative InformationEnvironment A presentation to AIG/WG By the Airborne Internet Collaboration/Working Group Randy.Schmidt@NGC.com presenting March 3, 2004

  2. Three Main Points • If the right aviation information at the right time is the goal… • …“Discovery on Demand” usingXML Web Services is the solution… • …Allowing the transformation to a Collaborative Information Environment (CIE)

  3. The right aviation informationat the right time • Led to the concept of an AirborneInternet (AI): • A private, secure, and reliable peer-to-peer aircraft communications network that uses the same technologies as the commercial Internet • However, the AI does not currently provide a universal way to find: • “Decision quality” information

  4. Knowledge Management and theArt of Decision Wisdom Decision Maker “Decision quality” information Knowledge Knowledge Executive Information Information Worker Data Data Entry Worker

  5. Getting decision quality informationto the Decision Maker Traditional methods: Publish and Subscribe Push versus Pull Client / Server Discovery on Demand

  6. Discovery on Demand • Accomplished through XML Web Services: • Software components that can be published, located, and run over the Internet using Extensible Markup Language (XML) • XML definition: • A markup language that describes data in a structured and human-readable text format • Example: <aircraft> <n-number>N500EA</n-number> <make>Eclipse</make> <model>500</model> </aircraft>

  7. XML Web Services • Are used to: • Allow other applications to call modules of code remotely with XML • Expose data in a database as XML • Send XML messages: • E.g. alerts and notifications • Build Service Oriented Architectures (SOA): • Flexible, reusable, and lower cost

  8. “Embrace and Extend” Existing Legacy - databases and applications X M L UDDI, SOAP, WSDL Transform, transmit Oracle Sybase Mover Data Discovery, OLAP, WebParts, XML Web Services™ Secure wireless ‘reach’ client ‘rich’ client familiar tools Heads Up Display “portals” National Wx Service FAA Trusted-Table Security DAC “Views” Secure Flight Data Rental Car Hotels FBO FAA Flight Service Pilot/Info Consumer

  9. XML Web Services Industry standards for interoperability • Enable disparate systems to work together: • Across languages, platforms, applications • Computer to computer • Inside/outside the firewall • Based on open Internet standards: • XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI • Broad industry support • Key area of vendor alignment

  10. XML Web ServicesNext wave of Internet evolution XML HTML Technology TCP/IP Databaseconnectivity Presentation“Legacy scrape” CIE Connectivity Email, FTP, etc. Innovation Web pages XML WebServices Browse the Web Programthe Internet

  11. Collaborative Information Environment (CIE) • The transformation of the Internet byXML Web Services • 2nd generation Web (Web 1  Web 2) • Military example: SharePoint PortalHeads Up Display (HUD) experiment • Uses XML Web Services to create a CIEthat combines information from: • NASA • Synchronized Air Power Management (SAPM) • Defense Collaboration Tool Suite (DCTS) • JEMPRS-NT

  12. Joint Enroute Mission Planning and Rehearsal System-Near Term (JEMPRS-NT) • Operational Needs During Deployment: • Situational Awareness • Collaborative Operating Environment • Enroute SITREP/Crisis Action Planning • Support of Rapid Decisive Operations JOA (In Transit) JEMPRS-NT KIT JTF Rear • JEMPRS-NT Functions • - Voice, Video, and Data • Application Sharing • Whiteboard and Text Chat • Digital Dashboard • E-mail and FTP • XML Web Services • Network Access to Other Systems

  13. Collaborative Information Environment “Meet us in the cloud” DISCOVERY ON DEMAND XML Web Services CIE Cloud XML Web Services XML Web Services Airborne Internet GPS Navigation Satcom • XM • RFID • AM/FM • 802.xx • Airport Services • TIS • FIS • Hospitality • Maint. VHF Radio Line of sight VHF Radio VHF Radio DATABASE CONNECTIVITY Gateway Non-CIE Aircraft • Internet • Weather Products • NOTAMs • Flight Service Stations • Other • NAS Services • ATM System • HUB Airports • TIS-B VPN ATC Controller Original graphic courtesy of Computer Networks & Software, Inc.

  14. AI / CIE removes existingaviation information barriers Graphic courtesy of C3D Aero, Inc.

  15. AI / CIE provides decision quality information for cockpit displays Airspace notification Icing Alert Discovery on Demand MFD Traffic Alert Original graphic courtesy of C3D Aero, Inc.

  16. Functional picture of the AI / CIE Users Services Digital connectivity across all types of communications:VHF radio, Satellite, Infrared, etc.

  17. AI / CIE ≠ Internet and Web 1 • The AI / CIE is about: • End users, not webmasters • Edge devices, not clients and servers • XML Web Services, not web pages • XML “knowledge packets”, not just TCP/IP connections • Types: Maintenance, Flight, Entertainment, etc. • Built-in security, not security as an afterthought

  18. AI / CIE interfaces securely withthe following networks • The commercial Internet • Assured “extranet” connections: • OnSATS • AirTraveler.com (formerly SATS-Net) • Carries “Assured Aviation XML Web Services” • Client-side end user “intranets”

  19. AI / CIE End StateEvery aircraft is a network node:Network In the Sky A distributed, peer-to-peer aircraft communications grid that shares decision quality information

  20. Conclusion • If the right aviation information at the right time is the goal… • …“Discovery on Demand” usingXML Web Services is the solution… • …Allowing the transformation to a Collaborative Information Environment (CIE)

  21. For more information: • http://www.airborneinternet.com • http://acb100.tc.faa.gov • http://www.c3daero.com/presentations

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