PMEI Demonstrates Multiple Communications Functions on Single Radio

Project Management Enterprises, Inc. (PMEI) says it has demonstrated the use of a single VHF-based networking radio that can fit into a general-aviation-aircraft panel to do multiple analog and digital communications functions.

Flight tests conducted on the FAA's Bombardier Global 500 research and development aircraft earlier this month, confirmed the radio's ability to communicate via two-way analog voice, VolP (voice over Internet protocol) operated in party-line mode, as well as IP (Internet protocol)-based email, instant messaging, assured broadcast data uplinks, and Web-based access to ground station resources.

According to PMEI, all of these functions comply with industry standards for RF (radio frequency) analog and digital communications, including the traditional IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) protocols of HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol), HTML (hypertext markup language), XML (extensible markup language), XMPP (extensible messaging and presence protocol), and VolP.

The radio also will support the specific protocols of ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast), FIS-B (flight information service-broadcast) TIS-B (traffic information service-broadcast), CPDLC (controller-pilot datalink communications) and the necessary extensions to support airborne BLoS (beyond line-of-sight) data routing and airborne platform network management.  04-02-2007.

Click here to become a registered Flt Tech Online subscriber and receive headlines delivered to your e-mail each week

Click here to go back to the headlines