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

Discovery on Demand using

XML Web Services is the solution

Allowing the transformation to a

Collaborative Information Environment (CIE)

The right aviation information at the right time

Led to the concept of an Airborne
Internet (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

Knowledge Management and the Art of Decision

Decision quality information

Wisdom Knowledge Information Data

Decision Maker

Knowledge Executive Information Worker Data Entry Worker

Getting decision quality information to the Decision Maker

Traditional methods:
Publish and Subscribe Push versus Pull Client / Server

Discovery on Demand

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>

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

Embrace and Extend

Existing Legacy - databases and applications XML Data

Oracle

UDDI, SOAP, WSDL Transform, transmit

Sybase

Rental Car Hotels FBO FAA Flight Service

Trusted-Table Security DAC Views

Secure Flight Data

Discovery, OLAP, Secure wireless WebParts, rich client reach client XML familiar tools Web Services

Pilot/Info Consumer

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

XML Web Services

Next wave of Internet evolution

Presentation Database Connectivity Legacy scrape connectivity

CIE

Browse the Web Program the Internet

Collaborative Information Environment (CIE)

The transformation of the Internet by
XML Web Services

2nd generation Web (Web 1 Web 2) Military example: SharePoint Portal

Heads Up Display (HUD) experiment
Uses XML Web Services to create a CIE that combines information from: NASA Synchronized Air Power Management (SAPM) Defense Collaboration Tool Suite (DCTS) JEMPRS-NT

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)

JTF Rear
Laptop computer

JEMPRS-NT KIT
Laptop computer Laptop computer Laptop computer Laptop computer

Laptop computer

Laptop computer

Laptop computer

Laptop computer

Laptop computer

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

8 Port 100M SWITCH

8 Port 100M SWITCH

Server

Server

serial/530

Router

Power/ UPS UNIT Dell 1U Flat Pannel Display/ 8 Port console switch Leave extra space and power for: 1-server (same as other 2) 1-omni or omega unit (http://www.l-3com.com/cs-east/programs/ infosec/omni.html) (http://www.motorola.com/GSS/SSTG/ ISSPD/Secure_Telecom/omega.html) 1-Inmarsat IDU

Accelerator 4000 serial/530

serial/530

KIV-7 M4 IDU ODU/Antenna

ST Euro ISDN Terminal Adapter ST Euro ISDN

Collaborative Information Environment Airborne the cloud Internet Meet us in

GPS
Satcom

Navigation

DISCOVERY ON DEMAND

XM RFID AM/FM 802.xx

VHF Radio VHF Radio Line of sight

VHF Radio

XML Web Services

CIE Cloud
XML Web Services Gateway

Airport Services TIS FIS Hospitality Maint.

Non-CIE Aircraft

NAS Services ATM System HUB Airports TIS-B

ATC Controller

VPN

Internet Weather Products NOTAMs Flight Service Stations Other

Original graphic courtesy of Computer Networks & Software, Inc.

AI / CIE removes existing aviation information barriers

Graphic courtesy of C3D Aero, Inc.

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.

Functional picture of the AI / CIE

Engine
Services Users
Mechanic, Manufacturer

Cockpit
Pilot

Cabin
Passenger

Maintenance information

Flight information

Entertainment

Digital connectivity across all types of communications: VHF radio, Satellite, Infrared, etc.

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

AI / CIE interfaces securely with the 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

AI / CIE End State

Every aircraft is a network node: Network In the Sky

A distributed, peer-to-peer aircraft communications grid that shares decision quality information

Conclusion
If the right aviation information at the
right time is the goal

Discovery on Demand using

XML Web Services is the solution

Allowing the transformation to a

Collaborative Information Environment (CIE)

For more information:

http://www.airborneinternet.com http://acb100.tc.faa.gov

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