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INTRODUCTION
This document specifies requirements for the unique adaptations
to the current IEEE 802.16-2009 standard to provide wireless data
communications to mobile platforms on an airport surface.
AeroMACS is based on the existing IEEE 802.16-2009 WiMAX
standard. Within the WiMAX Forum™, an Aviation Working Group (AWG)
has been incorporated to adapt AeroMACS requirements into the WiMAX
profile documents. This ensures that all stakeholders comprising
test equipment vendors, integrated circuit manufacturers, as well
as the aviation industry are capable of supporting the AeroMACS
development.
As system profiles gradually include more features -- resulting
in increased performance -- more complex parts of the standard may
be chosen by the aviation community to be incorporated into new and
more-advanced AeroMACS profiles. If so, some of the parameters
provided in this document may have to be updated."
This document has investigated the use of WiMAX Forum™ Mobile
System Profile: Release 1.0 Version 0.9 (WMF-T23-001-R010v09)
against avionics needs. No technical obstacles - which would make
it impossible to operate this particular profile for aviation –
were found.
Further analysis of the AeroMACS features was performed in the
context of the SESAR project P15.2.7 activities and the outcome of
these activities has been injected in the finalization of the
AeroMACS profile and related documents in RTCA and EUROCAE (e.g.,
the AeroMACS MOPS).
The joint RTCA and EUROCAE AeroMACS profile described in this
document is based on the WIMAX document WiMAX Release 1 System
Profile (WMF-T23-001 Release 010 v09).