HYPERION

与“未来飞机”的高带宽无线通信将允许快速卸载飞机性能、安全性和其他数据，从而实现更高效的运营、新服务和更安全的旅行。由于有限的过度分配频谱，使用无线射频系统实现这一目标极具挑战性。自由空间光通信提供了一种有吸引力的免许可替代方案，可能提供Gbit/s的通信。在这种情况下，关键的挑战包括用通信波束跟踪飞机，并创建轻量级的机载终端。该项目将结合联合收割机一个回射机载终端，是免费的跟踪与一个新的全息波束转向“基站”提供精确跟踪多个终端，提供Gbit/s的数据卸载的基础，从飞机是着陆和机载平台。

High bandwidth wireless communications with 'the aircraft of the future' will allow rapid offloading of aircraft performance, security and other data, thus allowing more efficient operation, new services and safer travel. It is extremely challenging toachieve this using wireless radio frequency systems due to the limited overallocated spectrum. Free space optical communications provides an attractive unlicensed alternative, potentially offering communications at Gbit/s. In this casekey challenges include tracking the aircraft with the communications beam, and creating lightweight airborne terminals.This project will combine a retro-reflecting airborne terminal that is free from tracking with a novel holographicbeamsteering 'base station' offering precision tracking of multiple terminals to provide the basis of Gbit/s data offload fromaircraft which are landing and airborne platforms.