Civil aviation plays an important role in the transportation industry. For airport authorities, guaranteeing the quality of ground services and ensuring that flights are able to leave and arrive on time are important challenges that can help reduce operating costs. For example, dispatch command needs voice and text records to be simultaneously distributed. And airport ground handling services require a reliable, comprehensive network that will provide load sheet and luggage transfer information, urgent communications for special vehicle management, and mobile video or picture transmission for emergency situations.

Huawei provides efficient communications to solve these problems with its eLTE solution for airport ground handling. The solution offers up to 100 Mbit/s throughput with low latency transmission. It supports voice trunking, data service, video transfer, etc., in a single network. What’s more, the eLTE solution will promote operational efficiency and safety in a busy airport.

One Network Solves Airport Ground Services Communication Requirements

Huawei eLTE solution is an excellent broadband trunking system. eLTE simultaneously supports voice and video dispatch, which helps airports improve dispatching accuracy over voice only methods. To promote flight punctuality, all task sheets are transmitted by the LTE network in real time instead of by hand carried paper. When the flight schedule is changed, the latest flight information is automatically broadcast to all necessary crews through the wireless network. This synchronizes all tasks at the outset. With the Huawei eLTE solution, real-time business data delivery can save 5-10 percent in labor costs while improving efficiency by 5 to 6 times.

Seamless Coverage Ensures Airport Communication Business Continuity

Besides multi-service support, it is critically important to ensure reliable, seamless coverage for nearly all areas of an airport: check-in terminals, maintenance area, crew ready rooms, parking apron, and more. While eLTE is based on LTE (4G wireless) technology, it has a dominant advantage in wireless WAN versus wireless LAN coverage: it can ensure airport business continuity wherever operators need it.

Multi-band, Multi-product Solution for Airport Operator

Huawei eLTE provides a wide frequency menu, including 400M / 800M / 1.4G / 1.8G / 2.3G / 2.6G / 3.5G / 3.7G / 5.8GHz. Frequencies used depend on the airport operator’s resources. It also is a solution with multiple products. For example, terminals include handsets, cab radios, and video cameras, which can be used by the airport ground crew, drivers, and dispatchers.