Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
1     Introduction
2     Discussion
        2.1     Substitution of wiring
        2.2     Enhanced reliability
        2.3     Additional functions
3     Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications application characteristics
        3.1     Categorization process description
                  3.1.1     System data rate categorization
                  3.1.2     System location
                  3.1.3     Category definition
        3.2     Detailed description of applications by category
                  3.2.1     Category low data rate inside
                  3.2.2     Category low data rate outside
                  3.2.3     Category High data rate Inside
                  3.2.4     Category High data rate Outside
4     Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications system characteristics
        4.1     Reference aircraft
        4.2     Reference Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications (WAIC) system architecture
                  4.2.1     Network components
                  4.2.2     Generic network architecture for internal Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications applications (low and high data rate inside)
                  4.2.3     Generic network architecture for external Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications applications (low and high data rate outside)
        4.3     Aircraft shielding characteristics
                  4.3.1     Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications systems inside the aircraft structure
        4.4     Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications radio interface characteristics
        4.5     Overall effective radiated power per aircraft and Wireless Avionics Intra‑Communications application category
5     Spectrum requirements for Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications
        5.1     Net average application data rate (P_eff)
        5.2     Protocol overhead factor (a)
        5.3     Channelization overhead factor (b)
        5.4     Multiple aircraft factor
        5.5     Modulation efficiency
        5.6     Calculation of Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications spectrum requirements
6     Summary
Annex 1 Protocol considerations
      A-1.1     Introduction
      A-1.2     Overhead in IEEE 802.15.4 and 802.11a/g packed-oriented communications systems
      A-1.3     Security-related overhead
      A-1.4     Error correction overhead
      A-1.5     Calculation of protocol overhead factor a
      A-1.6     Channelization overhead factor b
      A-1.7     Modulation efficiency η
Annex 2 Multiple aircraft considerations
      A-2.1     Aircraft-to-aircraft interference model
      A-2.2     Aircraft model
      A-2.3     Distribution of Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications nodes outside the aircraft structure
      A-2.4     Interference ranges
      A-2.5     Aircraft configuration
      A-2.6     Estimated number of interfering aircraft
      A-2.7     Multiplicative factor for spectrum requirements
      A-2.8     Conclusion on multiple aircraft overhead
Annex 3 Propagation considerations
      A-3.1     Introduction
      A-3.2     Definition of channel gain/loss models for various areas of the aircraft
      A-3.3     General channel model
      A-3.4     Modelling large-scale channel characteristics
      A-3.5     Large-scale prediction error or modelling shadowing
      A-3.6     Modelling small-scale fading statistics
      A-3.7     Modelling aircraft fuselage attenuation in closed form
Annex 4 Overall emissions of an aircraft caused by Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications systems
      A-4.1     Introduction
      A-4.2     Per-compartment emissions for low data rate inside Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications systems
      A-4.3     Per-area emissions for low data rate outside Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications systems
      A-4.4     Per-compartment emissions for high data rate inside Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications systems
      A-4.5     Per-area emissions for high data rate outside Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications systems
Annex 5 List of acronyms

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