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Air Transport Radio
Large hub airports present unique environments for radio systems. For example:
- Airports are “ports” of entry with lots of mobile roaming traffic from very high densities of users.
- Terminals are large dispersed buildings over many floors containing underground and subway areas surrounded by securely controlled spaces.
- Baggage and aircraft stand systems may use unlicensed frequency bands for business critical applications alongside retail tenants with wireless point of sale equipment sharing the same bands.
- Numerous low power radio systems need to co-
exist in close proximity to high power radar systems for detecting objects in the air and on the ground. - High levels of security are required so that police and other security agencies need ubiquitous and reliable access to voice and data communications.
- Thousands of staff working for operational partners including ground handlers and
caterers must be co-
ordinated remotely and in real time - Tens of thousands of airport assets from large vehicles to wheelchairs must be used efficiently
- Airport operators need to ensure that they take responsibility for ensuring RF Health and Safety for all staff, subcontractors and members of the public whilst on the airport.
B Consulting are experts in design, build and operation of complex airport radio
systems. We understand how to ensure multiple radio technologies and users co-
A major contractor for a new airport build project needed to ensure both ground based
and ground to air radio systems would be suitable and effective, notwithstanding
significant engineering and technical constraints. Project deadlines meant that
coverage predictions were needed before terminal construction was complete. Our
previous experience of a new terminal build at a major UK airport allowed us to deliver
the required design with a high degree of confidence using a computer representation
of the as-
A large multi-