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The main wireless applications at airports—passenger connectivity and airport staff communications—are imposing increasing demands on wireless capacity. Demand for passenger mobile connectivity is skyrocketing as high-speed-capable devices proliferate, and passengers require enhanced connectivity either for work or entertainment during dwell times, including location-based services for a custom travel experience.

The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Research Report 242: Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports is intended as a resource for airports as they navigate through the existing taxonomy of wireless technologies and their use cases.

ACRP WebResource 15: Assessment Tool for Transformation in Wireless Connectivity is an assessment tool that supports the methodology outlined in the report. It provides a dynamic interface to input the current status of the wireless technology implementation at an airport and to input the intended goals regarding the development of the airport’s wireless infrastructure/use cases and generates a report that comprehensively compares the indicated current and target statuses.

Supplemental to the report is a PowerPoint presentation that can be used by airport decisionmakers on proposed solutions.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27064.

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178 pages |  8.5 x 11 |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/27064
Chapters skim
Front Matter i-viii
Introduction 1-6
Chapter 1 - Taxonomy of Wireless Technologies and Their Uses in Airports 7-79
Chapter 2 - Decision-Making Tool and Methods 80-108
Chapter 3 - Planning and Implementation Guidelines 109-162
References 163-164
Abbreviations 165-167
Appendix A - Wireless Use Case Requirements and Enabling Technologies 168-169
Appendix B - Comparative Tables of Wireless Technologies 170-174

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