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From page 80... ... 80 C H A P T E R 2 2.1 Evaluating Costs and Benefits of Wireless Technologies During interactions with airport stakeholders as part of this project, it was decisively confirmed that investment decisions and models for infrastructure deployment and operation are driven by cost-benefit analysis. It is thus reasonable to start the decision-making analysis of wireless technology investments with a clear definition of the factors that populate both sides of the cost-benefit balance. Read the entire page →
From page 81... ... Decision-Making Tool and Methods 81 switches and routers, firewalls, and wireline or wireless backhaul) Read the entire page →
From page 82... ... 82 Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports and the vendor's ability to adapt to new changes in technology. These costs are difficult to predict and quantify and require a risk management method for probability estimation and quantification. Read the entire page →
From page 83... ... Decision-Making Tool and Methods 83 causing interference to other wireless systems in the vicinity. In a wireless network, any operator or user that has some degree of responsibility over the performance and spectrum has a non-zero risk of liability costs. Read the entire page →
From page 84... ... 84 Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports enabled by wireless connectivity, including location-based order and delivery options anywhere on the airport premises. An emerging nonaeronautical revenue stream could include the handover of mobile carrier subscribers to the Wi-Fi network via roaming agreements, enabling the opportunity to sell wireless capacity back to mobile carriers. Read the entire page →
From page 85... ... Decision-Making Tool and Methods 85 From a macroeconomic standpoint, the demand derived from increased spending allows for new jobs to be created and local businesses to grow. This allows airports to significantly contribute to economic output and therefore enhances the national gross domestic product, effectively establishing airports as significant economic centers for economic growth. Read the entire page →
From page 86... ... 86 Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports including real-time videos, images, and other data. The real-time sharing of multimedia information and instant access to databases can enable public-safety users to respond and provide critical support more quickly. Read the entire page →
From page 87... ... Decision-Making Tool and Methods 87 2.1.2.4 Customer Satisfaction Customer satisfaction is the value perceived by airport customers (passengers and tenants) interacting with their environment (i.e., airport facilities, services, and amenities) Read the entire page →
From page 88... ... 88 Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports • Performance benefits. Wireless technologies enable faster turnaround times for aircraft. Read the entire page →
From page 89... ... Decision-Making Tool and Methods 89 KPI Description Throughput Actual data rate (Mbps) as perceived by the application or the device radio. Read the entire page →
From page 90... ... 90 Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports Before designing this tool, the research team surveyed the staff at the participating airports to understand how they made these decisions. Two main lessons were learned during this survey: • Not all airports have the same decision-making process, which varies based on factors like airport size, management structure, and business strategy. Read the entire page →
From page 91... ... Decision-Making Tool and Methods 91 to the user selections, the system will lter out dierent wireless use cases in the subsequent steps of the web tool. ere are two user proles available for selection: technology and business. Read the entire page →
From page 92... ... 92 Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports the use cases enabled by the selected technologies that would be of interest based on the airport prole selected. Both user proles include the denition of the target scenario that the airport is intending to develop regarding wireless technologies and their associated use cases. Read the entire page →
From page 93... ... Decision-Making Tool and Methods 93 • If the technology profile has been selected, the user is prompted to identify the target wireless technologies, ownership, and management levels that the airport intends to implement in a layout like that in Figure 29. Options selected in the current situation are highlighted in yellow. Read the entire page →
From page 94... ... 94 Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports location accuracy, battery life, and scalability of each technology. This information can be used for a quick comparison of the possible technologies that could enable the planned use cases, as well as a comprehensive comparison of the capabilities of each technology. Read the entire page →
From page 95... ... Decision-Making Tool and Methods 95 2.3 Application of the Decision-Making Tool: Case Studies This section provides the analysis and validation of the proposed assessment tool and related KPIs. To reflect different types of scenarios, this analysis was organized into case studies performed on airports with diverse characteristics. Read the entire page →
From page 96... ... 96 Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports MDAD provides network infrastructure for a fee to its tenants and airlines, including wireless connectivity for enterprise services at the terminal and apron. The provision of the network is governed by their Shared Tenant Service (STS) Read the entire page →
From page 97... ... Decision-Making Tool and Methods 97 • Wireless-based passenger flow monitoring to optimize commercial activity in the airport space based on utilization data. • Wireless cargo asset tracking to provide tenants with reliable cargo monitoring solutions. Read the entire page →
From page 98... ... 98 Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports • Public cellular coverage (4G LTE and increasingly 5G) reaches all the airport terminals. Read the entire page →
From page 99... ... Decision-Making Tool and Methods 99 The approximate 5-year TCO of Wi-Fi 6 deployed and operated by a third party is $3.75 million ($2.25 million CAPEX + $300,000 yearly OPEX) Read the entire page →
From page 100... ... 100 Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports higher TCO ($410,000 indoors + $50,000 outdoors) Read the entire page →
From page 101... ... Decision-Making Tool and Methods 101 • Finding formulas to balance connectivity capabilities for passengers and tenants and associated costs. • Supporting the local community in research and education activities. Read the entire page →
From page 102... ... 102 Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports networks (Wi-Fi and direct P25) for enterprise services, staff communications, and connectivity with aircraft devices, although GTR may share access to the P25 channel with tenants by demand (e.g., it is being used for weather data collection and monitoring purposes) Read the entire page →
From page 103... ... Decision-Making Tool and Methods 103 According to interactions with members of the GTR board, the wireless technologies in use at the airport are as follows: • A Wi-Fi 5 network owned and operated by the airport (with external contractor support for planning, installation, and maintenance) Read the entire page →
From page 104... ... 104 Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports may be relevant to consider if GTR does not have signal booster infrastructure and has an interest in deploying it to increase coverage quality in the airfield and terminal for visitors. The approximate 5-year TCO for AeroMACS is $75,000 ($50,000 CAPEX + $25,000 OPEX) Read the entire page →
From page 105... ... Decision-Making Tool and Methods 105 2.3.3.1 Ownership and Development SEF is governed by the Sebring Airport Authority, which consists of board members selected by the Sebring City Council. SEF is focused on providing value to all its tenants. Read the entire page →
From page 106... ... 106 Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports • Wireless enterprise communications. This capability is critical to support business operations for both the airport and tenants. Read the entire page →
From page 107... ... Decision-Making Tool and Methods 107 • An LMR network is available on site to support municipal public-safety agencies, but there is no dedicated airport frequency. Airport staff and tenants instead use handheld P25 devices on direct mode for radio communications around the airfield. Read the entire page →
From page 108... ... 108 Transformation in Wireless Connectivity: Guide to Prepare Airports The 5-year TCO for a private 4G cellular network is about $140,000 ($5,000 indoor + $136,000 outdoor) , and the TCO for a Wi-Fi 4/5 network is $3,000 (indoor) Read the entire page →

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... 80 C H A P T E R 2 2.1 Evaluating Costs and Benefits of Wireless Technologies During interactions with airport stakeholders as part of this project, it was decisively confirmed that investment decisions and models for infrastructure deployment and operation are driven by cost-benefit analysis. It is thus reasonable to start the decision-making analysis of wireless technology investments with a clear definition of the factors that populate both sides of the cost-benefit balance.