what the future holds – the boeing perspective
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What The Future Holds – The Boeing Perspective. John Craig Boeing Company Chief Engineer, Cabin and Network Systems. What the Future Holds. Cabin complexity Consumer electronics The next generation airplane What’s after the next generation?. 777-200LR Worldliner world record flight. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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What The Future Holds – The Boeing Perspective
John CraigBoeing Company
Chief Engineer, Cabin and Network Systems
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What the Future Holds
• Cabin complexity
• Consumer electronics
• The next generation airplane
• What’s after the next generation?
Copyright © 2005 Boeing. All rights reserved. 3777-200LR Worldliner world record flight
These systems need to add value to our customers
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Boeing Vision
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Overhead Video/ Audio Systems
Telephony/Fax
Broadcast In-Seat Video
Interactive In-Seat Video
In-Seat PC Power
Satellite TV
Video On Demand
Email/ Intranet*
Internet*
Video Surveillance*
Cell Phones
“Simplify the Cabin”
Wireless PDA
Media Players
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Cabin Complexity
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Seat End 1914SEB's 159LCD's 305Handset/PCU 305Cables 762Ports/Jacks 383
Seat to Seat Cables 180PWS/VCC 26Overhead 31EE Bay 4
Total: 2155
Typical 777-200 IFE Parts Count
Cabin Complexity
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• Costly to our customers– Difficult to maintain– Challenging to reconfigure
• Costly to Boeing– Build time– Configuration variability
• Seat-to-seat cabling*– 1/2 mile laid end to end– 700 lb– 85 different part numbers
Complexity Becomes Expensive
* full cabin 777-300
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What we’re doing• Wireless IFE
• Plug and Play power.
• Simplified Passenger Service Units
• Standards…
– TSO 127A
– ARINC 628
– Other
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Separate bundlesfor separate systems
Integrated “generic”power and
simplified data
Data wireseliminated
What can we do about power wires?
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Simplified Passenger Service Unit
switch
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Each seat group / PSU pairis a wireless network
• Factory build• Reconfiguration
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Consumer Electronics
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Consumer Electronics$Billions invested annually• Wireless connectivity• New wireless applications• Plug & play• IP networking solutions• Home AVOD• Open source software• Security
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Home Networks• Home networks evolving from standalone to
integrated platforms– Televisions– Camera’s– Wi-Fi/Wireless– Portable media– Digital Video Recorders
• In the next few years these devices will merge into a common infrastructure
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Integrated Devices
Mobile TV(Satellite DMB)
Kodak “Wireless”e-Home
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What’s in the News…(Seattle Times – Sunday May 28, 2006)
$4.99?
• Stores are now selling 1-2 GB memory at unheard of prices.
• 4 GB devices are arriving.
• Technology predictions.
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The Next Generation Airplane
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Landscape camera
Plug & Playseat power
LED enhanced lighting
Dimmable window
Ethernet based cabin
services systemConnexion by
Boeing
Cell phones
Wireless IFE
Smart Signs
Flight deckentry surveillance
camera
PersonalDevices
The Next Generation Airplane
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Wireless IFE System Covers Entire Cabin
• Wireless in-seat and overhead distribution
• Passenger connectivity
• Service interface - reading light, attendant call
• Full AVOD
• Broadcast audio & video
• Seat power and PC power
• Other IFE functions
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Wireless IFE
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2nd Generation Cabin Networking
3rd Generation Wireless
Today
Future
Simplified Power
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Current Wired IFE
EndHeadVCC
HDDACFS ZIU ADB ZIU ADB
Misc.EE Bay
Cabin Equipment Center
Seat Electronics Boxes (SEB)
Seat Power Boxes
ADB = Area Distribution BoxCFS = Cabin File ServerHDDA = Hard drive disk arrayPESC = Passenger Entertainment System ControllerVCC = Video Control CenterZIU = Zone Interface Unit
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Seat Power Boxes
Simplified PowerCabin EquipmentCenter
EE Bay
Fiber BackboneAP 1 AP 2 AP 3
Simplicity of Wireless IFE
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Current Cabin 787 Dreamliner Cabin
Total installation time = 894 hours*
Seat track covers
Cable installation
Raceways
Cable hookup
Seats
Total time
Total installation time = 16 hours
New Systems Enable Dramatic Improvements
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Eliminating Seat-to-Seat Data Cables Benefits all Stakeholders
Flexibility for customers
• Easily move aircraft between markets/customers
– Scalable functionality
– Seasonal configuration changes
• Adds to the residual value of aircraft
Simple configuration and installation
• Reduces cost of custom configurations
• Allows late stage customization
• Easy upgradeability (e.g. servers, monitors)
• Minimizes the effects of obsolescence
Simplifies maintenance
• Fewer part numbers
• Little or no wiring to damage
• Quickly move, remove and replace seats
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What’s After the Next Generation
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Cabin Complexity• We need to focus on simplifying these systems.
– They may do more, but seem much more complex…
• Wireless IFE and the “Simplified Cabin” are Boeing’s strategy to eliminate installation complexity.– This needs to translate into passenger and maintenance as well.
• Portable devices will need to factored in.– TV’s now come with memory card slot’s built in.
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“Generation neXt”
• Today’s flying public always had entertainment provided… (all three channels!)
• The children and young adults of today take what they want, where they want...
• As an industry, are we prepared?
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The industries role• We must add value to the customer.
– Who is the customer – airline or passenger?– What is the value proposition – providing or
enabling?
• Sponsor and support industry standards– IFE system and IFE to airframe– IFE to consumer devices
• Simplify the systems– Move from hardware centric to software functional– Integrate functions as appropriate
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Future Systems• We must recognize significant demographic change.
• My 11 year old daughter is digital:– She manipulates my wife's cell phone better than my wife.– She caused me to transform my home network to stream audio– Wants video on her IPOD.
• People are expecting connectivity. – Cellular data services approaching broadband– Satellite broadband is on airplanes– Starting the migration of cellular phones onto airplanes
• People are bringing their own media onto airplanes.
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Future System Scenario’s• Scenario 1 – Evolution (providing)
– IFE system evolves with new release media, functionality, and internet connectivity.
• Scenario 2 – Cable TV (providing)– IFE system with no media. All media delivered via airplane
connectivity. Supplemented with passenger media.
• Scenario 3 – Standalone display’s (enabling)– No media provided. Flat panel displays with headset jacks, memory
card readers and/or connectivity to the passengers PED.
• Scenario 4 – No IFE (enabling)– Portable display’s passed out by flight crews or brought on board.
Connectivity to passengers PED.
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Are we ready…