Gogo Business Aviation is currently conducting virtual flight simulation testing of its 5G software utilising an advanced virtual flight simulator constructed by Gogo’s radio frequency (RF) engineering team.
The business aviation connectivity company expects to deliver its Gogo 5G service later this year. Gogo says it is emulating the radio channel in the airborne environment to verify the Gogo 5G software to a more than 90 per cent confidence level, and that the technology enables end-to-end 5G system testing ahead of schedule and helps to mature the software at a faster pace before flight testing begins.
Performance of the radio frequency can both be checked, taking into consideration factors such as doppler, altitude, flight routes, angle of approach, beam-forming technology and other parameters, which are all critical factors according to Gogo.
“The virtual flight simulator our team has constructed is an example of what we do best: innovate,” said Sergio Aguirre, President and COO for Gogo. “Our teams have designed a phenomenal method for validating and maturing our 5G software and hardware to a critical degree before the final 5G chip is in our hands.”
The 5G software will be flight tested once lab testing is completed, for which Gogo will be using the company’s Challenger 300 testbed and the already-deployed Gogo 5G network.
