KT Completes AI UAM Demonstration in Incheon Sea, Linking Air Routes With 5G and Satellites
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KT said on the 21st that it, Incheon Metropolitan City, the Aerospace Industry-Academia Convergence Institute, and the K-UAM One Team had completed a public-sector UAM demonstration in Incheon’s island regions.
The demonstration was conducted on the Yeongjong-do (Geojampo, Wangsan Marina)–Deokjeok-do route using the UAM agent-based traffic management AX platform, a dedicated 5G aviation network for UAM in the 800 MHz band, and a hybrid communications system combining satellite communications.
KT said it confirmed a 100% communication success rate for aircraft location information transmission throughout the entire flight and also verified voice communication quality and real-time communication support over the sea.
KT said on the 21st that it, Incheon Metropolitan City, the Aerospace Industry-Academia Convergence Institute, and the K-UAM One Team had jointly completed a public-sector urban air mobility (UAM) demonstration in Incheon’s island regions.
The demonstration was a project aimed at connecting Incheon’s islands by air. The participating organizations tested the actual operational feasibility of public-sector UAM to link Incheon’s island regions by air routes.
The K-UAM One Team consists of KT, Hyundai Motor, Hyundai E&C, Incheon International Airport Corp., and Korean Air.
UAM is a next-generation air transportation system that uses electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) to transport people and cargo over urban areas. It is similar to an “air taxi” for intercity travel.
UAM consists of aircraft, vertiports, traffic management and control systems, and a service platform.
In this demonstration, the public-sector UAM route was refined.
It also verified operational feasibility through actual flights.
In addition, it checked the information-sharing system among relevant authorities needed for safe operations. The subject of the review was the urban air mobility data distribution system.
KT said it had completed the public-sector UAM demonstration in Incheon’s island regions.
KT said it applied integrated operations capabilities accumulated through the “K-UAM Grand Challenge,” in cooperation with the K-UAM One Team, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, to the Yeongjong-do (Geojampo, Wangsan Marina)–Deokjeok-do route.
In this demonstration, KT used its independently developed “UAM agent-based traffic management AX platform.” The platform is linked with a 5G and satellite hybrid aviation network and also with the urban air mobility data distribution system. Through this, KT verified AI-based traffic management technology in an actual island and overwater flight environment, while also verifying network stability and operational feasibility.
When UAM becomes commercialized, multiple aircraft will operate simultaneously at relatively low altitudes. Accordingly, a traffic management system that can monitor flight plans, aircraft locations, weather information, and vertiport operations in real time, and respond quickly to changing situations, will be needed. The UAM agent analyzes operational information with AI, suggests appropriate departure and arrival times, and presents SOPs and response measures for each scenario.
KT applied the UAM agent to the entire process, from flight planning to landing. Through this, it confirmed that AI-based decision support is possible in a real flight environment.
In island and overwater areas, communication dead zones may occur, so stable transmission of aircraft location information is necessary. It is also important to secure a communications network that can maintain real-time contact with pilots.
Accordingly, KT established a dedicated 5G aviation network for UAM in the 800 MHz band. KT also established a hybrid communications system that combines satellite communications.
KT carried out the demonstration in cooperation with KT SAT. As a result, aircraft location information was transmitted to the UAM traffic management AX platform throughout the entire flight. The communication success rate was 100%.
It also maintained stable voice communication quality over the sea. This supported real-time communication between pilots and traffic management personnel. KT confirmed the stability of the aviation network for real-time flight tracking and voice communication in island and overwater operating environments.
Source: IT DAILY · Seong Won-young
Original: https://www.itdaily.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=242334
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