Comments on: Boeing 787 Dreamliner Wireless Enabled http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/01/10/boeing-787-dreamliner-wireless-enabled/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:50:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Slava Chernyak http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/01/10/boeing-787-dreamliner-wireless-enabled/#comment-21 Slava Chernyak Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:43:34 +0000 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/01/10/boeing-787-dreamliner-wireless-enabled/#comment-21 In response to CBHCKING: Interestingly, I believe some European airlines and Quantas have plans to install mobile repeaters on their aircraft and allow passengers to use cell phones in flight. It will be interesting to see if any US-based airlines follow (and what the FCC will have to say about it). Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7050576.stm In response to CBHCKING:

Interestingly, I believe some European airlines and Quantas have plans to install mobile repeaters on their aircraft and allow passengers to use cell phones in flight. It will be interesting to see if any US-based airlines follow (and what the FCC will have to say about it).

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7050576.stm

]]> By: cbhcking http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/01/10/boeing-787-dreamliner-wireless-enabled/#comment-6 cbhcking Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:10:29 +0000 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/01/10/boeing-787-dreamliner-wireless-enabled/#comment-6 On a side note regarding cell phones: this dates from the days of analog phones (not sure how relevant it is anymore) and only partially concerned the sensitivity of the pilot's instruments to RF; the real problem was that when a cell phone is in use, its particular frequency cannot be used by any other phones (or towers talking to other phones) in its line of sight. This isn't such a problem on the ground where LOS is typically a few miles, max. On a flight, however, large areas will be blanketed for one cell phone. I believe digital phones have eased this problem, but most phones will still resort to analog transmission if they can't get a digital signal. On a side note regarding cell phones: this dates from the days of analog phones (not sure how relevant it is anymore) and only partially concerned the sensitivity of the pilot’s instruments to RF; the real problem was that when a cell phone is in use, its particular frequency cannot be used by any other phones (or towers talking to other phones) in its line of sight. This isn’t such a problem on the ground where LOS is typically a few miles, max. On a flight, however, large areas will be blanketed for one cell phone. I believe digital phones have eased this problem, but most phones will still resort to analog transmission if they can’t get a digital signal.

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