High-speed connectivity and enhanced mobile features are set to be standard in the booming business aviation industry in China, a US-based airline information management services provider said yesterday.
Rockwell Collins, a provider of information management services to private jet owners and operators, expects demand to soar for high-speed Wi-Fi connection and new applications for flight planning using iPads, Michael Dupuis, manager of the company’s ARINCDirect Asia-Pacific, said during the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition, which closed yesterday in Shanghai.
Allows Wi-Fi client devices that connect directly without use of an access point, to enable applications such as printing, content sharing, and display. Wi-Fi Direct certifies products which implement technology defined in the Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer Technical Specification. Application Service Platform and optional services are defined in the Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer Services Technical Specification.
Overall shipments of Wi-Fi chipsets rose 26 percent to 387 million in 2008, according In-Stat and the Alliance, an industry group. One reason Wi-Fi is going into so many products is that chipmakers are integrating it with other forms of networking in a single chipset, said In-Stat analyst Norm Bogen. Rather than beating out other forms of connectivity, such as WiMax or 3G (third-generation) mobile data, Wi-Fi is being included with them. For example, Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset for mini-notebooks includes Wi-Fi alongside 3G, Bluetooth, broadcast TV and GPS
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