Machine-to-machine communications via airliners

Kurzfassung

Whenever we look to the blue sky, condensation trails or even an aircraft can be spotted in most regions of the world. Therefore, the question of frequency of aircraft visibility is present. This is extrapolated to the novel problem of a communications infrastructure via airliners: would it be possible to establish a communications service on ground, for example, machine-to-machine service, using schedules airliners as relay stations? Coverage analysis, first access and coding strategies are given stimulating further research activities and ideas in this new area.