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In large aircrafts the cabling is very complex and often causes reliability problems. This is specially true for modern In-flight Entertainment (IFE) systems, where every passenger can select a preferred movie, play computer games or be able to communicate with other travellers. Due to EMC problems, wireless communication systems (WiFi etc.) didn't succeed in solving these problems. In this paper an innovative communication system is proposed which perfectly supplements an aircraft IFE system. The key innovation of this system is to use structures that are essential parts of the airframe for data transfer, such as seat rails. Those rails consist of rectangular shapes and could easily be modified to fulfill the function of waveguides for microwaves. A waveguide as part of the seat rail would provide enormous benefits for aircrafts, such as a large bandwidth and consequently high data rates, no problems with EMC, unlimited flexibility of seat configuration, mechanical robustness with associated increase of reliability and a few additional advantages related to aircrafts such as reduction of weight and costs.
Das In-flight Entertainment (IFE) in Flugzeugen, also die mediale Unterhaltung der Passagiere mit Musik, Filmen oder Videospielen während des Flugs, wird für die Fluggesellschaften immer wichtiger. Somit steigen auch die Anforderungen an das IFE-System hinsichtlich Datenraten, Zuverlässigkeit und Flexibilität. Im Forschungsprojekt „Sprechende Sitzschiene“ an der Hochschule Offenburg wird ein neuartiges Kommunikationssystem für das In-flight Entertainment in Passagierflugzeugen entwickelt. Das Besondere und Innovative daran ist die Verwendung von Strukturelementen des Flugzeugs wie Sitzschienen als Übertragungsmedium.