Gogo Business Aviation announced that it is currently conducting virtual flight simulation testing of its 5G software and plans to deliver Gogo 5G later this year.
Utilizing an advanced virtual flight simulator built by Gogo’s radio frequency (RF) engineering team, Gogo emulates radio channels in an aircraft environment and validates Gogo 5G software with a confidence level of over 90%. This technology will allow him to perform end-to-end 5G system testing ahead of schedule, allowing the software to mature at a faster pace before flight testing begins.
By leveraging proprietary information and flight data, Gogo can check radio frequency performance, taking into account factors such as Doppler, altitude, flight route, approach angle, beamforming technology, and other parameters. All these important factors need to be understood as Gogo optimizes them. 5G services and onboard connectivity performance.
Once lab testing is complete, the 5G software will be flight tested using Gogo’s Challenger 300 testbed and the already deployed Gogo 5G network. For more information about Gogo’s state-of-the-art virtual flight simulator lab and interviews with members of Gogo’s RF team, please visit Gogo’s website.
Sergio Aguirre, Gogo President and Chief Operating Officer
The virtual flight simulator our team built is an example of the innovation we do best. Our team has designed an incredible way to validate and mature 5G software and hardware to a critical level before the final 5G chip reaches our hands.
