Airports are frequently at the center of economic and community development.  As hubs for transportation and change, airports face unique challenges -- accelerated by the need to offer real-time applications, support nomadic users, and improve investment return.  Alcatel-Lucent meets the emerging communications needs of new and existing facilities with Integrated Communications for Airports.

Alcatel-Lucent helps transform airports into secure, efficient and desirable communications centers.  For new terminals, our turnkey solution delivers fully integrated communication-related sub-systems and services. For existing terminals, the Alcatel-Lucent IP-transformation program enables seamless migration of mission-critical legacy services and the integrated introduction of new services.  The result is a more secure, reliable and cost-efficient network.

Our end-to-end solution enables airport authorities to:

• Execute new business models that develop retail business, communication, and entertainment services.
• Manage impact of traffic growth on facilities, infrastructure and services.
• Improve competitive performance with other cities and regions.
• Enhance the security of passengers, tenants, partners and employees.

Benefits

• Differentiate through service innovation, security enhancement and operational improvement.
• Adapt to a changing environment with carrier-grade networks that meet flexibility and scalability requirements.
• Increase profitability by consolidating networks, achieving operational excellence and reducing the Total Cost of Ownership.

Alcatel-Lucent and partner components

The Alcatel-Lucent Integrated Communications for Airports solution targets the changing needs of multiple user groups -- including passengers, partners, tenants and airport operations

Alcatel-Lucent meets stringent airport communications requirements with field-proven technical expertise, global industry leadership, and a comprehensive product portfolio.

• Global leader in the supply of Information and Communications Technology solutions
• Partners with Airports Council International (ACI) to foster cooperation within the airport industry
• Flexibility in working with airport operators to deliver customized communications solutions
• Worldwide presence and knowledge of local business practices and regulations
•  Proven expertise and experience in global airport projects

Field-tested, highly scalable solutions from Alcatel-Lucent enable airports to deliver a full range of profitable new services:

• Differentiate through service innovation

          -  Communication and information

          -  Entertainment

          -  Security and safety

• Adapt to a changing environment

          -  Allocate bandwidth capacity and ensure connectivity

          -  Manage priorities and guarantee SLAs

          -  Extended network life-cycle

• Reduce operating costs by converging applications on an IP-based infrastructure 
• Increase capacity of the communication platform to support new applications
• Meet higher reliability and network security standards than conventional IP networks

Deployment, Management, End-User Benefits

• Improve operational efficiency and airline/tenant/passenger satisfaction by introducing new integrated communication solutions, including Managed Communication Services, wireless services, and Web-based applications 
• Generate new revenues by enabling a new service provider business model
• Provision complex IP network applications and associated network operational support system (OSS) platform
• Improve user experience by deploying real-time applications

           > Supports security and video surveillance

           > Enables location-based services and ramp management

           > Supports airports IT applications like CUTE and FIDS

• Improve cost-efficient operations

         > Connectivity services

         > Back-office applications

         > Campus services like telephony messaging