He approved to use the phone on the plane

The British control agency approved a system that could help use mobile phones on airplanes.

Soon European passengers will have the opportunity to chat on their phones while on the plane. By operating a new system, the aircraft will be equipped with mobile line stations called pico cells (one of four cell site size types in the GSM network - the coverage is only a few dozen meters back to it. usually installed for indoor relay.

The phones will be turned off during take-off time, and turned on when the aircraft reaches a permitted height of at least 3,300m. Phone signals will be transmitted to mobile line stations, then the signals will in turn be sent to the ground-based networks via a satellite link.

A British control agency has approved this system, but no airline has announced plans to apply it, and the system still needs to undergo some safety and administrative tests. main before proceeding to the application. On the other hand, airlines will need to confirm that this technology does not interfere with aircraft communications or aircraft travel.

This phone service may cost more than regular phone calls. Hopefully this will prevent chat-lovers from going on the phone for hours.

Mobile phone on the plane.(Photo: Ofcom)