PICO CELL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION IN AN AIRPLANE AND AIRPLANE

摘要

The invention relates to a pico cell in an airplane (1) for the wireless data transmission between at least one mobile station (3) in the airplane and a base station (2) in the airplane, wherein a communication link can be established in a terrestrial communication network (6) between the at least one mobile station (3) and a subscriber (7, 8, 9) via the base station (2). The invention also relates to a method for operating such a pico cell. In order to automatically inform the airplane passengers on the authorization or interdiction of use of their mobile phone devices, at least one display device is provided in the airplane for displaying the availability of the pico cell in the airplane.