Company's intelligent systems make airports run more smoothly

To improve efficiency and safety, Huawei Technologies is helping airports to offer intelligent systems and services based on its latest technologies, according to the company.

Yu Dong, president of industry marketing and solution of enterprise business group at Huawei, said the company adopts a "platform plus ecosystem" method and focuses on the infrastructure of information and communications technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, big data and internet of things.

"The digital innovation in the transport sector is speeding up. Improving safety, efficiency and customers' experiences are key initiatives in promoting intelligent travel," Yu said.

Passengers check flight information at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, which has cooperated with Huawei to update its software system and build itself into an intelligent airport. [Provided to China Daily]

The company aims to build open and sustainable platforms in cooperation with partners to achieve win-win solutions, he added.

To date, Huawei has offered intelligent systems and services to more than 50 airports, 20 airlines and air traffic control departments around China, including over 15 airports with passenger flow exceeding 30 million visitors annually.

Relying on Huawei's visual ground solutions that apply the latest 4.5G eLTE service and the internet content provider, the systems for intelligent airports are able to position and trace staff members, cars and equipment, and coordinate issues within various departments to ensure efficiency and good management.

One example is the face-recognition system, in which passengers only need to stand under the flight information display to conduct identity verification and get flight information instead of lining up for complicated authentication and security checks. Passengers are able to experience the paperless service for check-in and boarding through the face-recognition system.

Intelligent airports also provide premium passengers with tailor-made services including identity recognition and boarding reminders by Huawei's technologies including photo databases, video monitoring, face-recognition and real-time geographic information systems.

Another system makes landings more efficient and safer for pilots.

In the past, pilots received gate information and order of route when the aircraft was ready to land, which often resulted in long delays, particularly in unfavorable weather conditions.

Huawei's innovative intelligent system on position allocation and direction lights is based on its big data and algorithm technologies. The system can guide the aircraft with a green line when it lands by distributing the gate information for every aircraft, calculating the best route on the runway and controlling direction lights automatically.

It has largely improved the efficiency and safety for landing planes.

Wang Guoyu, general manager of the transport solutions department at Huawei's business group, said that the concept of the intelligent airport is becoming a reality and it is the value and motivation for the company to construct fully-connected and humanized airports with partners in the future.

Huawei will continue to offer convenient and intelligent management solutions for airports and improve user experiences, he said.

"It is a challenge for airports to ensure the quality of services and meet the diverse demands of passengers."