Aeronautical Information Services AIS Data Link

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Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) Data Link
RTCA SC-206/EUROCAE WG-76
Merged AIS-MET OSED AIS-MET Data Link Services V
1.0 Harmonization Task Force (HTF) Report 11 June
2007
Ernie R. Dash Raytheon (FAA FISDL)
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Harmonization Task Force (HTF)

• Task
• Produce one OSED document that addresses both AIS
  and Met
• Harmonize as much as possible
• Timeline
• Jan (Task Force-Brussels) Develop merged OSED
• Apr (8th Plenary-Melbourne) Mature draft
• Jun (9th Plenary-Norrkoping) OSED ready for
  release by 3 Aug
• Aug-Sep FRAC comment period
• Oct (10th Plenary-Seattle) Resolve FRAC
  comments
• Members
• Ana Paula Frangolho (EUROCONTROL)
• Rocky Stone (United Airlines)
• Ernie Dash (Raytheon FAA FISDL)
• Alex Pufahl (Jeppesen Denver)
• Doug Johnson / Andrew Mirza (UK Met Office)
• Christian Bousmanne (EUROCONTROL)
• Marc Henegar (ALPA Alaska Airlines)

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Starting Point

• 30-31 Jan
• EUROCONTROL hosted HTF meeting in Brussels
• Used latest versions of AIS and Met OSEDs from
  Toulousse meeting
• Cut / Paste material into common (harmonized)
  sections
• Did some editing / drafting
• Merging created formatting headaches
• Feb-Mar
• Reformatted using RTCA template
• Included some minor edits
• 20 Mar
• Merged OSED V 0.5-1 distributed to 206/76 members

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Recommendations to 8th Plenary (Melbourne)

• Agreed the merged OSED outline as contained in V
  0.5
• Agreed Editorial Control Responsibility
• Common Sections 1-5 HTF
• Section 6 (AIS) AIS Subgroup
• Section 7 (Met) Met Subgroup
• Appendix A (Definition of Terms) HTF
• Appendix B (Candidate Wx Products) Met Subgroup
• Appendix X (Digital Communications Systems) HTF
• Subsequently deleted from OSED V1.0 may be
  included in SPR/INTEROP documents as appropriate

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Status - Update

• 7-10 May
• United Airlines hosted HTF
• On-site Rocky Stone, Alex Pufahl, Ernie Dash
• Teleconference Ana-Paula Frangolho, Christian
  Bousmanne
• Worked with OSED changes from Melbourne meeting
  any new material received through 30 April
• 4 June
• OSED V1.0 distributed to 206/76 members
• Comments received to date
• Stephane Dubet
• Ken Reid
• Dan Stapleton

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OSED V1.0 Highlights

• Overall
• Deleted AIMLINK terminology
• Need Plenary discussion and agreement on
  terminology
• Sections 1-5
• Major edits to improve flow and eliminate
  redundancy (much thanks to Ken Reid)
• Expanded data link communications descriptions in
  Section 5
• Section 6 (AIS)
• Major edits through 6.1.6 (page 6-34) remaining
  portion (pages 35-47) to be worked in AIS
  Subgroup
• Section 7 (MET)
• Updated based on Melbourne work added Section
  7.3 (Time Effectivity)
• Appendix A (Definition of Terms)
• Edited deleted terms not used in the OSED HTF
  needs to review OSED to identify terms not
  included in Appendix A
• Appendix X ( Digital Communications Systems)
• Deleted from OSED may be appropriate for
  SPR/INTEROP
• Appendix C (Illustrative Examples )
• Included rough draft provided by Gary Livack
• Need Plenary discussion and agreement to include
  then edit (any volunteers - ??)

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Harmonized Terms

• Aeronautical Information AIS and MET data (to
  even include additional data of relevance - ?)
• Aircraft Data System vs Ground-Based Data System
• AIS Data Aeronautical Data
• ATM Community synonymous with aviation
  stakeholders
• Bandwidth (one word)
• Data link (two words)
• Database (one word)
• En route (two words)
• In situ (two words)

• Inflight (one word)
• MET Data Meteorological Data
• NavBD Navigation database
• Onboard (one word)
• Preflight (one word)
• Real-time (hyphenated)
• TFR/TSA Temporary Flight Restriction (US) /
  Temporary Segregated Area (Europe)
• Up-to-date (hyphenated)
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• Use message sparingly - TBD
• Distinguish data vs information - TBD

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Next Steps

• 9th Plenary Norrkoping
• Subgroups
• Complete Sections 6 (AIS) 7 (MET)
• Plenary
• Agree items identified on previous slides
• Agree/Not Agree following items
• Include descriptions of existing (non-government)
  data link systems Sections 4.3 (ACARS) 4.4
  (MET)
• Add descriptions for transmission of aircraft
  data to Ground-based Data Systems (Downlink)
  and/or to other aircraft (Crosslink)
• Add Section 8 (Summary) that provides table
  illustrating AIS and MET along with various data
  link modes
• Review document especially for major
  (conceptual) topics
• Agree FRAC schedule

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FRAC Steps - Proposed

• 16 June 2 August
• 29 June (Friday) - Final inputs to HTF
• 1-15 July HTF on-site meeting to merge inputs
  date/location TBD
• 16 July-2 August - HTF off-site work to complete
  final edits and format OSED
• 3 August (Friday)
• OSED (FRAC Version) released for public comment
• Template provided for comments designed to
  facilitate review process
• 21 September (Friday)
• Suspense for submitting FRAC comments
• 22-30 September
• HTF consolidate FRAC comments
• 1 October (Mon)
• FRAC comments distributed to 206/76 members
  aviation community
• 8-12 October (10th Plenary Seattle)
• FRAC comments resolved

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Questions

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