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Data Link Convergence ICAO DLSG and ADG Activities. ICAO ACP 5 July 2006 José Roca CASCADE Deputy Programme Manager jose.roca@eurocontrol.int. Contents. The Problem. Solution : 3 Step Strategy. ICAO Groups. EUR/NAT Data Link Steering Group DLSG. ICAO DLSG created
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Data Link ConvergenceICAO DLSG and ADG Activities ICAO ACP 5 July 2006 José Roca CASCADE Deputy Programme Manager jose.roca@eurocontrol.int
EUR/NAT Data Link Steering GroupDLSG • ICAO DLSG created • Under ICAO EUR/NAT Office • Wide representation (UK, FR, PT, US, IS, Airbus, Boeing,…) • Tasked to develop a harmonised data link service • First meeting March 2005 • Workshop • Action Plan: Consistent with 3 steps strategy • Second meeting October 2005 • Creation of the ATN accommodation Drafting Group • Work on future systems (Step 3)
ATN accommodation Drafting GroupADG • Purpose: • to study the accommodation of ATN aircraft (i.e. ED110A compliant) in the FANS-1/A environment • Tasks • To agree a list of technical and operational issues which could prevent accommodation of ATN aircraft in FANS-1/A airspace, and develop a set of potential resolutions to those issues. • To develop a specification for a trial in a FANS-1/A environment (e.g. NAT) in order to validate the potential resolutions identified in the previous task. • Develop a draft interoperability specification for the accommodation of ATN aircraft in FANS-1/A airspace for input into RTCA SC189/Eurocae WG53.
ADG Progress • First Meeting April 2006 • IRRF Approach Accepted • Main Outcome: • Identification of all known issues that could potentially prevent an ATS Provider from accommodating ATN equipped aircraft • Second meeting June 2006 • Main outcome: • Formulation of potential resolutions to the issues identified • Several issues identified to be reported to the DLSG
ADS-C Application Issue • Current ADS-C SARPs version • Meets most requirements but has shortcomings • Airlines do not support it • Improvement proposals available • ADG Proposed Solution • Improve ADS-C application if it is done by June 2007 • Working Arrangements to be defined and accepted by DLSG • ACP Coordination key element
Proposed ACP coordination • Chairman of SG-N2 of the ACP WG-W joins the ADG. • ADG material fed back to ACP for approval.
ADG Statement • The ADG supports the publication of the ADS-C SARPS in their current from at this moment.