International Civil Aviation Organization
ACPWGW03/AI-3
2010-01-22
REPORT
AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS PANEL (ACP)
WORKING GROUP OF THE WHOLE
THIRD MEETING
Montreal, 18 to 22 January 2010
REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING
3.
AGENDA ITEM 3:
IDENTIFICATION OF FCI STANDARDIZATION TASKS TO
BE INITIATED IN THE NEAR-TERM
(802.16e Airport A/G Datalink, others?)
3.1
Introduction
3.1.1
Under this agenda item the meeting reviewed Information Papers #1 and #8.
3.1.2
802.16e Airport A/G Datalink
3.1.2.1
IP#1.
Mr. Brent Phillips provided a presentation on the status of on-going
standardization activities within RTCA Special Committee 223 to develop an Aviation Profile for the
AeroMACS System. Mr. Phillips noted that the RTCA SC was initiated in response to the
recommendations out of the Future Communications Study which were further endorsed by ICAO. This
recommendation was to develop a new system based on the IEEE 802.16e standard operating in the Cband and supporting the airport surface environment. The RTCA Program Management Committee
approved the new SC-223 in July 2009. There was in initial meeting in Washington D.C. on 2-3 Nov
2009 and a second meeting planned for 26-27 Jan. 2010. There is expected to be close coordination with
the EUROCAE WG-82 on the development of a single common Aviation Profile Document.
3.1.3
IP#8. Mr. Luc Deneufchatel presented the current status of the EUROCAE WG82
Airport Data Link System standardization. This group is intended to cover the three new data-link
technologies foreseen within SESAR (LDACS, Airport Data Link and the New Generation of Satellite
data-link). The initial mandate of this group has been limited to the Airport Surface Data Link System
and the initial task of this group is supported by the SESAR R&D activities P15.2.7 and P9.16. The basis
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for the system development is the IEEE 802.13e standard, and the expected deliverables include aviation
system profiles, system level MASPS, airborne equipment MOPS, and ground equipment MOPS.
Completion target is 2013, dependent on laboratory and field validation results from the SESAR projects.
Kick off meeting for WG82 was in 14th January 2010, a second meeting is scheduled in mid March. The
presentation emphasized the need for the European and the US activities to converge for worldwide
interoperability.
3.1.4
Other FCI standardization tasks
3.1.4.1
WP#10 from EUROCONTROL discussed the objectives to update of the AMS(R)S
SARPs with more stringent performance based requirements supporting the future applications/services
and to agree and develop a global standard (Technical Manual) supporting the updated SARPS. In the
discussion of WP10 it was noted that ICAO is now favoring to initiate standardization activities only
when sufficiently mature material is available. In line with direction an open group (NEXUS) has been
established under the EUROCONTROL NexSAT Steering Group aiming to facilitate the standardization
activities by preparing initial material/proposals and aiming to achieve consensus for material to be
brought later to ICAO.
3.1.4.2
All interested parties are invited to participate in the work of the NEXUS group aiming to
bring consolidated proposals to ICAO ACP.
3.1.4.3
matures.
The meeting supported this initiative and expects to receive updates on this work as it
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