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International Civil Aviation Organization

WORKING PAPER

ACP-WGS01/WP-0227 02 2012

AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS PANEL (ACP)

1st MEETING OF WORKING GROUP S

Montreal, Canada 19 March – 20 March 2012

Agenda Item 5.3 SESAR Workpackages P15.2.7 / P9.16

Report of AeroMACS activities in Europe

(Presented by LOMMAERT LUC, EUROCONTROL)

(Prepared by Lommaert Luc, EUROCONTROL BRUSSELS)

SUMMARY

This working paper provides the report on activities of SESAR on AeroMACS. An overview is also given of all planned AeroMACS activities and their respective status.

ACTION

The meeting is invited to take note of the information outlined in this report.

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1. Introduction

SESAR® (Single European Sky ATM Research) is a joint undertaking between Industrial Partners – EUROPEAN COMMUNITY and EUROCONTROL. The programme aims to develop a new generation of Air Traffic Management (ATM) system in Europe, creating a Single European Sky. The SESAR program will give Europe a high-performance, cost effective air traffic control infrastructure which will enable the safe and environmentally friendly development of air transport.

SESAR is set up in three phases: A) a definition phase;B) a development phase; andC) a deployment phase

A) The definition phase (2004-2008) aimed at defining the different technological steps to be taken, the priorities in the modernisation programmes and the operational implementation plans. It has been co-financed by the European Community and by the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL).The definition phase was carried out, under the responsibility of EUROCONTROL, by a consortium (the Global Consortium) of 30 parties representing the industry, the air traffic service providers, the airlines and the airports. It finished in spring 2008 and resulted in the European ATM Master Plan endorsed by the EU Transport Council on 30 March 2009.

B) The development phase (2008-2013) is now active and will:(i) Develop new equipments, systems or standards and,(ii) Ensure a convergence towards a fully interoperable ATM system in Europe.

The development phase covers also the planning for the deployment of SESAR outcomes, including the identification of appropriate financing instruments and incentives to facilitate the deployment of SESAR technologies.

C) The deployment phase (2014-2020) will consist in the large scale production and implementation of the new ATM infrastructure. The infrastructure should be composed of fully harmonised and interoperable components which contribute to the development of high performance, safe and sustainable air transport infrastructure in Europe.

For more general information on the SESAR programme, please visit www.sesarju.eu

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2. AeroMACS SESAR P15.2.7 and P9.16 – Coordination with SANDRA

AeroMACS GROUND infrastructure part is covered by SESAR P15.2.7 - with prototype development of 3 AeroMACS Basestations. Partners are INDRA, SELEX, NATMIG, DSNA, THALES, INDRA, AENA and EUROCONTROL. INDRA is taking the lead of P15.2.7. Please note that P15.2.7 concentrates on AeroMACS BS development, all other ground infrastructure functions will be emulated/implemented by COTS.

The Mobile (Avionics) part of AeroMACS is residing under SESAR P9.16 and is lead by Airbus. Partners are AIRBUS, SELEX, THALES and EUROCONTROL.

Both projects are fully aligned so they are contained within a single project management plan.

AeroMACS projects started in Feb 2010 and are expected to end Jan 2014.

SESAR prototype testing is foreseen in Barajas (Spain) and Toulouse (France) because of the last one’s MLS availability.

Some lose coordination is also established with SANDRA. SANDRA is an FP7 R&D project targeting the development of future avionics radios and antennas of which AeroMACS is part of. (SANDRA = Seamless Aeronautical Networking through integration of Data links, Radios, and Antennas).

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Aeromax was the original SESAR PIR kickoff name for AeroMACS (renamed by RTCA-EUROCAE).

GS1 : SELEX GS2 : INDRA GS3 : THALES MS1,2 : SELEX

Rest : Mock ups – Emulators - COTS

Mobility testing: Toulouse Airbus test A/C - Barajas using a van.

3. AeroMACS SESAR P15.2.7 Work Activities Descriptions and Status

Only WAs from P15.2.7 are covered in this paper because most of P9.16 activities are running in parallel. Exceptions are: WA2 Channel modelling and Propagation Analysis, WA7 Standardisation and Worldwide Interoperability and WA8: Safety and Security. The outputs of

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these last packages are common to both projects and will be used as inputs for further development.

Ref TitleLead

Description StatusEnd dates

WA1IEEE 802.16 Analyses & Design

EUROCONTROL

-Wimax Aviation suitability Analysis-AeroMACS Profile Analysis- Ext MLS band Spectrum Analysis-AeroMACS Funct. Arch. Descrip.

CCCC

WA2Channel Model & Propag. An.

NATMIG

-Traffic Model-Propagation Model-Globalstar Interference Estimation

CCC

WA3Profile Definition / Evaluation

EUROCONTROL-Profile Evaluation and Validation-Profile Definition

CC

WA4Deployment and Integration An.

AENA-Deployment Analysis-Interference Analysis

5/125/12

WA 5System Implementation

SELEX

-Prototype Specification-Implementation Plan Design-Demo Scenario Definition

3/1211/122/13

WA6 Integration and Testing

THALES

-Test Plan Definition-Test Bed Development-Lab V&V-Own and A/C co-hab interference-Lab interop. Testing-Testing @ Airport level

C09/1202/1310/1301/1410/13

WA7Standardisation and WW

interop.EUROCONTROL

-See point 4 12/13

WA8 Safety and Security Analysis

DSNA-Safety Analysis-Security Analysis

12/1312/13

Note: In P9.16 also a separate work package on Advanced Studies exist with end date 01/14 (The contribution will be mainly oriented in reporting what will be done in SANDRA project in term of advanced concepts and simulations).

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4. SESAR P15.2.7 WA7: Standardisation and World Wide Interoperability

SESAR contributions to EUROCAE WG-82 and SC-223 and other agencies are:

1. Development of initial pre-SRD, used by SC-223 and WMF - done

2. Development of final SRD, input to EUROCAE MOPS/MASPS - done

3. AeroMACS Profile Analysis - done

4. AeroMACS Profile Definition - being finalised with help of WMF

5. Development of proposed AeroMACS FAD - done

6. Development of Spectrum Interference analysis ( Globalstar – MLS – UNNI Wifi/Wimax - AMT) - done

7. Development of discussion papers on proposed AeroMACS Security Architecture – done

8. Support to EUROCAE on development of MASPS – MOPS structural content - done

9. Development of AeroMACS MOPS PHY Layer (exception of MS MIMO) - being finalised – being reviewed by Honeywell

10. Development of AeroMACS MOPS MAC Layer - being finalised –reviewed by Honeywell

11. Development of AEEC AeroMACS APIM - done

12. Co-ordination support to EUROCAE – RTCA – ICAO WG-S – ARINC/AEEC

13. Development of AeroMACS CS Layer - to be started

14. Development of AeroMACS PICS and CRSL by certification Lab (At4Wireless) – TBC

15. Support contract At4Wireless on AeroMACS Security and MIB -TBC

16. Join ICAO WG-S

Note : Most of SESAR P15.2.7 and P9.16 members are also member of EUROCAE WG -82

5. ACTION BY THE MEETING

The meeting is invited to take note of the information of this working paper.

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