Federal AviationAdministrationPerformance-based Operations
Aviation Rulemaking Committee (PARC)
Communications Working Group (CWG)
Date: 3-7 February 2014
Presented to: IPACG/39 FIT/26
By: Koji [email protected]
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PARC and CWG
• Feb 2004 – Performance-Based Operations Aviation Rulemaking Committee (PARC) – Chartered under FAA Administrator’s authority
• Formerly FAA Order 1110.139 Updated June 2010 as internal document
– Focus on implementation and operational guidance• Includes PBN and PBCS
– Provides industry recommendations to FAA
– Considers global harmonization and standardization
• Jan 2005 – Communications Working Group (CWG) established under PARC
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PARC CWG Process and Results
• Works from Project Plans to
– Evaluate communication technologies that are foreseen to be viable in meeting the needs of the aviation community
– Provide executive summaries on the project (who, what, when, where, why and how)
• End product – Recommendation Reports to FAA
– Coordinates with ICAO and regions/other States to ensure global harmonization embraces GOLD and SVGM
• PARC CWG has been effective in applying communication technologies to meet needs of aviation community
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PARC CWG Members and Affiliates
• 238 members/affiliates from 65 different organizations
• Approximately 40 attend 2-3 meetings per year
Aer Lingus AeroConnex LLC Air New Zealand Airbus Aireon
Airservices Australia Air Tran ACNZ Alaska Airlines ALPA
Altran American Airlines All Nippon ARINC Atlas Air
CASA Australia Aviacom Avinor Avionica Blue Sky Network
Boeing Bombardier British Airways Cargolux Cobham SATCOM
Delta Air Lines EMS FAA Fed Ex FLYTH
Gannet GE Aviation Gulfstream Hawaiian Airlines Honeywell
IATA ICAO ICG Inmarsat Iridium
Isavia JRANSA JCAB Jet Blue L3
Lufthanza Miami Air Int’l MITRE (USAF) Nav Canada NBAA
QANTAS Rockwell Collins SAS Satcom DIrect SITA
Southwest Airlines Thales UK UK NATS United Airlines Universal Avionics
UPS Airlines USAF Volpe World Airways WIFS
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Completed Projects
Jul 2006 – Roadmap for data link
Sep 2007 – DRAFT Roadmap for Performance-based
Communications
Sep 2012 – FANS 1/A over Iridium (FOI) and
Performance-Based Communication and Surveillance
(PBCS) Recommendations
Mar 2011 – FANS 1/A over High Frequency Data Link
(FOH) Recommendations
Sep 2012 - FANS 1/A over Inmarsat-4 Classic Aero
(FOICA) Recommendations
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Related ICAO Headquarters Activity
Document Description of proposal for amendment PanelTarget date
Annex 6Includes provisions for performance based communication (PBC) and performance based surveillance (PBS) concerning operational authorizations and air operator participation in performance monitoring programs.
OPSP and OPLINKP
Nov 2016
Annex 11
Includes provisions for PBC and PBS, including prescription of RCP and RSP specifications, associated performance monitoring at the ANSP and regional levels, and inter-regional sharing of data from performance monitoring programs (modeled after RVSM provisions for height keeping performance monitoring).
OPLINKPNov 2016
Doc 4444Includes provisions for flight planning of PBC and PBS capability (e.g. P1 or P2 in item 10 of flight plan). Includes separation standards that identifies RCP and RSP specifications, as appropriate, to be prescribed.
SASP and OPLINKP
Nov 2016
Doc 9869
Renamed from Manual on RCP to PBCS Manual. First phase - Includes provisions for PBCS based on GOLD, 2nd Edition, Chapter 3 (ANSP data link provision and operator readiness), Appendix B (RCP specifications), Appendix C (RSP specifications) and Appendix D (data link performance monitoring). Also includes similar for SATVOICE, based on SVGM, 1st Edition.
OPLINKP4th QTR,
2014
GOLDWill be converted to an ICAO document. Will include guidance from an operational perspective. Technical material will be moved to Doc 9869 and removed from GOLD.
OPLINKP4th QTR,
2014
SVGMWill be converted to an ICAO document. Will include guidance from an operational perspective. Technical material will be moved to Doc 9869, merged with performance-based technical material for data link, and removed from SVGM.
OPLINKP4th QTR,
2014
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Related ICAO Regional Activity
• Asia-Pacific - provisioning for En Route Monitoring
Agency (EMA)
– Support horizontal separations predicated on data-link
– Monitor data link approvals
– Monitor actual performance against RCP/RSP
• North Atlantic – provisioning for 30 NM lateral, 30
NM, 50 NM and 5-minute longitudinal
– FANS 1/A data link mandate
– PBCS implementation
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PARC CWG Current Activities
• PBCS implementation
• Satellite voice (SATVOICE) for ATS
communications project
• FANS 1/A over SwiftBroadband (SBB) safety
services project
• FAA NextGen domestic data link
• FAA data link recording rules
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PBCS – Operational Authorization
• State prescribes RCP and RSP
• PBCS provisions for Annex 6 and Annex 11
(adapted from existing provisions for RVSM)
– Operational authorization
– Regional/ANSP post-implementation monitoring and operator participation
• Operational authorization
– Demonstrate acceptable RCP / RSP for each aircraft type in the fleet
– If substandard performance, State of the Operator or State of Registry would issue
corrective action notice (taking into account the severity of the deficiency and magnitude
of the change)
– Corrective action notice could result in restrictions on use of data link
– PBCS would allow the operator to still use CPDLC and ADS-C
• Operators file capability in flight plan, e.g. P2 (RCP240) in Item 10
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PBCS – FANS 1/A over VHF
• Evaluations on FANS 1/A over very high
frequency (VHF) performance
– Aircraft communications addressing and reporting
system (ACARS)
– VHF data link (VDL) Mode 0/A – Plain old ACARS (POA)
– VDL Mode 2 – ACARS over aviation VHF link control
(AVLC) (AOA)
• FAA advocates VDL Mode 2, however it is accepting use
of VDL Mode 0/A in U.S. domestic airspace, at least
initially
Boeing and FAA provided report at PARC CWG
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PBCS – FOICA and FOI
• FOICA (Inmarsat) and FOI (Iridium)
• Some common issues typical of FANS 1/A operations
– CMU / MU Media-ground station switching algorithms
(e.g. VHF-SATCOM, satellite to satellite)
– Multiple ADS contracts with aircraft
– Next on busy (e.g. media sharing with AOC)
• Satellite service provisions are changing all the time
– Major changes can and do affect performance
– Systems components fail
– Regional and ANSP monitoring and inter-regional exchange of
monitoring results are essential
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PBCS – Performance MonitoringExample of ADS-C Report Delivery Time
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Inmarsat – What’s Coming
Service Status
Alphasat I‑4A F4
Launched 25 July 2013, in cooperation with the European Space Agency, which is investigating the use of satellite communications in Europe. Includes Classic Aero and SwiftBroadband services and will complement the existing aeronautical services provided by the I-4. Operational availability expected sometime in 2014
SwiftBroadband
Plans to evaluate FANS 1/A over SwiftBroadband Safety. Plans for Hawaiian Airlines to begin in Oakland Oceanic FIR. Cobham, Rockwell Collins, Honeywell, Thales, ARINC and SITA are cooperating with Inmarsat
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Inmarsat – What’s Gone/Going
Service Status
PC Data / FaxBroadcast Data (CN50)Secure Voice (CN11)
Decommissioned middle of 2013, coincident with I-3 and I-4 GES harmonization
Classic Aero HPlans to decommission by end of 2018, coincident with the estimated I-3 end of service life
Classic Aero I / Swift 64Will be supported at least until end 2018; status beyond 2018 has not been determined
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PBCS – JCAB Evaluation of FOI
• Some restrictions still apply
• However, similar to FAA systems, JCAB systems
have no operational means to determine the type of
media the aircraft is using for FANS 1/A operations in
the Fukuoka FIR
• Reduced separations can be applied (or mis-applied)
to FOI aircraft that indicate RNP4 in their flight plan
• Use of flight plan (e.g. P2 indicator in Item 10) would
resolve the issue
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AIRAC AIP SUP NR117/12 - 20 SEP 12
If FOI
JCAB needs to extend to middle of
2014
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PBCS – FOI Current Status
• FOI is a viable means to conduct CPDLC RCP 240 and ADS-C RSP 180 operations– Some implementations need improvement
– Improvements to avionics continue
– Understanding various systems interactions• CMU / MU managing sub-networks
– Including Airline / Operator sub-network preferences
• SDU / Iridium Ground System protocol interactions
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SATVOICE – Operational Evaluation
• PARC CWG will base its SATVOICE work on ICAO Satellite
Voice Guidance Material (SVGM) to facilitate global
harmonization of U.S. initiatives
• Flight plan information to identify SATVOICE equipment and
capability
– Item 10 – M1 (Inmarsat), M2 (MTSAT) or M3 (Iridium)
– Item 18 – CODE/[aircraft address – hex representation]
• PARC CWG
– Established dedicated team to resolve issues with using Iridium Safety
Voice service
– Continues to working with FAA on policy updates
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SATVOICE – FAA MMEL Policy – HF
• FAA Policy Letter PL-106 revision expected early 2014
Update from last meeting
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NextGen Domestic Data Link
• Role of PARC CWG - items to consider
– AC 120-70 update / Job Aid to include PBCS, FANS 1/A, Link 2000+, Baseline 2 Data link, initial and on-going compliance
– OpSpec / MSpec / LOA template updates
– Approaches for part 91 / GA / non-commercial operators
– Training requirements
– Airworthiness requirements
– Input for B2 concept of operations
• Collaborate with DCIT, SC214-WG78 and OPLINKP
• Proposed project description in work
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FAA data link recording rules
• Data link advances operational safety
– Improves conformance monitoring for detecting large height
deviations (LHDs) and gross navigational errors (GNEs)
– Improves controller intervention capability thereby reducing the
exposure of LHDs/GNEs
• Retrofit installations of CPDLC recording capability
– Excessive costs
– Hinders the advancement of operational safety
– Compromises NextGen implementation schedule
• Preparing justification for recommendations to FAA
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Summary
• PARC CWG recognizes U.S. initiatives must be
globally harmonized for effective implementation
ICAO HQ and Regions
• PARC CWG evaluates communication and
surveillance technologies against global standards
and specifications GOLD / SVGM
• PARC CWG is committed to performance-based
concepts
• PARC CWG/31 – 25-26 Feb 2014 in Miami, FL
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