Transcript Operational requirements for air/ground data

PETAL
A major step
Towards Cooperative Air
Traffic Services
Patrice BEHIER
Manager of the Air/ground Co operative ATS Programme
Directorate Infrastructure, ATC systems and Support
EUROCONTROL
ATN 2001 LONDON
18-19 September 2001
Objectives of presentation
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Present a brief overview of EATMP;
Present an operational perspective of the
future ATS: the “COOPERATIVE” one and
its challenges;
Show a demo of PETAL CPDLC scenarios;
Provide a view of PETAL’s value as a major
step on the path to Co-operative ATS;
Show how, through the lessons learnt, we
secure the progress to COOPATS .
What is EATMP ?
The EUROCONTROL Performance Enhancement Programme for
European ATM
to meet Europe’s growing needs.
• Prime Goal: Uniform European ATM System implementation
• Performance Challenges:
- Safety
- Capacity
- Environment
- Cost
• In Partnership with Stakeholders:
- increasing number & demands
- Separation between Regulation and Service Provision
- Ensuring binding decisions for implementation
- Strategic Principles 
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Safety as highest priority
Airspace without national borders
Increasingly cost-efficient services
Freedom of movement & quality of
service for all airspace users
Satisfaction of security and defence
requirements
Environmental issues taken into
account
Main EATMP Action Areas and Deliverables
 Safety
 Communications
 Navigation
 Surveillance
 ATM DP Systems
 Air Traffic Control
 Air side Operations at Airports
 Airspace Management
 Air Traffic Flow Management
 Aeronautical Information Services
 Human Resources
 European Concepts
 ATM System Engineering
 Research & Development
 Environment
European-wide
• Policies
• Strategies
• Programmes
• Procedures
• Standards
• Specifications
• Guidance Material
• Prototypes
• Convergence and
Implementation Plan
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25 EATMP
EATMP PROGRAMMES
PROGRAMMES
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The Air/ground cooperative
ATS (AGC) programme
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One of the 25 EATMP Programmes;
Tasked to develop and validate operational
concepts and requirements for
Cooperative ATS, as well as contribute to
their standardisation ;
PETAL is the ‘jewel’ validation exercise of
AGC;
PETAL is the first step to ‘cooperative
ATS’.
The Cooperative ATS Concept
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The full integration of new operational
concepts and advanced technologies will
enable COOPERATIVE ATS, defined as:
An element of ATM that enhances the
productivity and safety of ATS by
optimising the involvement of Controllers,
Aircrew and Airline Operators through
integrated data communications,
improved forms of surveillance and
automation.
The capacity challenge
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The overriding goal is to provide the
required level of safety and the capacity
needed by our customers;
The absolute necessity is to transform
ATM such that the capacity “bottlenecks”
can be lifted;
The “conventional” ATM will not provide
twice or more capacity;
WE MUST EVOLVE TOWARD
RADICALLY NEW ATM BY ABOUT 2015.
What are the bottlenecks ?
Mainly controller workload which can be
reduced through improvements in the
following areas:
 Communications;
 Information availability (aircraft data,
mainly trajectory);
 Automation of routine and repetitive tasks;
 Airspace management;
 Increased cooperation with aircrew.
Cooperative ATS goals
Based on the identified bottlenecks, 4 high level
goals linked to related operational improvements:
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Goal 1: Controller/Pilot communications to
become a minor task;
Goal 2: Optimised Controller Situational
Awareness through airborne data (e.g.
Enhanced surveillance and Intent);
Goal 3: Optimised Flight Information
Service delivery and distribution;
Goal 4: The Pilot in the loop to share
workload with the Controller.
COOPERATIVE
AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES
Data Link
Flight Information Services
To pr ovide the pilot with
Automatic Terminal Information (ATIS)
Runway Visual Range (RVR)
Meteo Information (SIGMET, SPECI, etc.)
Shared Information and
Common Reference
Controller/ Pilot
Data Link Communications
• Departure clearance
• Start up/ Push back/ Taxi clearances
• ATC En-Route and APP clearances
• Downstream clearances
• Communications automation
• 4D Trajectory coordination (FMS)
To achieve
Airborne traffic situation awareness
Cooperative separation assurance
Cooperative delegated separations
Full delegation, autonomy of flight
Downlink of Airborne Parameters
To pr ovide the controller with
Elementary surveillance
(Position + Identification + Altitude)
Enhanced surveillance
(Heading + Speed + Short term intent)
Improved ATM through the use
of FMS 4D Flight path intent
Knowledge of Pilot Preferences
The concept provides
An operational enabler for:
 Optimised airspace management;
 Optimised separation assurance;
 Achieving the required Capacity ;
 Safety enhancement;
 Air/ground integration.
How de we get there ?
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STEPWISE !!!!
Controllers need to familiarise with using
more and more airborne data;
Pilots need to get used to receiving traffic
information;
Both need to adapt to data link
communications;
Both will need to find their way through
increased cooperation, share separation
responsibilities whilst maintaining safety.
A demo of PETAL
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The demo is actually the PETAL system as
implemented at Maastricht and on board
NEAN aircraft;
It can be connected to the NEAN network,
which is emulated via a PC;
The ground HMI is similar to the one that
will be used in the future Maastricht
display system;
The pilot interface is the one which was
used on NEAN B747s and DC9s;
All PETAL CPDLC dialogues can be
demonstrated and are based on the ATN.
PETAL, the first step !
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The first true ICAO CNS/ATM
implementation using the ATN;
Gets the ball rolling toward advanced
functions; walk before you run;
Key in the learning experience from which
all stakeholders can benefit;
An eye opener for the sceptics and
unaware, based on a reality;
Enables the humans using it to tell us how
to make it better.
The first joint US/EUROPE
implementation
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Our customers expect ‘GLOBAL’ solutions for
ATM;
PETAL is a ‘transatlantic’ designed and
operated ATS function;
It has put together all the actors to actually
do the job ‘END TO END’, pioneers from:
Airlines, Aircraft and Avionics manufacturers,
ATS and Communications providers,
Standards groups, users associations, and
last but not least Pilots and Controllers.
PETAL addresses the main
bottlenecks
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Communications; FULLY
Information availability (aircraft data,
mainly trajectory); PARTLY
Automation of routine and repetitive tasks;
ENABLES
Airspace management; ENABLES
Increased cooperation with aircrew.
ENABLES
Way forward
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Each step must be implemented in harmony
in Europe, in line with global developments;
Real time ops trials, based on mature
specifications, will bring confidence to the
users whether it is useful and safe: This is
what PETAL achieved;
Certification and interoperability issues are
extremely complex and costly;
Operational and human factors issues should
not be assumed or oversimplified;
Together we have a lot of
challenging work ahead.
Aviation is an open transport
system where in the end safety is
the successful use of all
elements in the system.
THANK YOU, QUESTIONS ?