GLOBALinkHF Data Link

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GLOBALink/HF Data Link
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AMCPWGM1-WP20

• Program Update
• Prepared For
• ICAO WG-M
• December 2000

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GLOBALink/HF - Beginnings October 1998

• 3 ground stations
• San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
• Molokai, Hawaii, U.S.A.
• Reykjavik, Iceland
• 2 customers
• Cathay Pacific (1) B747-400
• Lufthansa Cargo (5) MD-11F
• 1,007 kilobits of traffic passed

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GLOBALink/HF - NowDecember 2000

• 12 Ground Stations
• San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
• Molokai, Hawaii, U.S.A.
• Reykjavik, Iceland
• Riverhead, New York, U.S.A
• Auckland, New Zealand
• Hat Yai, Thailand
• Shannon, Ireland
• Johannesburg, South Africa
• Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A.
• Krasnoyarsk, Russia
• Santa Cruz, Bolivia
• Guam

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GLOBALink/HF - December 2000Continued

• 20 customers
• Over 115 HFDL-equipped aircraft
• Aircraft added at rate of 2-3 per month since
  January 2000
• Over 36,000 kilobits of traffic passed
• 91 increase in traffic since January 2000

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GLOBALink/HF Flight Tracks (9/00)
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GLOBALink/HF Coverage - December 2000
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GLOBALink/HF Growth Trend
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GLOBALink/HF Uplink Performance(System Wide)
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Service Enhancements

• North Polar coverage
• Implemented October 2000
• HFDL is the only data link available for North
  Polar operations
• Adaptive frequency management
• ARINC partnered with Radio Propagation Service,
  Inc. (RPSI) for adaptive frequency management
• RPSI algorithms optimize coverage by controlling
  the daily/hourly operating frequencies at all
  HFDL ground stations
• New Ground Stations Sites (1Q 2001)
• Bahrain
• Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

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GLOBALink/HF Coverage - March 2001
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Service EnhancementsATS Validation

• Trials begin December 2000
• Participants
• NavCanada
• Continental Airlines
• Message set
• Waypoint position report via HFDL to CADS to
  NavCanada
• B767-200 configured for fully automatic
  generation and transmission of message - ADS
• Planned ATS applications
• Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS)
• Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC)
• Implement through trials and demonstrations with
  HFDL-equipped aircraft in 2001

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Service Enhancements

• Industry Standards
• ICAO SARPS - Published
• RTCA MOPS - Completed, approval expected 12/00
• MASPS - Planned completion 9/01
• HFDL Performance Monitoring
• Begin performance evaluation by region with NATS
  ADS Trials
• Monitor / Track Avionics Performance
• Goal Meet or Exceed customer / CAA requirements
• ARINC HFDL Points of Contact

Rob Renoud GLOBALink/HF Program
Manager Telephone [phone] rrenoud_at_arinc.co
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Michelle Kyle HFDL Business Manager Telephone 1
619.222.7447 mkyle_at_arinc.com