SATCOM Briefing

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FAA SATCOM Programs
Briefing for ICAO Seminar on Implementation of
Data Link and SATCOM Communications 17-19
November 2003 Bangkok, Thailand
Rob Strain MITRE CAASD on behalf of Federal
Aviation Administration
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Current FAA SATCOM Program Areas (1)

• Oceanic
• Datalink ACARS, VDL or satellite
• Voice HF/AM or VHF/AM
• Advanced Technology and Oceanic Procedures (ATOP)
  will be used for air traffic control and it will
  use SATCOM among several methods of
  communications
• GCNSS exploring NAS interconnections for aircraft
  using SATCOM over Gulf of Mexico as one of the
  links (more on following slides)

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Current FAA SATCOM Program Areas (2)

• Domestic (CONUS)
• FAA Telecommunications Satellite (FAATSAT) -
  Ground/ground communications backup (leased
  service)
• FAATSAT will be going away as the FAA
  Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) program
  looks to ground based networking to produce cost
  savings in National Airspace System (NAS)
  telecommunications.
• Domestic (Alaska)
• Alaskan NAS Inter-facility Communications System
  (ANICS) - Ground/ground communications
  telecommunications network
• Connects Anchorage Center with remote CNS sites
  throughout Alaska

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GCNSS Program
GPS navigation
GPS navigation
Communication satellites

• Global Communications, Navigation and
  Surveillance System (GCNSS)
• 22 month effort initiated July 2002
• Cost-sharing contract between FAA and Boeing ATM
• RD program

Weather and aero information
Network operations
Common Information Structure
Airports
ATC centers
Airline operations centers
TSA centers
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GCNSS Program Objectives

• Program Objectives
• Demonstrate the feasibility of a broadband,
  secure communications architecture.
• Segment A Demo (Jan 2003)
• Demonstrate the feasibility of a hybrid global
  satellite-based CNS architecture.
• Segment A Demo (Nov 2003)
• Demonstrate the feasibility of a secure, highly
  integrated common information network (CIN)
  architecture.
• Segment A Demo (Feb/Mar 2004)

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Enhancements Expected from GCNSS

• Security
• Video and audio data transmissions from aircraft
  to appropriate agencies
• Extending air traffic services
• Capability, efficiency and safety in regions that
  presently lack CNS infrastructure
• Information sharing
• Real time flight trajectory negotiations
  air/ground
• Common situation awareness and collaboration for
  all service providers, users and operators

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SWIM/CIN

• System Wide Information Management (SWIM)/ Common
  Information Network (CIN)
• Concept for distributing and managing CNS and ATM
  information
• Utilizes network of networks to share and
  consolidate information
• NAS information pool
• Timely and secure available
• Authorized user access only
• Recognized by ICAO
• Future of data management
• Departure from current point-to-point ATM
  information transfer

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A Network-Centric Infrastructure
Applications
Applications
Applications
SWIM/CIN
Flight Object
Schedule Trajectory/Intent
Navigation
Weather
World
Surveillance
Communication
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Segment A Demo (Jan 2003)

• Live video, audio and exchanges between on- and
  off-board systems
• Monitoring cockpit and passenger cabin with video
  surveillance
• Aircraft flight monitoring
• Continuous downlink of aircraft positions
• Real time flight path deviation alerts to ATS
  specialist
• Uplink and downlink of FIS data
• Environmental conditions from aircraft
  (temperature, wind, etc.)
• Uplink NEXRAD weather radar image
• SATCOM used to greatly expand the type of
  information that can be downlinked from aircraft

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Segment B Demo (Nov 2003)

• Controller-pilot two-way data communications
• Controller-pilot two-way voice communications
• Digitized voice
• Party line
• Radar-like surveillance using ADS via satellite
• Seamless transition between domestic en route and
  oceanic
• SATCOM used to provide near-term enhancements to
  address surveillance and communications
  deficiencies in the Gulf of Mexico

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Segment C (Feb/Mar 2004)

• Feasibility of SWIM concept to enable
  network-centric operations
• Air traffic control centers
• Aircraft
• Airlines
• Security and defense agencies
• Common air picture
• Aircraft ADS via satellite
• ADS-B via UAT and 1090ES
• Uplink of TIS-B and FIS-B via UAT and SATCOM
• SATCOM and Broadcast Services infrastructure used
  to eliminate surveillance boundaries and provide
  common situation awareness between pilot and
  controller