BRlTE/EURAM Project: FANSTIC-Future Atc, New Systems and Technologies, Impact on Cockpit The FANSTIC project have as objective to study the implications of new techniques and technologies on the aircraft cockpit. As regards to telecommunications studies, the new concept of ATN (Aeronautical Telecommunications Network) introduced by the ICAO is assessed. Study items include the lower layer telecommunications protocols used to access and interconnect the various air/ground subnetworks (VHF, Satellite and Mode-S) connecting the aircraft with the ground with emphasis on the basic requirements of ATN, interoperabillity and errorless end-to-end communication between the airborne and the ground systems. Upper layers specifications undertake Network Management, Security Mechanisms and Directory Services.
EURET Project: AEGIS-Atm European Group for Improvement of Scenarios The AEGIS project is developing a new European scenario for air traffic management by improving existing ATM scenarios. Various aspects of these ATM scenarios are studied and new concepts are introduced in order to improve each aspect. The telecommunications study of the AEGIS project consists of bringing together the requirements of the chosen set of scenarios as regards to data transmission and the existing technologies. The various airborne applications are studied and their needs of telecommunications resources are identified. New concepts like the use of the newly developed air/ground subnetworks and the ATN standard are introduced. The AEGIS scenario that will be proposed by the project will contain all the latest developments in these areas.
EURET Project: EURATN-EURopean Aeronautical Telecommunication Network The main objective of the EURATN project is to deploy an early experimental ATN as conformant as possible to the current ATN specifications by the ICAO. This objective is realized by building a real network demonstrator involving public subnetworks, LANs, and two air/ground subnetworks (Mode-S and Satellite). The project will develop experimental ATN routers and End Systems on which avionics applications as well as Network Management application will run. The achievements of the project is thus twofold: to validate the basic interconnection concepts of ATN (routing protocols operation, interconnection of different subnetworks) and experiment in new areas (Upper Layers and Network Management) which are not yet studied in much detail by the international standardization bodies.
ENS Project E2013: SAPIENS-Support for Application Pilots in ENS The main aim of the project is to provide an operational organization which will present to users across Europe a consistent and unified interface to the communication services they require. The objectives of the project include the definition of common requirements for information interchange, studies of interoperability between electronic information networks and establishment of transeuropean telematic services essential for the free movement of persons, goods, services and capitals in the European Union. The objectives of the project will be addressed by a number of Application Pilots for which commonalties and intercommunication aspects will be defined.
ORA Project 02002: BIRD (Better Infrastructure for Rural Development) The project aims to identify a feasible technical strategy for the provision of infrastructure to support Advanced Telematic Services in rural areas. An important goal is to base this strategy on the analysis of the potential applications in rural areas and combine with the possibilities of existing and foreseeable technologies in order to allow a future evolution towards IBC. The technology strategy is based in one hand on the analysis of different technologies and on the other in applications requirements and user reference models. Specific rural needs for technology assessment are considered and all available technologies are taken into account as well as existing infrastructure. Interworking of different technologies and evolution aspects are covered .
Back to
Home Page