RTCA DO 162:1975
RTCA DO 162:1975 Report On Air-ground Communications - Operational Considerations For 1980 And Beyond Gives an analysis of air-ground communications requirements anticipated for the post-1980 time frame.
Table of Contents
Chapter1-Taskconditions1.1Introduction
1.2Termsofreferencefortheoperationalworking
group
1.3Organizationandmethodsemployedin
accomplishingtask
1.4Supplementstothisreport
Chapter2-DefinitionoftheUnitedStatesAviation
Systemandfuturetrends
2.1Descriptionofthepresentsystem
2.1.1Nationalaviationsystem
2.1.1.1NationalAirspaceSystem(NAS)
2.1.1.2Non-governmentsystemelements
2.1.2ThepresentAirTrafficControl(ATC)system
2.1.2.1EnrouteATC
2.1.2.2TerminalATC
2.1.2.3Flightservices
2.1.3DepartmentofDefenseelements
2.1.4Non-governmentservices
2.1.4.1Airlinecompanyandotherairlineoperator
services
2.1.4.2Othergeneralaviationservices
2.1.5Emergencyservices
2.2Futuretrends
2.2.1ATCsystemelements
2.2.1.1Functionaldescriptionoftheupgradedthird
generationATCsystem
2.2.1.2ThefourevolutionarylevelsofATCautomation
2.2.2DepartmentofDefenseelements
2.2.3Non-governmentsystemelements
2.2.3.1Airlinecompanyandotherairlineoperator
services
2.2.3.2Othergeneralaviationservices
2.2.4Emergencyservices
2.2.5Oceanicservices
2.2.6Digitalcommunicationsfortheupgradedthird
generationATCsystem
Table2-1
Chapter3-Requirementsforair-groundcommunications
toserveoperationsbeyond1980
3.1Basicoperationalobjectives
3.2AirTrafficControl
3.2.1Trafficmodel
3.2.2Digitalcommunicationssystemcapacity
3.2.2.1Messagecharacteristics
3.2.2.2Messagerates
3.2.3Accesstimefordigitalcommunications
3.2.4Voicesystemrequirements
3.2.5Functionalconsiderations
3.2.5.1Groundaccesstoaircraft
3.2.5.2Transmissionmodes
3.2.5.3Broadcastapplications
3.2.5.4Emergencytransmissions
3.3Flightservicestationfunctions
3.4Meteorologicalservices
3.5DepartmentofDefensespecialneeds
3.6Non-governmentcommunicationservices
3.6.1Airlineandbusinessaircraft
3.6.1.1Introduction
3.6.1.2Discussionofoperationalrequirements
3.6.1.3System,message,andair-groundchannel
requirements
Tables3-1to3-9
Chapter4-Systemoperationalconcept
4.1General
4.2Operationalapplicationscategories
4.2.1Communicationssystemmanagement
4.2.1.1Digital-disciplinedvoice
4.2.1.2Non-disciplinedvoice
4.2.2AirTrafficControl
4.2.2.1Groundcontrol
4.2.2.2Airbornecontrol
4.2.3Non-ATC
4.3Usercategories
4.3.1Commercialairtransport
4.3.2Businessairtransport
4.3.3Othercivilaviation
4.4Requiredcommunicationscapability
4.5Communicationssystemoperatingmodes
4.5.1Digitalcommunications
4.5.2Disciplinedvoice
4.5.2.1Airaccesstodisciplinedvoice
4.5.2.2Groundaccesstodisciplinedvoice
4.6Communicationssystemmanagementmethod
4.6.1Communicationsystementry(digital-
disciplinedvoice)
4.6.2Digitalcommunicationschannelassignment
4.6.3Disciplinedvoicechannelrequest
4.6.4Disciplinedvoicechannelassignment
4.6.5Digital-disciplinedvoicecommunicationsystem
exit
4.7Airtrafficcontrolmessagetypes
4.7.1Groundcontrol
4.7.1.1Routingrequest
4.7.1.2Routing/taxidirections
4.7.1.3Flightintent
4.7.1.4Routeamendment/clearances
4.7.1.5Flowcontrol/departuremetering
4.7.1.6ATIS
4.7.2Airbornecontrol
4.7.2.1Routeassignments/clearances
4.7.2.2In-flightflightplanfiling
4.7.2.3Maneuvercommands
4.7.2.4Collisionprevention
4.7.2.5Meteringintoterminalarea
4.7.2.6ATIS/meteorologicalinformation
4.8Non-ATCmessagehandling
4.8.1Government-related
4.8.2Other
4.9Digitalsystemoperation
4.9.1Applicability
4.9.2Polling
4.9.3Channelutilization
4.9.3.1Two-wayalternate
4.9.3.2Two-waysimultaneous
4.9.4Errorcontrol
4.9.5Technicalacknowledgement
4.9.6Communicationsfailurealerts
4.9.6.1Groundsystem
4.9.6.2Uplinkanddownlinkfailure
4.9.6.3Aircraftsystem
4.9.7Aircraftaddress
4.9.8Messagelength
4.9.9Coding
4.9.10Multipleagencyaccessanduplinkpriorities
4.9.11Airborneelementcapability
4.9.11.1Systementrypollmonitoring
4.9.11.2Operationalacknowledgment
4.9.11.3Disciplinedvoicechannelrequest
4.9.11.4Systemexit
4.9.11.5Messagedisplaycapability
4.9.11.6Downlinkdatainput
4.9.11.7Priorities
4.10Transitionalconcepts
4.10.1PhaseI
4.10.2PhaseII
4.10.3Non-governmentapplications
Tables4-1
Chapter5-Conclusionsandrecommendations
5.1Conclusions
5.2Recommendations
Membership
Figures2-1to2-5
AppendixA-Glossary
SectionI-Definitionofterms
SectionII-Abbreviations
AppendixB-References
AppendixC-Intermittentpositivecontrolconceptand
description
2.1Background
2.2IPCcharacteristics
2.3Descriptionofoperation
2.3.1VFRvsVFR
2.3.2VFRvsIFR
2.3.3IFRvsIFR
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