The International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP) presents a framework for harmonizing avionics capabilities and the required Air Traffic Management (ATM) ground infrastructure as well as automation. The framework is the Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBU).
The ASBUs provide a roadmap to assist Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) in the development of their individual strategic plans and investment decisions with a goal of global aviation system interoperability. The ASBUs allows ANSPs to advance their air navigation system based on their individual operational requirements.
Below is a detailed description of the correlation between Aireon’s space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system and the ASBU.
Performance Improvement Area 2: Globally Interoperable Systems and Data – Through Globally Interoperable System Wide Information
Flight and Flow Information for the Collaborative Environment (FICE)
Space-based ADS-B will enable FICE across different air traffic service units within an ANSP and even across ANSPs because of consistent surveillance information that can be provided to all.
Performance Improvement Area 3: Optimum Capacity and Flexible Flights – Through Global Collaborative ATM
Free‐Route Operations (FRTO)
Space-based ADS-B will allow reduced separation in remote airspace and can fill in gaps caused by line-of-sight issues enabling Free‐Route Operations (FRTO).
Network Operations (NOPS)
Space-based ADS-B will enable NOPS and Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) across different air traffic service units within an ANSP and even across ANSPs because of consistent surveillance information that can be provided to all.
Alternative Surveillance (ASUR)
Space-based ADS-B will provide a surveillance source for search and rescue that will fill in gaps caused by line-of-sight.
Optimum Flight Levels (OPFL)
Space-based ADS-B will allow for increased access to optimum flight levels through reduced separation for all ADS-B Out aircraft in oceanic and remote airspace.
Safety Nets (SNET)
Space-based ADS-B will provide a surveillance source for conflict-alerting and minimum-safe altitude warnings in remote airspace and can fill in gaps caused by line-of-sight issues.
Performance Improvement Area 4: Efficient Flight Path – Through Trajectory-based Operations
Continuous Descent Operations (CDO)
Additional surveillance can be provided by space-based ADS-B to allow for the creation of new procedures where permitted.
Trajectory‐Based Operations (TBO)
Improved surveillance from space-based ADS-B will allow for increased monitoring in oceanic and remote airspace to enable TBO.
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)
Space-based ADS-B will provide a surveillance source for conflict-alerting and minimum-safe altitude warnings in remote airspace and can fill in gaps caused by line-of-sight issues.
This chart details the correlation between Aireon’s space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system and the ASBU.
| Performance Area | Thread | Module | Relation to Aireon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area 2: Globally Interoperable Systems and Data – Through Globally Interoperable SWIM | Flight and flow information for the collaborative environment (FICE) | B0,B1,B2,B3-FICE Increased Interoperability, Efficiency and Capacity through Ground-Ground Integration | Space-based ADS-B enables FICE across different air traffic service units within an ANSP and even across ANSPs because of consistent surveillance information that can be provided to all |
| Area 3: Optimum Capacity and Flexible Flights | Free‐Route Operations (FRTO) | B0‐FRTO: Improved Operations through Enhanced En‐Route Trajectories B1‐FRTO: Improved Operations through Optimized ATS Routing B3‐FRTO: Traffic Complexity Management | Space-based ADS-B will allow reduced separation in remote airspace and can fill in gaps caused by line-of-sight issues enabling FRTO |
| Network Operations (NOPS) | B0‐NOPS: Improved Flow Performance through Planning based on a Network‐Wide view B1‐NOPS: Enhanced Flow Performance through Network Operational Planning B2‐NOPS: Increased user involvement in the dynamic utilization of the network | Space-based ADS-B enables NOPS and Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) across different air traffic service units within an ANSP and even across ANSPs because of consistent surveillance information that can be provided to all | |
| Alternative Surveillance (ASUR) | B0‐ASUR: Initial capability for ground surveillance | Space-based ADS-B provides a surveillance source for search and rescue that should fill in gaps caused by line of sight issues in ground based systems | |
| Optimum Flight Levels (OPFL) | B0‐OPFL: Improved Access to Optimum Flight Levels through Climb/Descent Procedures using ADS‐B | Space-based ADS-B allow increased access to optimum flight levels through reduced separation for all ADS-B Out aircraft in oceanic/remote airspace | |
| Safety Nets (SNET) | B0‐SNET: Increased Effectiveness of Ground‐Based Safety Nets B1‐SNET: Ground‐based Safety Nets on Approach | Space-based ADS-B provides a surveillance source for conflict alerting and minimum safe altitude warnings in remote airspace and can fill in gaps caused by line of sight issues | |
| Performance Improvement Area 4: Efficient Flight | Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) | B0‐CDO: Improved Flexibility and Efficiency in Descent Profiles (CDO) B1‐CDO: Improved Flexibility and Efficiency in Descent Profiles (CDOs) using VNAV B2‐CDO: Improved Flexibility and Efficiency in Descent Profiles (CDOs) using VNAV, required speed and time at arrival | Additional surveillance provided by space-based ADS-B should allow creation of new procedures where allowed |
| Trajectory‐Based Operations (TBO) | B0‐TBO: Improved Safety and Efficiency through the initial application of Data Link En‐Route B1‐TBO: Improved Traffic synchronization and Initial Trajectory‐Based Operation B3‐TBO: Full 4D Trajectory‐based Operations | Improved surveillance from space-based ADS-B will allow increased monitoring in oceanic/remote airspace to enable TBO | |
| Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) | B1‐RPAS: Initial Integration of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) into Non‐Segregated Airspace B2‐RPAS: Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Integration in Traffic B3‐RPAS: Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Transparent Management | Space-based ADS-B provides a surveillance source for conflict alerting and minimum safe altitude warnings in remote airspace and can fill in gaps caused by line-of-sight issues |