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AUTOMATIONSpectrum and Frequency Information
Resource (safire) – SFMS Project Update
Antonio AstorinoEurocontrol
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Project Background Aims Benefits Update Way Ahead
System Aims Concept
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Project Background
Project mandate from ECAC Ministers of Transport at MATSE/6
Called on EUROCONTROL to address the need for strong spectrum and frequency management mechanism
EUROCONTROL issued TRS 090/02 in August 2002, for which an external company successfully bid
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Project Background (2)
What is Frequency management ?
Short term planning for new assignments or modified assignments All Aviation systems (VHF, Navaids, radars codes etc..)
Long term planning Strategic planning to anticipate frequency congestions
Verify (in)compatabilities of existing assignments with new requirements put forward by others adjacent states
Inter States Coordination (AFTN based to be replaced by internet), multicast messages
Regular review of frequency actual usage and parameters (coverage, sectors, FLs)
Ensuring Frequency usage transparency
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ODETESFMS/SAFIRE
SENSI (vhf)PLANAIDS
MANIFPLANIF
JUSTIFYSERVICE IMPLEMENT
ASSIGNMENT DATA
PLANNING
CO-ORDINATE/REGISTER
RE-ASSIGN
IDENTIFYFREQUENCY
SOLUTION
FREQUENCY REQUIREMENTS FORECASTING AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SPECTRUMMNGTMNGT
ANALYSIS OF FREQUENCY USAGE
COMMON CRITERIA [LEGAL, OPERATIONAL, TECHNICAL, STRATEGIC]
AUDIT AND MONITORING
SUPPORT
REPORTING
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Project Benefits
Unique central data source Vs distributed multiple sources today
Limit coordination between States (and maybe eliminated in long term)
Free of error data reference for planning
Immediate availability of updated information
Authorised users only, independent supervision
Basis for frequency short (freq management) to long term planning (strategy development)
Basis for frequency audit process at European level
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Project Aims
Scope To identify and document user requirements
System Development To develop a secure, centrally managed system that
will enable efficient and accurate management of aeronautical frequencies, and provide a comprehensive information resource to facilitate spectrum management
Mechanism Support To provide support in the development of new
procedures as required to establish the new Spectrum and Frequency Management Mechanism
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Project Aims (2)
System Support To provide technical system support as it is brought
into operation
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Project Update
Nearly completed project Prototype system on-line
Live operations ONLY after database population process start (in 2005) Will include a critical data quality review
Coherence Data quality and reliability Operational aspects
Will start with VHF assignments (so called COM2 Table)
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System Main Aims To provide one central database containing details of every
frequency assignment in every aeronautical band as required For Freq planners community For spectrum managers For other Users communities
As requested by States or international organisation and agreed by States
To provide web-based frequency co-ordination functionality with secure access restricted to authorised frequency managers
To ensure proposals contain agreed minimum information, and to apply integrity verification (CRC)
To provide download and synchronisation facilities To provide export facilities in a format compatible with agreed
planning tools (e.g. MANIF) and format (XML)
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System Main Aims (2)
To provide backup, restore, archiving and retrieval of data
To provide authorised Users with a set of queries that will give information in support of spectrum studies, technical analyses and usage monitoring
To provide all users with general information about aeronautical spectrum
To be the foundation of a regular European audit process
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System Concept
Frequency & Spectrum
Database
Security
Frequency & Spectrum Database
User InterfaceAdministrator
Casual Users
Authorised UsersFrequency Managers/STATES/NASPs
Spectrum Managers/STATES
ICAO
EUROCONTROL
Local Database
Planning and Analysis Tools
Audit
Backup
Archive
Monitoring/Reporting
Other Databases
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Points of Contact
EUROCONTROL:
Mr Antonio Astorino or Anthony Stratton
Tel: +322 729 3141 or 3267