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Interoperability Event Summary Report

ICAO WG-I/14

July 18-20, 2011

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FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary ReportICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011

FAA VoIP Interoperability Event

• Took place from 16 to 25 May 2011 at Sheraton Crystal City Hotel- Arlington, Virginia

• Has brought together system experts working for companies operating in the aeronautical voice communication field;

• Their objective has been to test interoperability over a Local Area Network between Voice over IP interfaces integrated within the next generation of Voice Communication System, Radio, Voice Recorder and Radio gateway equipment, developed by market players to a common specification (ED docs + FAA addendums)

• This event supports the eventual deployment of the VoIP capable equipment within an Air Traffic management environment.



Product Interoperability


FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary ReportICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 :

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FAA VoIP IE Network Diagram



Reflections on the Event

• There was active involvement by all Vendors in build-up to FAA VoIP-IE with Website, Email Reflector and 4 Teleconferences.– Thanks to all participants for all the valuable contributions

especially for feedback to ED137 documents, FAA addendums and Test specifications

• Involvement of all players during Test selection process– Test cases based on FAA addendum specifications while others

were extracted from EUROCONTROL Test specifications.– Proposed test case document with high level descriptions made

it easier to agree on which tests should be implemented for the Event.

• A Daily Points of day session was organised to identify and discuss problems and monitor progress being made.

• Demo sessions allowed each vendor to present their products to the FAA and ANSP observers;



Vendor Statistics• VENDORS ATTENDING EVENT: 12

• EQUIPMENT TYPES: 4 (VCS.RAD,RRC,REC)

• SINGLE PRODUCTS BEING TESTED: 16

• VCS VENDORS ATTENDING: 6

• RADIO VENDORS ATTENDING: 4

• RRC VENDORS ATTENDING: 4

• RECORDER VENDORS ATTENDING: 2



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Participating Vendors



Test Schedule Statistics

Pairing typePairing type SlotsSlots Slot durationSlot duration

(Hours)(Hours)Test timeTest time(Hours)(Hours)

VCS-RADIOVCS-RADIO 2020 44 8080

VCS-RRCVCS-RRC 1616 33 4848

VCS-VCSVCS-VCS 1515 44 6060

VCS-RADIOVCS-RADIORECORDERRECORDER

1212 22 2424

DEMODEMO 1111 22 2222

Total Slots/Total Slots/Test timeTest time

7474 234 hours234 hours



Build-up to Event

• Event Website on-line from December 2010;• Wide range of documents developed for event;

– Non-disclosure agreements; – Event Pre-conditions/ Event execution procedures;– Test Specifications (Tel/Radio/RRC/Recorder) based on FAA

addendums +Eurocontrol Test Specifications– Guidelines docs (Recorder/RRC);– FAA addendum for Override Call;– Vendor pairing schedules, address plan, test report sheets;

• Network architecture;• 4 teleconferences (Feb/March/April);• Wide use of an email reflector for technical email exchange;



Standards and Specifications– Recorder Specification for FAA Interoperability event (18 April 2011) – Radio Test Specification for FAA Interoperability event (31 March 2011)– Telephone Test Specification for FAA Interoperability event (18 April 2011) – FAA Addendum for Override call requirements and specification (18 April

2011) – Remote Radio Control (RRC) Specification for FAA Interoperability event (31

March 2011)

General Documents– FAA Interoperability Event Test List – FAA VoIP INTEROPERABILITY EVENT COMPANY PAIRING SCHEDULE

(ed 1.3) – Tests proposed for FAA Interoperability event (Dec 20, 2010) – FAA Interoperability Event Test list (ed 0.3)– Pre-conditions for FAA Interoperability event (Dec 20, 2010)– NDA – Confidentiality Agreement (two copies to be signed and returned)– Analog UHF/VHF Radio Setup and Interface Information (21 April 2011)

Event document summary



ED137A– ACP WGI 13-WPx Requested Changes to ED137A Part 1 (Updated post:

March, 2011) – ACP WGI 13-WPx Requested Changes to ED137A Part 2 (Updated post:

March, 2011)

Procedures and Guidelines– Event execution procedures for FAA Interoperability event (Dec 20, 2010) – Travel Authorization Procedures for FAA Interoperability event (Dec 20,

2010) – Guideline for recorder tests during FAA Interoperability event (14 April 2011) – Guidelines for RRC tests during FAA Interoperability event (31 March 2011)– Shipping guidelines for FAA Interoperability event (Dec 20, 2010) – Address Plan Edition 0.3– Network Architecture Revision 04082011– Test Room layout

Event document summary



8-day Test Session Report Summary



Final VCS – GRS results Summary

Number of tests per test session: 32 Number of Sessions: 20 Of the 20 reported sessions 20 were agreed (100.0%)

Interoperability

OK NO

614

(99.3%)

4

(0.7%)

Not Executed

OT NA

1

0.15%

21

3.2%

Totals

Run Results

618

96.5%640



Final VCS – RRC results summary

Remote Radio Control (RRC) Gateway Number of tests per test session: 27 Number of Sessions: 16 Of the 16 reported sessions 16 were agreed (100.0%)

Interoperability

OK NO

420

(98.8%)

5

(1.2%)

Not Executed

OT NA

2

0.5%

5

1.2%

Totals

Run Results

425

98.4%432



Final VCS – VCS results summary

Number of tests per test session: 22 + 8 optional Number of Sessions: 30 Of the 30 reported sessions 30 were agreed (100.0%)

Interoperability

OK NO

680

(97.0%)

21

(3.0%)

Not Executed

OT NA

19

2.6%

20

2.7%

Totals

Run Results

701

94.7%740



Final REC – VCS results summary Number of tests per test session: 14 Number of Sessions: 4 Of the 4 reported sessions 4 were agreed (100.0%)

Interoperability

OK NO

43

(91.5%)

4

(8.5%)

Not Executed

OT NA

0

0.0%

9

16.07%

Totals

Run Results

47

83.9%56



Final REC – GRS results summary

Number of tests per test session: 6 Number of Sessions: 2 Of the 2 reported sessions 2 were agreed (100.0%)

Interoperability

OK NO

8

(100%)

0

(0.0%)

Not Executed

OT NA

0

0.0%

4

33.3%

Totals

Run Results

8

66.66%12



Final combined results summary

Total Number of Test Sessions: 63

Interoperability

OK NO

1765

(98.1%)

34

(1.9%)

Not Executed

OT NA

22

1.2%

59

3.1%

Totals

Run Results

1799

94.7%1880



FAA VoIP IE Conclusions

• The event has shown that interoperability problems have been identified and many have been resolved during the vent.

• The event has identified the weak points in Specifications and test specifications;

• Overall high percentages of interoperability achieved during the test sessions at this event has been excellent;

• This demonstrates a very high level of confidence by all participating vendors in the standards being used.

• The feedback from this event to the standards and addendums will now being used to correct those last few percent of non-interoperability.

• Huge progress has been demonstrated for the Recorder interoperability for this first event that includes recorder vendors.

• The FAA will distribute FAA VoIP IE final report in August 2011.

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