Safety at airside ground movements

Presentation of the main functionalities

SafeGround

July 2008

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SafeGround: Main Goals

A GPS/EGNOS modular solution seeking the improvement of airport ground traffic movements in conformity to the specifications, requirements and procedures defined by ICAO and EUROCONTROL:

Enhance safety at the airside area;

Provide accurate location based data within the right space-temporal context

to support decision makers;

Support airport stakeholders in their daily operational management activities;

High scalability in heterogeneous environments, in particular for extreme

meteorological conditions (e.g. LVO), emergencies or congestion situations;

Full coverage of the movement area: Runways, Taxiways and Aprons;

Monitoring and managing ground movements (aircrafts, vehicles and

equipment) from a centralized control centre;

Integration of multiple airport data derived from diverse data sources.

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SafeGround:

Communication Conceptual Model

Communication Server is responsible to

validate and assure data transmission

security;

Support of multiple wireless technologies

(e.g., WiMax, WiFi, CDMA);

Transparent network connection with

existing airport infrastructure;

Communications based on IP;

Adoption of the ASTERIX protocol to

exchange messages between the onboard

and the ground system.

Conformity to international standards (ICAO

and EUROCONTROL)

Support of video and voice simultaneous

communications

Real-time data flow between onboard

systems and the control centre.

WiMax

Onboard Equipment

AIRPORT

NETWORK

Application

Server

Systems

Interface

Server

IKUSI

NAV

SGO

WiMax

Onboard Equipment

WiMax

NETWORK

ATCO

Handlers

Communications

Server

Onboard System Network System

Ground System

External Systems

WiMax

Onboard Equipment

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SafeGround :

Control Centre (main functionalities)

Conformity to A-SMGCS

safety requirements:

Seamless integration with the

ATC aircraft monitoring

systems

Real-time surveillance of all

mobiles on the airside area

Alerts management:

Incursions

Infractions

Other occurrences

Vehicle guidance services on

the airside area

Support of basic routing &

planning services

Location-based data fusion

with business data (metadata

about the driver, vehicle, tasks,

airport status, etc.).

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SafeGround:

Operational Management

Display of dynamic labels with multiple configuration options;

Interface to specify which alerts need to have sound and visual notifications;

Report of occurrences:

Occurrence classification;

Attach of filed images;

Printing;

Send by email

Export reported occurrences to XML for a seamless interoperability with existing systems;

Surveillance with video monitoring from fixed cameras and mobile cameras installed within the vehicles

Pre-defined occurrence reporting

Task management

Status information about the airport, TWYs, stands, roadways, flights;

Interface for historical data analysis.

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Onboard System: Examples

GBox

COTS & Customized devices

Magnetic support

COTS for harsh environments of mission-critical vehicles can be used (ex. Motorola, Intermec) or developed according with user requirements

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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FROM AIRPORT DOMAIN TO ROAD DOMAIN:

Wireless Networks

Operational Management

Systems

( Transport Control Centers Trafic Control Centers)

GNSS NavigationNew services to the drivers:

To improve safety & avoid accidents

Based on the situation awareness and responsibility of drivers

Adapted to the variety of drivers profiles (leisure, business, commuters, police,

EGNOS/GALILEO

Possible extension of SAFEGROUND outside the airport

NavigationSignal