EUROCAE ED-129 PDF

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

This Technical Specification defines the minimum technical specification for a 1090 MHz Extended Squitter (1090 ES) Ground Station. The Ground Station is part of an Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) system providing airspace situational awareness to air traffic controllers and other users in non-radar airspaces (NRA) in accordance with ED-126 [REF16] within the European Air Navigation Region.

This Technical Specification for 1090 ES Ground Stations is designed to ensure that Ground Station equipment certified to it will be compatible with aircraft Mode S transponder equipment certified to ED-102/DO-260 or DO-260A [REF20, REF21] and capable of satisfying the requirements specified in ED-126 [REF16].

A list of document references can be found in section 1.9.