EUROCAE ED-163 PDF

SCOPE OF THE DOCUMENT

This document includes the definition of the services and the environmental conditions relevant to the implementation of the ADS-B-APT application and the Operational, Safety, Performance and Interoperability Requirements for using the application.

• Transitional issues are beyond the scope of this document.

• Requirements related to the recording of ADS-B data for accident or incident investigation purposes are beyond the scope of this document.

• Intruder issues are beyond the scope of this document

• Requirements that provide protection against intentional behaviour causing harm or sabotage are beyond the scope of this document.

The detailed scope assumptions can be found in §3.2.2.

PURPOSE OF THE DOCUMENT

This document defines and allocates the set of minimum requirements for the end-toend operational, safety, performance and interoperability aspects for implementations of the ADS-B-APT application. Allocation of these requirements is done by this SPR/INTEROP to the necessary domains of the CNS/ATM system, i.e. at Transmit ADS-B Mobile Domain level (referred to simply as the Mobile Domain, where a Mobile designates a transmitting aircraft or vehicle and Receiving ADS-B Ground Domain level (referred to simply as the Ground Domain).

These requirements can be used as a component for approval processes including aircraft type design approval, aircraft operator operational approval and Air Traffic Services (ATS) provider operational approval. This SPR/INTEROP document is also written to support system specific standards (e.g. Minimum Operation Performance Standards - MOPS, Technical Standards Order - TSOs) which will be required for many airspace regulators.

In addition, this document provides guidance to determine the levels of design assurance and performance for each element (aircraft, ground vehicle, operator and Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP)) to support the ADS-B-APT application.

The ADS-B-APT application SPR/ INTEROP standards are also envisaged to be used along with those from other surveillance applications based on ADS-B to develop minimum standards for avionic systems and ground surveillance systems to assure that all subsystems perform their intended functions adequately for these applications.