AVIATION > ICAO NAT PBCS/2 Inmarsat Update ICAO NAT PBCS Workshop/2 Paris June 17-19 th, 2015 Presented by Andrew Ives
01 AVIATION > ICAO NAT PBCS/2 Alphasat update
Alphasat Update Background Alphasat, also known as Inmarsat-4A F4, was launched on the 25 th July 2013 Alphasat provides performance improvements in terms of power, capacity and available spectrum in the I4-EMEA region Inmarsat successfully transitioned the EMEA (I4F2) Classic Aero and SwiftBroadband services to Alphasat on 24 th March 2015 (replacing I4F2 at the same orbital slot) 3 Inmarsat Global Limited 2015 ICAO NAT PBCS/2 17-19 June 2015
Classic Aero & SwiftBroadband I-4 Coverage Map with Alphasat Burum (SBB) Fucino (Classic & SBB) Beijing (SBB) Paumalu (Classic & SBB) 4 Inmarsat Global Limited 2015 ICAO NAT PBCS/2 17-19 June 2015
02 AVIATION > ICAO NAT PBCS/2 SB Safety Initial FANS Performance
SwiftBroadband (SB) Safety New development that entered flight trials in 2014, that Will satisfy the demand for greater cockpit bandwidth Be backward compatible with Classic Aero Provides cockpit communications 2 Channels of Cockpit Voice ACARS Data, supporting FANS 1/A Reduced ACARS message delivery times Prioritised IP data supporting new applications: Electronic Flight Bag New Operational IP-based applications Flight Data Recorder data download Enhanced aircraft position reporting and tracking Built-in: i.e. additional to ADS-C & waypoint reporting Position reporting rate is highly configurable Low cost + lightweight terminals In-built aircraft position reporting and flight tracking 6 Inmarsat Global Limited 2015 ICAO NAT PBCS/2 17-19 June 2015
ACARS & FANS1/A over SwiftBroadband Architecture Air Traffic Service Providers Airline AOC Centres Air Traffic Service Providers Airline AOC Centres DP 1... DP n Inmarsat DCN and DP, SP Networks ACARS + Position Reports Prioritised IP Standard IP Ground to Air Voice PSTN Voice + ACARS ACARS Ground Gateway (AGGW) VoIP Server Classic Aero I-4 Ground Segment CN Air to Ground Voice Aero GES SGSN GGSN MSC RAN BGAN Ground Segment Classic Aero Service as Fallback Fallback to Classic Aero Normal Operation over SBB I4 Satellite Constellation SB Safety Service over SwiftBroadband Classic Aero Modem Antenna SBB Modem PS Voice SB Safety AES ACARS Voice ACARS Airborne Gateway (AAGW) VoIP Server High Availability Safety Comms - Meeting ICAO GOLD RCP240 and RSP180 ACARS Voice Prioritised IP Standard IP FANS and AOC Applications over ACARS 2 Channels of Cockpit Voice Prioritised IP Applications (e.g. EFB) Standard IP Applications (e.g. EFB, Cabin) 7 Inmarsat Global Limited 2015 ICAO NAT PBCS/2 17-19 June 2015
SwiftBroadband Safety Status All system infrastructure modifications in place and tested ARINC 781, RTCA MASPS and RTCA MOPS standards have been developed, ICAO Manual close to finalisation First STC has been completed on Hawaiian Airlines B767 Successful first FANS flights of SB Safety for passenger operations In the initial phase of an in-service evaluation during 2015 on 8 HAL B767 aircraft Reduced aircraft separations being applied from the start of the trial Signing with second airline for 3 MD11 aircraft to join FANS evaluation FANS operational evaluation approval expected by the FAA PARC CWG in Q1 2016 8 Inmarsat Global Limited 2015 ICAO NAT PBCS/2 17-19 June 2015
SB Safety FANS Approvals Process The FANS Over SwiftBroadband Safety (FOSS) project initiated at FAA PARC CWG will monitor SB Safety service performance against the ICAO GOLD Specifically it will examine Service availability CPDLC message latency performance against the GOLD RCP240 performance criteria ADS-C message latency performance against the GOLD RSP180 performance criteria If the required service performance is deemed to be met by the PARC then the PARC CWG chair is expected to recommend that the service can be used for routine FANS operations, including reduced separations 9 Inmarsat Global Limited 2015 ICAO NAT PBCS/2 17-19 June 2015
FANS1/A over SBB Project Plan & Report FAA PARC CWG activity with surrounding ANSP participation in the Pacific Region Evaluation Schedule Will collect ICAO GOLD results until the end of 2015 FANS1/A Aircraft Hawaiian Airlines 767 & Airline #2 (To be confirmed) AOC ACARS Aircraft In use today and growing Mixture of airlines and bizjets that wish to use ACARS over IP and have EFB/Crew Data Applications Recommendations Expect to exceed Classic Aero RCP240/RSP180 performance January 2016 10 Inmarsat Global Limited 2015 ICAO NAT PBCS/2 17-19 June 2015
Initial SBB AOC ACARS Flight Routes Flying today over: CONUS NAT Gulf of Mexico WATRS AOC Airlines in 2015 NAT ASIA PACIFIC Initial flights with Airbus ACJ showing 1-minute position reporting
ACARS transac ons Preliminary SBB AOC ACARS Latency Performance SBB AOC ACARS - Airbus ACJ flying today - Note: Latency data shown for Inmarsat network portion only (does not include CSP or ANSP networks) - Note: Small sample size Higher AOC Usage compared to air transport, but limited number of flights 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Initial SBB ACARS ACARS Latency AGGW Performance From Aircra Chart (from aircraft) 3.4 sec @95% 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 Latency [s] 4.5 sec @99.9% 456 AOC ACARS Messages ~45 sec @95% for Classic 12 Inmarsat Global Limited 2015 ICAO NAT PBCS/2 17-19 June 2015
First SB-S FANS Evaluation Flight 3 rd June 15 13 Inmarsat Global Limited 2015 ICAO NAT PBCS/2 17-19 June 2015
First SB-S FANS Evaluation Flight 3 rd June 15 14 Inmarsat Global Limited 2015 ICAO NAT PBCS/2 17-19 June 2015
ACARS transactions Preliminary SB Safety FANS Latency Performance SB Safety FANS - Note: Latency data shown for Inmarsat network portion only (does not include CSP or ANSP networks) - Note: Small sample size First data from HAL N588HA - 3 rd to 17 th June 15 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% Initial SB Safety ACARS FANS AGGW Latency From Performance Aircraft Chart (from aircraft) 2.8 sec @95% 3.5 sec @99.9% 10% 0% 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 Latency [s] 15 Inmarsat Global Limited 2015 ICAO NAT PBCS/2 17-19 June 2015
Preliminary SB Safety FANS Latency Performance First HAL aircraft SB only ADS-C downlink latency Data prepared by FAA s s 16 Inmarsat Global Limited 2015 ICAO NAT PBCS/2 17-19 June 2015
Preliminary SB Safety FANS Latency Performance For first HAL aircraft All media ADS-C downlink latency 3 rd to 9 th June Data Prepared by FAA 17 Inmarsat Global Limited 2015 ICAO NAT PBCS/2 17-19 June 2015
AVIATION > ICAO NAT PBCS/2 Thank You For follow-up questions please contact: Andrew Ives or Gary Colledge andrew.ives@inmarsat.com gary.colledge@inmarsat.com