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VoIP for ATC COMMUNICATIONS
BACKGROUND & BENEFITS
• Need of interconnecting european CAAs over PENS, in
order to provide sovra-national Airspace, according to
Single European Sky principles (e.g.FABs)
• Need of resource sharing across National Borders and
across Civil-Military Domains
• Evolution of the Infrastructure to meet SESAR performance requirements and new
operational features :
– To provide a safe, efficient and cost-effective set of interoperable systems which enable
the required functionality and performance;
– In a globally compatible manner and with due regard for backward compatibility
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VoIP for ATC COMMUNICATIONS
……..WHY VoIP ?
• Resource sharing across National • ATC VoIP allows directly connecting radio
Borders and across Civil-Military resource to several VCSS belonging to different
Domains ANSPs
• ATC VoIP is a open and global standard, whose
• Safety & interoperability safety has been enhanced by EUROCAE WG-67
requirements & SESAR Pj150210 work (e.g. RTP-HE)
• Cost saving by abandoning legacy interfaces and
• Cost Efficiency requirement circuit-mode voice;
• Use of less expensive COTS device
• Use of Gateways to integrate legacy systems
• Backwards Compatibility & Security within new ATC VoIP infrastructure;
• Authentication & Encryption technology
available
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VoIP for ATC COMMUNICATIONS
EUROCAE Reference Standards
ED-136 “Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Air Traffic Management System Operational and Technical
Requirements”;
ED-137C Part 1 “Interoperability Standards for VoIP ATM Components – Part 1: Radio”
ED137C Part 2 “Interoperability Standards for VoIP ATM Components – Part 2: Telephone”
ED137C Part 3 “Interoperability Standards for VoIP ATM Components – Part 3: Recording”
ED137C Part 4 “Interoperability Standards for VoIP ATM Components – Part 4: Supervision”
ED138 Part 1 “Network requirements and performances for voice over internet protocol (VoIP) Air traffic
management” - Part 1: Network Specifications
ED138 Part 2 “Network requirements and performances for voice over internet protocol (VoIP) Air traffic
management” - Part 2: Network Design Guideline
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ED137 Part 1
Radio Signalling Principles
Safety Enforcement
- PTT is Synchronous to
the voice;
- Keepalive provides quick
& reliable indications of
connection availability
• After the SIP session call setup between VCSS and radio equipment:
– «Orange» packet header contains radio signalling;
– «Yellow» payload of the packet is the voice frame ;
– When no voice is present, packets without voice are transmitted as keepalive (R2S
protocol)
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VoIP for ATC COMMUNICATIONS
Leonardo Commitment – The Road to VoIP
ETSI IoP tests: 2008, 2009, 2011
FAA IoP tests: 2011
DFS-DSNA Field Trial: 2009
PENS Field Trial activities within SESAR WP15.2.10
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VoIP for ATC COMMUNICATIONS
The ITAF Case Study
• Since 2010 Leonardo deploys VoIP radio networks EUROCAE ED137B.1 standard for
communications with aircrafts
• All major airports, four ATC En-Route centres and C2 centres (Ground Stations and VCSS) are being
networked according to VoIP ED137B.1 standard
• Every ACC /C2 centre is able to manage and any remote radio resource for dynamic airspace
configuration and Joint Operation between ITAF Agencies
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ATC VoIP DEMO Description
• VRC – Radio
connectivity;
• Radio resource
sharing by two VRCs;
• Sector merging
simulation;
• “Sidetone Mode”
(Leonardo specific) for
conference functions
• Coordination upon
Frequency change
from VRC
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