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Requirements Focus Group (RFG)
Overview:
The Requirements Focus Group (RFG) is a international
group consisting of members from the FAA, RTCA, Eurocontrol, EUROCAE,
and other interested parties. The RFG is operating as a joint
RTCA/EUROCAE activity. The primary object of the RFG is
to internationally harmonize operational concepts and minimum
safety and performance requirements for ground surveillance (GS) and
aircraft surveillance (AS) applications. These GS and AS
applications are defined in
Package 1 which lists initial applications to be implemented based
on the Principles of Operation for Airborne Separation Assistance
Systems (PO-ASAS).
To accomplish these objectives, the RFG will produce three (3)
documents for each application. This document suite will consist
of an Operational Services and Environment Description (OSED), a
Safety and Performance Requirements (SPR) specification, and an
Interoperability specification. The OSEDs will be developed by
the Application Description (AD) subgroup, while the SPRs are
developed by the SPR subgroup. (Both subgroups will contribute
to the Interoperability specification.)The
RFG activities are directly related to SC-186 and its work. Much
of the work done on the applications specified in the Aircraft
Surveillance Applications (ASA) MASPS will be used as a starting
point for the OSEDs and SPRs developed by the RFG. Further, it
is anticipated that the documents delivered by the RFG will be
published by RTCA/EUROCAE and be the basis for a joint revision of the
ASA MASPS.
For more information about the RFG. visit the
official RFG web site hosted by Eurocontrol, or contact
Stuart Searight or
Jörg Steinleitner.
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The document in the table below is the initial draft of the Safety,
Performance and Interoperability Requirements of the ADS-B-NRA
application. ADS-B-NRA stands for the provision of "Enhanced
ATS in Non-Radar Areas using ADS-B Surveillance," including the
provision of 5 NM separation services in related airspaces
(low/medium density). This document set specifying
the ADS-B-NRA application is to be published as a joint EUROCAE and
RTCA document, and others will follow which address other near-term
surveillance applications enabled by ADS-B. Since EUROCAE has
already defined a document structure and number (ED-126), the
document below uses the format of that EUROCAE document.
Before the initiation of the official WC/FRAC process, this document
is provided to a wider WG51/SC-186 community for an extended RFG
review and update process. The milestones of this process are
as follows:
- Deadline for provision of comments on the current version (V1.0)
- 12 January 2006
- Comment Resolution at RFG Meetings, 17 - 19 January 2006 at RTCA,
Washington DC
- Updated release during the 1st week of February 2006
- Deadline for provision of comments on the updated version - 9
March 2006
- Comment resolution at RFG Meetings, 20 - 23 March 2006 at
Eurocontrol HQ, Brussels
These two review cycles will result in a mature document set that
will be ready for EUROCAE WC and RTCA SC-186 Final Review and
Comment in the course of April/May 2006 in
preparation for a currently planned Joint Plenary 15-16 June 2006 at
RTCA.
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Description |
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ADS-B-NRA, SPR-Interop
(PDF file for printing in 8.5 x 11 inch format) |
Initial draft (V1.0) of the Safety, Performance and
Interoperability Requirements of the ADS-B-Non-Radar
application using ADS-B Surveillance |
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Comment List / Template |
XLS spreadsheet for use in making comments on the
ADS-B-NRA document, version 1.0 |
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RFG Meetings:
| Date/Time |
Meeting
/ Telecon |
Location |
| 12 - 16 June 2006 |
RFG Subgroup meetings 12 - 14
June
Joint SC-186/WG-51 Plenary 15 - 16 June |
RTCA Offices
Washington DC |
| 20 - 23 March 2006 |
RFG Subgroup meetings |
Eurocontrol HQ
Brussels * |
| 17 - 19 January 2006 |
RFG Subgroup meetings |
RTCA Offices
Washington DC |
| 5 - 7 December 2005 |
Interoperability Requirements
Subgroup meeting
with RTCA SC-186 WG-4 STP Subgroup
RTCA SC-186 Plenary, 8 Dec 2005 |
RTCA Offices
Washington DC |
| 10 - 13 October 2005 |
AD and SPR Subgroups 10 - 12
RFG7 Plenary, 13 Oct 2005 |
Eurocontrol HQ
Brussels |
| 20 - 22 September 2005 |
Interoperability Requirements
Subgroup meeting
with RTCA SC-186 WG-4 STP Subgroup |
RTCA Offices
Washington DC |
| 11 - 14 July 2005 |
Subgroup meetings, Monday -
Wednesday
RFG6 Plenary, Thursday |
Malmo, Sweden |
| 7-10 February, 2005 |
Subgroup meetings, Monday -
Wednesday
RFG5 Plenary, Thursday |
DoubleTree Hotel,
Miami, Florida |
| 18-21 October, 2004 |
AD and SPR subgroup meetings |
Eurocontrol HQ,
Europe |
| 21-24 June, 2004 |
Subgroup meetings, Monday -
Wednesday
RFG4 Plenary, Thursday |
STNA,
Toulouse, France |
| 29 March - 2 April, 2004 |
AD and SPR subgroup meetings |
Mitre/CAASD,
McLean, Va. |
| 1-4 December, 2003 |
RFG3 Plenary and Subgroup kickoff
meetings |
RTCA Offices
Washington DC |
* = location tentative
ADS-B surveillance in non-radar areas
(Radar-like Services): One of the first applications being worked
on by the subgroups working on the OSED and SPR documents will be ADS-B in
non-radar areas (ADS-B-NRA), or radar-like services (RLS) as it is commonly
referred to in the United States. The work on this application will be
largely based on existing documentation of operational concepts and hazard
analyses done for the certification of equipment and operations in both Alaska
as part of the Capstone project, and Australia. Some of the documents on
which this RFG work will be based are made available through the following
table.
Click here to download a 10.3 MB ZIP
file containing all of the documents found below.
Click here to download a 8.9 MB ZIP
file containing the 7 Capstone documents found below.
Click here to download a 1.5 MB ZIP
file containing the 2 ICAO documents found below.
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Capstone Documents |
| Document Description |
Filename (*.pdf) |
| FAA Operational Safety Assessment for ADS-B which
includes Operational Services and Environment Definition (OSED), Operational
Hazard Assessment (OHA), and Allocation of Safety Objectives and
Requirements (ASOR) for the "use of ADS-B and TIS-B in the context of
surveillance services and situational awareness." |
ADS-B Operational Safety Assessment 2001-09-27 |
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| FAA findings and recommended safety requirements from the
ADS-B preliminary hazard analysis. This Preliminary Hazard Analysis
(PHA) was "conducted using the FAA System Safety Management Program and the
methodology defined in the FAA System Safety Handbook." The PHA was
conducted "to identify safety related risks and develop controls to either
eliminate or mitigate those risks to an acceptable level for ADS-B being
integrated into the NAS out to the year 2015." |
ADS-B
PHA Vol 1 2001-09-20 |
| Volume II of the PHA for ADS-B integration into the NAS
contains hazard analysis tables supporting the work and conclusions
documented in volume 1. |
ADS-B
PHA Vol 2 2001-09-20 |
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| Capstone Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) for
ADS-B Radar-Like Services. This document "outlines the activities for
the use of the Capstone ADS-B system for radar-like services for airspace in
and around Bethel, Alaska. These activities are based on a transition
from aircraft supplemental VFR use of Capstone avionics to authorizing
ATC use of ADS-B in applying procedures for separation, sequencing,
and other VFR & IFR radar-like services. |
Radar Like
Services -TEMP- 2001-01-30 |
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| Volume 1 of The Capstone System Safety Engineering Report,
prepared by the Capstone System Safety Working Group. Volume 1
contains the Preliminary Hazard Analysis conducted for Capstone ADS-B
Radar-like services using methodologies based on MIL-STD-882D.
"The PHA was conducted to identify potential accident scenarios that are
associated with Capstone providing ADS-B services." |
Capstone I PHA Vol 1 2000-12-02 |
| Volume 2 of The Capstone System Safety Engineering Report
contains matrix of scenarios on which the end-to-end system PHA found
in Volume 1 was based. |
Capstone I PHA Vol 2 2000-12-02 |
| Volume 3 of The Capstone System Safety Engineering Report
lists recommended precautions, controls, and mitigations resulting from the
PHA found in volume 1. |
Capstone I PHA Vol 3 2000-12-02 |
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| Capstone Program Office status report and initial findings
for the Capstone Phase II RNAV Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA). This
work was based on the Capstone PHA Phase I Core Bethel work which is
available in three volumes above. |
Capstone Prelim Hazard Analysis Status 2003-04-11 |
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ICAO Documents |
| Document Description |
Filename (*.pdf) |
| Generic design safety case for the operational use of ADS-B
in non-radar airspace prepared by the ICAO Separation and Airspace Safety
Panel. "The aim of this safety case is to identify and document
generic safety requirements associated with the operational use by air
traffic control of a surveillance system based on ADS-B in non-radar
airspace. |
ADS-B in
NRA Safety Case |
| Draft amendments to PANS ATM doc 4444 to include
provisions for ADS-B separation minima and services, prepared for the ICAO
Separation and Airspace Safety Panel November 2003 meeting. |
PANS ATM Doc
4444 proposed changes |
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