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Introduction
The ATS unit providing service for an airspace is not part of the minimum AIP data set but required in ENR 3 of PANS-AIM requires for a route segment:
an indication of the controlling unit, its operating channel and, if applicable, its logon address, SATVOICE number, and any navigation, RCP and RSP specification(s) limitations.
Hence, in the scope of this guidelines it is considered conditional data.
The diagram below shows the AIXM classes, including the relevant data types, needed to encode that information.
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In AIXM 5.1.1, SATVOICE number, and any navigation, RCP and RSP specification(s) limitations can notcannot be encoded, except by using a Note. |
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Workaround for AIXM 5.1.1: Code a corresponding a Note. |
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Change Proposals approved by the AIXM CCB for the next version will support the coding of SATVOICE and various navigation limitations. See [AIXM-537] Add possibility to indicate SATVOICE for TelephoneContact See [AIXM-519] Add Route association with AircraftCharacteristic |
AIXM 5.1(.1) does not provide a direct relaionship relationship between Unit and RouteSegment class.
The concerned Unit has to shall be encoded independently. According to the PANS-AIM Appendix 1 (Aeronautical Data Catalogue), at least the name shall be provided.
In addition, a Service provided by the Unit has to shall be encoded. The Service class has several specialised classes that have an association to a RoutePortion, i.e. as there is no direct relationship to RouteSegment correspdoning . The corresponding RoutePortion has to be encoded for the Service using the clientRoute property. One or more of this these services may be provided for the same RoutePortion.
- AirTrafficControlService
- InformationService
- SearchRescueService
The type of service provided may be defined by the attribute Service,type, or it may be included in the .type. In addition also a Service.name, or it may be included in the Unit.name.provided.
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A Change Proposal approved by the AIXM CCB for the next version will support the coding of direct associations from InformationService, AirTrafficControlService, AirTrafficManagementService and SearchAndRescueService towards RouteSegment. See [AIXM-532] Direct associations between certain services and RouteSegment |
The operation channel is encoded using the RadioCommunicationChannel class. The attribute frequencyTransmission and if applicable frequencyReception will carry the corresponding value and uom (see also Radio Communication Channel [RCC]).
The RadioCommunicationChannel has to be referenced by the adequate Service.
According to the PANS-AIM Appendix 1 (Aeronautical Data Catalogue) a specified code used for data link logon to the controlling ATS unit shall be provided if applicable.
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| Depending on the specialised Service class, different ways of encoding this information are provided by AIXM. A consolidation may be needed! |
- The AirTrafficControlService class contains two relevant attributes: dataLinkEnabled and dataLinkChannel.
- The InformationService class contains one relevant attribute: dataLink.
- The SearchRescueService class does not contain any relevant attribute.
However, via the ContactInformation class related to the Service class, corresponding attributes of the OnlineContact class may be used to encode that information. The code list for the network attribute contains a value 'ACARS'; which is defined as
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The linkage and protocol attribute may then be used to define the details about the logon address.
Coding Examples
The figure below show shows how the information about the controlling unit is published in an AIP:
Coding
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Examples can be found in the AIP Data Set - Specimen (DONLON).
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ATC-EX-01 UNI-EX-01 RCC-EX-01 RTE-EX-02 | Controlling Unit for Route Portion | //aixm:AirTrafficControlServiceTimeSlice[@gml:id ='ATC_AMSWELL_ACC'] | //aixm:UnitTimeSlice[@gml:id ='UNI_AMSWELL_ACC'] | //aixm:RadioCommunicationChannelTimeSlice[@gml:id ='RCC_AMSWELL_ACC'] | //aixm:RouteTimeSlice[@gml:id ='RTE_UA4'] |