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Understanding the notion of FF-ICE Service
The FF-ICE/R1 Implementation Guidance Manual, which addresses the first implementation release of FF-ICE, describes the main procedures and processes in terms of six FF-ICE services.
FF-ICE Services are defined as a function from a business perspective in a consistent manner with the definition of other services in Annex 3 (MET service), 11 (Air traffic services) and 15 (Aeronautical information services). In order to fulfil the part of the function related to the exchange of information, FF-ICE Services make use of one or more of information services, defined as “A type of service in a service-oriented architecture that provides an ATM information sharing capability.”, in accordance with the PANS-IM requirements.
copied from chapter 2.4
This important clarification can be summarised by the following picture.
NM FF-ICE Services making use of NM B2B Services
Family 5.6.1 – Flight Information Exchange covers five of the six FF-ICE Services specified by ICAO ATMRPP for Release 1, namely the Filing Service, the Flight Data Request Service, the Notification Service, the Data Publication Service and the Trial Service. These five services, which are provided by EUROCONTROL NM, makes use of the NM B2B services to fulfil the part of the function related to the exchange of information. The picture below identifies the NM B2B services used in this context. An important element to be noted is the reuse of the NM B2B Flight Management Service (as an information service) in order to support the FF-ICE Fling Service, FF-ICE Data Publication Service and FF-ICE Notification Service.
| FF-ICE/R1 Service as specified by ICAO | Makes use of | Notes / Explanations |
|---|---|---|
| Filing Service | NM B2B Filing Service + NM B2B Flight Data Request Service or NM B2B Flight Management Service (Publish/Subscribe interface) & NM B2B Subscription Management Service | The NM B2B Fling Service is a request/reply service supporting the submission of eFPLs to EUROCONTROL NM. The service includes all the facilities to file a new eFPL, to update an existing eFPL and to cancel an eFPL, using FIXM data model and messages, complemented with NM extension to cover the European specificities, and provides feedback to the operator regarding whether the eFPL was successfully processed, and whether it is acceptable. Changes in eFPL acceptance occurring any time after the filing can be obtained either in request/reply mode via the FlightDataRequestService or in publish/subscribe mode via the Flight Management Service. |
| Flight Data Request Service | NM B2B Flight Data Request Service | The NM B2B Flight Data Request Service is a request/reply service allowing to immediately retrieve eFPL information, including the eFPL data (equivalent to the legacy ICAO RQP ATS message) and the Filing Status of a previously filed eFPL (or the submission status in case of manual intervention). |
| Trial Service | NM B2B Trial Service | The NM B2B Trial Service is a request/reply service supporting the submission of a what-if type of request to EUROCONTROL NM to ascertain the acceptability/validity and possible ATM impact of a potential eFPL or the effects of a change being considered, without either creating a flight plan or changing the intended filed flight plan. |
| Data Publication Service | NM B2B Flight Management Service (Publish/Subscribe interface) & NM B2B Subscription Management Service | The NM B2B Flight Management service is the NM B2B service that supports, among others, the distribution of eFPLs. Its Publish/Subscribe (P/S) interface will push the eFPLs to the client applications having subscribed to the eFPL topic using the NM B2B Subscription Management Service. |
| Notification Service | NM B2B Notification Service + NM B2B Flight Management Service (Publish/Subscribe interface) & NM B2B Subscription Management Service | The NM B2B Notification Service is a request/reply service supporting the submission of notifications of departure and arrival events. Distribution of notifications of these events to concerned stakeholders is done via the publish/subscribe. |
Summary table
- - - - - - - - - - - - > | Information services | |||||
| NM B2B Filing Service | NM B2B Flight Data Request Service | NM B2B | NM B2B Trial Service | NM B2B Notification Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business services | FF-ICE Filing Service | ü | (ü)(*) | (ü)(*) | ||
| FF-ICE Flight Data Request Service | ü | |||||
| FF-ICE Trial Service | ü | |||||
| FF-ICE Data Publication Service | ü | |||||
| FF-ICE Notification Service | ü | ü | ||||
(*) at least one of the two options.