Party-line communications in a data link environment

Author

Signore, T.L. ; Hong, Yoon

Author_Institution

Center for Adv. Aviation Syst. Dev., MITRE Corp., McLean, VA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Abstract

Using today´s voice-based air/ground communications, pilots develop a sense of “situational awareness” by listening to all pilot/controller communications on a selected frequency. There are no plans to continue this “party line” in a data link environment. The lack of a party line could become a safety issue. This paper investigates methods to provide a party-line service using the data links planned in the near future. Candidate data links are examined to see if and how party-line information can be communicated to all aircraft within a region

Keywords

air traffic control; aircraft communication; integrated voice/data communication; VDL Mode 2; VDL Mode 3; data link environment; intent information; packet sniffing operation; party-line communications; pilot/controller communications; situational awareness; voice-based air/ground communication; Aerospace electronics; Air traffic control; Aircraft navigation; Broadcasting; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Frequency; Safety; Telecommunication control; Watches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 2000. Proceedings. DASC. The 19th

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6395-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.2000.886915

Filename

886915