An air traffic management (ATM) system performance model

Author

Modzelesky, E.J. ; Topiwala, Tejal ; Stalnaker, Sarah E. ; Hermes, Michael A.

Author_Institution

Mitre Corp., McLean, VA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

37165

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss our approach in developing a system performance model of the Enhanced Traffic Management System (ETMS), which is a part of the Federal Aviation Administration´s (FAA´s) Air Traffic Management (ATM) system. The ETMS, developed and operated at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, is a complex system with a centralized processing architecture and a geographically wide data distribution system. The model we present here is being developed using QASE, a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) systems engineering tool. The model predicts the system performance of ETMS (e.g., server utilization, network utilization, and response time) if potential hardware, software, communications, and workload changes are implemented

Keywords

aerospace computing; air traffic control; performance evaluation; systems engineering; wide area networks; ATC; ATM system; COTS systems engineering tool; ETMS; Enhanced Traffic Management System; Federal Aviation Administration; QASE; Volpe National Transportation Systems Center; WAN link utilization; air traffic management system; centralized processing architecture; complex system; geographically wide data distribution system; network utilization; response time; server utilization; system engineering; system performance model; system performance prediction; Computer architecture; Delay; FAA; Hardware; Network servers; Predictive models; System performance; Systems engineering and theory; Traffic control; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems, 2001. DASC. 20th Conference

Conference_Location

Daytona Beach, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7034-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.2001.964251

Filename

964251