The Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (ATN) testbed

Author

Feighery, Patrick ; Hanson, Timothy ; Lehman, Thomas ; Mondrus, Alexander ; Scott, Dallas ; Signore, Theodore ; Smith, Ralph ; Uhl, George

Author_Institution

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

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 Oct 1996

Firstpage

117

Lastpage

122

Abstract

The Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN) is being defined within the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as a digital data communications network for the aeronautical community. ATN routers will link the diverse networks and technologies within the aeronautical environment into an internetwork. The routers provide intelligence to select the best communications path for each pair of users. Mobile routing is the key element that makes ATN unique from most networks. Mobile routing allows a ground system to communicate to an aircraft, without interruption, as it flies in and out of coverage of various air/ground subnetworks. The Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development (CAASD) developed the Aeronautical Communication Engineering Testbed (ACET) to evaluate the ATN for the US Federal Aviation Administration

Keywords

aerospace test facilities; aircraft communication; data communication; ground support systems; protocols; ATN protocols; Advanced Aviation Systems Development; Aeronautical Communication Engineering Testbed; Aeronautical Telecommunications Network; International Civil Aviation Organization; US Federal Aviation Administration; aeronautical community; aircraft; application layers; communications path; digital data communications network; ground system; mobile routing; multicasting; reservation protocols; testbed; Air traffic control; Aircraft manufacture; Aircraft propulsion; Application software; FAA; Mobile communication; Protocols; Routing; System testing; Weather forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1996., 15th AIAA/IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3385-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.1996.559144

Filename

559144