An introduction to model-based ADS-B service volume engineering design

With 87,000 flights per day, America´s ground based radar system has hit a growth ceiling. Consequently, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has embarked on a broad-reaching effort called the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) that seeks to transform today´s aviation airspace management and ensure increased safety and capacity in ourNAS. The first building block of the NextGen system is the implementation of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system. One of the most important design aspects of the ADS-B program is the design of the terrestrial radio station infrastructure. This design must determine the layout of the terrestrial radio stations throughout the US optimized to meet system performance, safety and security. Designing this infrastructure to meet all system requirements is at the core of the Service Volume (SV) Engineering. In this paper, we will present the model-based ADS-B SV Engineering design that will be used to capture radio sites layout and configuration parameters. CORE software was selected to implement the model-based SV Engineering environment.