ADS-B OUT Implementation in Brazil
First NAM/CAR/SAM Meeting/Workshop on Planning the Implementation of Automatic Dependent
Surveillance - Broadcasting (ADS-B) (ADS-B ANP/1)
ADS-B OUT in Brazil
Campos Basin – TMA Macaé
• Operational demand
• Technological solution
• Main Challenges
ADS-B OUT in Brazil
Campos Basin – TMA Macaé November 8, 2018
• 6 ADS-B stations + 1 Central Processor
• ADS-B Out 1090 ES Mandate
• 500 ft MSL to FL145
• Benefits Identification Ref. AIC N 31/2021 –Operação Offshore na Bacia de Campos
ADS-B OUT in Brazil - Planning
Domestic Airspace - Priorities Implementation Phases
Priority 1 (2022/23) Priority 2 (2023)
Priority 3 (2024) Priority 4 (2025) • 66 ADS-B stations
• 5 Central Processors
Phase 1 (2023)
Phase 2 (2024)
Phase 3 (2024)
• Coverage: FL245 and Main TMAs Phase 4 (2025)
ADS-B OUT in Brazil - Planning
Full Coverage Above FL 245 (2025)
Domestic Airspace
Much more complex, comprehensive approach
• DECEA has initiated studies to identify the need
to establish a mandate for ADS-B in continental
brazilian airspace.
• There is still no provision for the establishment of
a mandate, at least for the next 5 years.
• Any definition of a mandate should include the
aeronautical community.
FL245 What are the Main Project Challenges?
Project Challenges for the full operationalization of Continental ADS-B
Non-exhaustive groups:
1. Operational Challenges
2. Technical Challenges
3. Management Challenges
Project Challenges for the full operationalization of Continental ADS-B
1. Operational Challenges (ATM)
a) Detail the objectives/actual benefits for the ATM and for aviation;
b) Define the Airspace for operationalization and its complexity – phased operationalization? Best
Equipped Best Served?;
c) Define the minimum separation between aircrafts to be applied;
d) Evaluate the standards in force, identify those that will be impacted, edit new publications (eg:
AIP, AIC...);
e) Evaluate the impact of the use of ADS-B on the Operational Doctrine for the ATC;
f) Assess the need for an Operational Training for ATCO and Simulations;
g) Define the version of ADS-B to be adopted – the version to be adopted must be aligned with
the desired operation and with regional/global interoperability strategies;
Project Challenges for the full operationalization of Continental ADS-B
1. Operational Challenges (ATM)
h) Assess of which RNP and ADS-B requirements with GNSS will enable the required operations;
i) Develop ATC doctrine for handling GNSS unavailability occurrences (NOTAM?);
j) Assess how will the GNSS availability prediction information be presented and handled by
ATCO;
k) Define the airspace access strategy: Mandate x airspace access priority for aircraft with
operational ADS-B equipment?;
l) If there is ADS-B-OUT Mandate: delimit the Airspace, define the start date, inform what
requirements for ADS-B avionics are necessary to fly in the designated airspace;
m) ADS-B Risk Assessment;
Project Challenges for the full operationalization of Continental ADS-B
2. Technical Challenges
a) Defines the technical and logistical requirements for the infrastructure that meet the
operational demand;
b) Recognize the standards to be adopted: ref. MOPS, TSO, AC, RTCA, Doc;
c) Define acceptable NIC, NACp, NuC, SiL requirements – in line with desired operation;
d) Define the required RNP (NACp, NiC, SiL values for GNSS support the definition of RNP);
e) Define how requirements monitoring will take place;
f) Definition of valid thresholds (to be accepted) for the airspace of interest (in Route and/or in
Terminal;
g) ADS-B Spectrum security – assessment of spectrum security and congestion in the medium and
long term;
Project Challenges for the full operationalization of Continental ADS-B
2. Technical Challenges
h) Develop cybersecurity actions for the ADS-B network;
i) Integration - How will the ADS-B position validation ?;
j) Define how GNSS availability monitoring will occur;
k) GNSS Navigation System Requirements - (ADS-B relies on data obtained from a navigation
system (typically GNSS) to enable its functions and performance). Therefore, the navigation
infrastructure must meet the corresponding requirements of the ADS-B application, in terms
of: a) Data items; and b) Performance (eg accuracy, completeness, availability, etc.). - but
does not preclude the use of another navigation source method;
l) Recognize the quality of ADS-B performance systems vs MSSR system;
n) Integrate ADS-B surveillance data into the ATFM center;
Project Challenges for the full operationalization of Continental ADS-B
2. Technical Challenges
n) Define training for technical maintenance teams;
o) Define routine for recording, maintenance and local analysis of ADS-B data;
p) Define the correlations accepted by the ATC System (Flight ID and/or ICAO Address of the
aircraft) – to support correct orientation of filling in the ACID and Item 18 CODE/keyword fields
of the flight plan);
q) ATC System: Identify the necessary improvements (new requirements) to the ATC system in
consideration of the expected ATM operation;
r) Define the ASTERIX Cat.21 protocol version to be used;
s) Define which groups (group 1 - mandatory, group 2-desirable, group 3-optional) of the ASTERIX
protocol will be available (depending on operational demands/ATM objectives).
Project Challenges for the full operationalization of Continental ADS-B
3. Management Challenges
All Planning, Technical and Operational Challenges + ...
a) Develop a Project Implementation Plan;
b) Structure a Project Team/Implementation Team;
c) Encourage a collaborative decision-making process with all stakeholders;
d) Monitor the fleet ADS-B qualification status (survey/follow-up);
e) Encourage the disclosure of the project status and its benefits (expectations management);
f) Guide/Support the aeronautical community;
Project Challenges for the full operationalization of Continental ADS-B
3. Management Challenges
g) Coordinate reviews (as necessary) of avionics certification processes and crew operational
approval,
h) Planning for a technical-operational TRIAL under appropriate conditions;
i) Develop appropriate post-implementation monitoring and review processes;
j) Establish a methodology for continuous reporting of monitoring results of incidents, events,
observations on ADS-B operations.
And more…
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