Description / Abstract:
This standard document contains an initial set of industry
supported delivery method recommendations for those applications
and uses described in RTCA document DO-340, Concept of Use (ConUse)
for Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) and Meteorological
(MET) Data Link Services. A further service defined in RTCA DO-339,
Aircraft Derived Meteorological Data via Data Link for Wake Vortex,
Air Traffic Management and Weather Applications Operational
Services and Environmental Definition (OSED) is included in the
recommendations. These recommendations cover architectural,
information sourcing, security, and allocation processes. This
document supports the data communications needs of future Air
Traffic Management (ATM) concepts (e.g., Next Generation Air
Transportation System (NextGen) and potentially provides input for
future efforts by the Single European Sky Air Traffic Management
Research (SESAR) initiatives). A key objective of these future ATM
concepts is to establish the aircraft as a primary participant in
collaborative decision making (CDM), and in some cases, establish
airspace regions for autonomous operations where the aircraft is
primarily responsible for safe separation from other traffic, wake
turbulence, weather, and designated/restricted airspace. Timely
availability of high quality and reliable electronic AIS and MET
information services are necessary to support these global ATM
concepts.