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PURPOSE AND SCOPE
Introduction
This document was prepared jointly by RTCA Special Committee 186
(SC-186) and EUROCAE Working Group 51 (WG51). This document
contains the Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS) for
the Flight-deck-based Interval Management (FIM) application
building upon the MOPS for the Aircraft Surveillance Applications
(ASA) System, RTCA DO-317B/EUROCAE ED-194A. Because of the length
and complexity of the additional requirements for the FIM
application, they are included in this separate document. The FIM
application requirements in this document are assumed to be
integrated in an ASA System that is compliant with all requirements
related to the Basic Airborne Situational Awareness (AIRB)
application, which is defined in the ASA MOPS, DO-317B / ED-194A,
unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Note: During FIM operations, the AIRB application may
be required to be shown on the Traffic Display to facilitate pilot
monitoring.
System Overview
The ASA System provides the avionics for surveillance processing
and display of ADS-B based aircraft-to-aircraft applications. It is
part of the larger aviation system originally described in the
MASPS for ASA (RTCA UDO-289U), and later updated in the ADS-B
Traffic Surveillance Systems and Applications MASPS, RTCA
DO-338. ASA System avionics functions necessary to support or
perform the FIM application were approved by RTCA SC-186 and
EUROCAE WG-51, in the ASA MOPS, DO-317B / ED-194A, and in the
Safety, Performance and Interoperability Requirements (SPR)
Document for Airborne Spacing - Flight Deck Interval Management
(ASPA-FIM), [DO-328()/ED-195()].
Aircraft Surveillance Applications
The Aircraft Surveillance Applications are described in the ASA
MOPS, DO-317B / ED-194A, §1.2.1.
Figure 1-1 provides an overview of the standard ASA
architecture and depicts the Interfaces between functional elements
for an ASA aircraft participant.