Specialist Task Force 532:
Advanced-Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems (A-SMGCS)
Who we are:
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What we do
The objective of the upcoming work is to draft a set of Community Specifications on Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems (A-SMGCS) that is aligned with the latest reference documents on that topic that are produced by Eurocae and Eurocontrol. Thus the standards will refer to documents such as EUROCAE ED-117A, ED-87D and ED-87E as well as the EUROCONTROL A-SMGCS guidance material and they will be addressing the state-of-the-art surveillance technologies and the new A-SMGCS services currently under development. The work of the STF will be conducted in accordance with mandate M/524 on ATM Interoperability for the ATM Masterplan, the SESAR deployment program and the EASCG rolling development plan and therefore also be in line with regulation 716/2014 (the PCP regulation).
In the context of the Single European Sky (SES) Regulatory Framework, the Interoperability Regulation 552/2004 (as amended by Commission Regulation 1070/2009) gives standards a central role in achieving its objectives and requires the production and adoption of European Standards (ENs) to be referenced in the OJEU as “Community Specifications”. The Interoperability Regulation states that Community Specifications may be “European standards for systems or constituents, together with the relevant procedures, drawn up by the European mandate from the Commission”.
A Community Specification (CS) is a means of defining the technical and operational conditions necessary to meet the Essential Requirements (ERs) of the regulation and any relevant implementing rules for interoperability. Compliance with a published CS creates a presumption of conformity with the Essential Requirements (ERs) and the relevant Implementing Rules (IRs) for interoperability.
For more details, see our Terms of Reference
Why we do it
ETSI has received and accepted 3 mandates (standardisation requests) for ATM Interoperability under the SES Regulatory Framework: M/390 in 2006, M/438 in 2009 and more recently M/524 in 2013 which is a framework mandate since it points to the Standardisation Road Map for the implementation of the ATM Master Plan as far as the standardisation activities are concerned. Under M/390 and M/438 ETSI has produced a number of Community Specifications listed in OJEU. This STF action is also in response to M/524 and it is related to important ATM activities (A-SMGCS) which are part of the SESAR deployment program.
Commission Implementing Regulation 716/2014, known as the Pilot Common Project (PCP), mandates, in accordance with the SESAR Deployment Program, the implementation of 6 ATM Functionalities (AFs) within a specified geographical scope by specified dates. A-SMGCS is one of the key elements of AF2 (Airport Integration and Throughput) and therefore it is of paramount importance to speed up the development process of the related European Standards so as not to delay the associated deployment. A delay in the availability of the required standards could result in a non-harmonized deployment, lack of interoperability, integration problems and consequently to the need for reinvestments at a later stage in order to upgrade or re-engineer the deployed solutions to the required standards with obvious consequences in terms of costs. This could also lead to the impossibility to become operational and deliver the expected benefits.
How we do it
To achieve the aim of the STF and produce a good set of Community Specifications on A-SMGCS, reference is generally to be made to existing Eurocae or EUROCONTROL specifications, ensuring that these or other necessary content is in alignment with ICAO requirements. A CS contains tests and other technical aspects and may also include operational aspects, procedures, certification and/or institutional considerations, system and/or constituent maintenance aspects as well as implementation guidance material. It is therefore a very important specification as it combines in one single standard all that is needed for presumption of conformity against the ERs of the Interoperability Regulation (552/2004). The ETSI STF will be reporting the milestones and the draft deliverables to ETSI TC ERM/TG AERO (hereafter referred to as TG AERO), according to the planned meeting schedule and additional dates agreed by the Task Group Chairman. TG AERO will lead an active role in steering and contributing to this work.
Coordination with various stakeholders will be necessary, under TG AERO supervision, to achieve the best outcome of this work and the widest possible collection of views amongst all parties concerned. In particular, the STF will liaise with Eurocae, EUROCONTROL and those other players involved in the A-SMGCS domain so as to assure the development of a consistent set of specifications.
The draft deliverables (stable drafts and final drafts for approval) will be distributed for comments not only to relevant ETSI members via mailing lists, but also to relevant aeronautical ETSI partners (such as Eurocae - especially WG-41 and EASA) so as to collect inputs from as wide an aeronautical community as possible.
Deliverables
The goal of this action is to produce 5 candidate Community Specifications (ENs, to be listed in the OJEU) as shown in Table 1 below. Since Eurocae ED-87E is expected to be published by the end of 2018 (period covered by this action), only the version of D5 (EN 303 213-8) ready for ENAP (EN 303 213-8 V1.1.0) is expected to be available at the end of this action. Should there be comments during the consultation process, these will be processed with the resources of the Technical Body in charge of the activities (TG AERO) since they are not considered to be part of this action.
Table 1 - STF 532 deliverables
| Deliv. ID |
Standard number/version |
Working title
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Scope/Remarks |
| D1 |
EN 303 213-1 V2.1.1* |
Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS); Part 1: Community Specification for application under the Single European Sky Interoperability Regulation EC 552/2004 for A-SMGCS surveillance service including external interfaces |
Major update of the European Standard for A-SMGCS surveillance service in order to align it with new reference material from EUROCONTROL (guidance material)/Eurocae (ED-87D). This update is also required to fulfil the PCP. Although this deliverable is a revision of EN 303 213-1 V1.4.1 (covering Level 1), the scope of the new A-SMGCS concept (surveillance service instead of level) is much broader than it used to be and therefore it can be considered as a new standard. |
| D2 |
EN 303 213-2 V2.1.1* |
Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS); Part 2: Community Specification for application under the Single European Sky Interoperability Regulation EC 552/2004 for A-SMGCS airport safety support service |
Major update of the European Standard for A-SMGCS airport safety support service in order to align it with new reference material from EUROCONTROL (guidance material)/Eurocae (ED-87D). This update is also required to fulfil the PCP. Although this deliverable is a revision of EN 303 213-2 V1.4.1 (covering Level 2), the scope of the new A-SMGCS concept with regard to airport safety support services is different from the old Level 2 and therefore it can be considered as a new standard. |
| D3 |
EN 303 213-3 V1.2.1* |
Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS); Part 3: Community Specification for application under the Single European Sky Interoperability Regulation EC 552/2004 for a deployed cooperative sensor including its interfaces. |
Update of the European Standard for A-SMGCS for a deployed cooperative sensor in order to align it with Eurocae ED-117A and ED-87D and required by the PCP. |
| D4 |
EN 303 213-7 V1.1.1* |
Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS); Part 7: Community Specification for application under the Single European Sky Interoperability Regulation EC 552/2004 for A-SMGCS routing service. |
New European Standard for A-SMGCS routing service in order to take into consideration the extension of A-SMGCS functionalities as defined in the reference material from EUROCONTROL (guidance material)/Eurocae (ED-87D) and required by PCP. |
| D5 |
EN 303 213-8 V1.1.0** |
Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS); Part 8: Community Specification for application under the Single European Sky Interoperability Regulation EC 552/2004 for A-SMGCS guidance service. |
New European Standard for A-SMGCS guidance service in order to take into consideration the extension of A-SMGCS functionalities as defined in the reference material from EUROCONTROL (guidance material)/ Eurocae (ED-87E) |
Time plan
As shown in Table 2 below, the action will produce two deliverables to be submitted to the EC/EFTA: an Interim Report (IR) and a Final Report (FR). The IR will be submitted 15 months after the signature of the action grant and will detail the work performed to achieve the production of the 5 technical deliverables as well as the latest drafts of these ENs. The FR (provided at the end of the action i.e. not later than 24 months after the signature of the action grant) will provide an overall report of the activity performed along with 4 ENs formally adopted for publication (D1 to D4), 1 formally adopted EN for ENAP (D5), as well as details of the resource usage along with an analysis of the performance indicators.
| Milestone Code |
Milestone description |
Cut-off date |
| A |
Progress report + Initial draft of task 2, 3 and 4
Approved TC ERM - TG AERO 20-21SEPT |
21/09/2017 |
| B |
Progress report + latest draft of tasks 2-5
Approved TC ERM - TG AERO 12-13DEC17 |
13/12/2017 |
| C |
Progress report + Draft for tasks 2-5
Approved TC ERM by Correspondance for ENAP
Interim Report prepared for the EC/EFTA |
31/03/2018 |
| D |
Interim Report accepted by EC/EFTA |
31/05/2018 |
| E |
Draft Final Report + Draft for task 6 for approval by TC ERM by correspondence for ENAP |
30/09/2017 |
| F |
Final Report for submission to EC/EFTA |
31/12/2018 |
You can reach us via the email reflector STF532_ERM_AERO@list.etsi.org