5.7 SDO 7 - Transition towards high performance of air-ground connectivity (multilink)
This SDO aims to improve air–ground data link performance, accelerate technology adoption and achieve economies of scale while reducing the fragmentation that characterises current data link implementation (Table 7).
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What |
Who |
Where |
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ID |
Deployment action |
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7.1 |
Implement future air-ground communications network infrastructure, which supports multilink capability and complete mobility between different data links. |
ANSP, ANSP MIL, AU, AU MIL |
Airport, TMA, En-route, Network |
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7.2 |
Implement SatCom class B, which enables data and voice communication services using existing satellite technology systems in oceanic, remote, polar, and progressively continental airspace. |
ANSP, AU, ANSP MIL |
TMA, En-route |
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7.3 |
Implement VDL-M2 successor (e.g. terrestrial data link system L-band-digital aeronautical communication system (LDACS), data link for ATM and AOC operations over commercial communication systems (hyper-connected ATM), and satellite communications for both continental and remote/oceanic regions. |
ANSP, AO, AU, AU MIL |
Airport, TMA, En-route, Network |
Table 7: SDO 7 – Transition towards high performance of air–ground connectivity (multilink)