Last modified: 2009-07-06
Abstract
Ground / Ground coordination of the participants in the Air Traffic Management, in addition to the increasing application of information technologies, continues to be inconceivable without the Voice application. According to Eurocontrol development strategies, the voice application for coordination will be include in a future plans, with the necessary transfer to the IP network.
Within Eurocontrol a majority of the participants currently uses outdated analog network to connect VCSs using ATS-MFC-R2 standard. Eurocontrol's plans have predicted abandoning the MFC-R2 and the migration to digital ATS-QSIG network. Such migration requires a significant investment in infrastructure, and most often, the replacement of the existing VCS systems, which slows down the whole process significantly.
This paper considers the possibility of IP technology for interconnection VCSs in order to overcome the problems of transition to the ATS-QSIG network. The necessity of shifting is imminent because telecommunication operators announce the abandonment of their hitherto services as well as the necessity of migration to IP infrastructure.
This paper takes into consideration minimum technical-technological requirements for the implementation of VoIP ATM. The analysis of the capacity of links between VCSs will be carried out, which is based on the required technical and technological specifications of voice services.