Initial GBAS Experiences In Europe

Andreas Lipp, Alfredo Quiles, Mercedes Reche, Winfried Dunkel and Sylvie Grand-Perret

Abstract:	The main objective of this paper is to show the first results of experimental GBAS activities in the context of the other EUROCONTROL GBAS activities. It focuses on the tool set defined together with member states and developed by EUROCONTROL. Together with detailed interface and data format definitions this tool set (available for air navigation service (ANS) providers and other interested parties) ensures comparable results based on the same assumptions and forms a basis for a harmonized evaluation of GNSS SIS performance in Europe. These baseline results can then also be used for support to the definition of GBAS CAT II/III standards. Since, in contrast to the US, past experimental activities with systems encompassing the final ICAO standardized GBAS definition are limited in Europe, the paper addresses the current and planned activities by or in cooperation with EUROCONTROL, designed to complement the tests already conducted in the US. The GBAS experiments were conducted together with the German Air Navigation Services Provider DFS at Frankfurt airport. Although describing first experimental results only, the paper gives an initial insight into the methodology used in GBAS validation. It allows an outlook to future trials involving more detailed investigations regarding system interoperability and requirements validation for future CAT III GBAS systems, putting these trials into context of the other GBAS activities currently ongoing in Europe.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 18th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2005) September 13 - 16, 2005 Long Beach Convention Center Long Beach, CA
Pages:	2911 - 2922
Cite this article:	Lipp, Andreas, Quiles, Alfredo, Reche, Mercedes, Dunkel, Winfried, Grand-Perret, Sylvie, "Initial GBAS Experiences In Europe," Proceedings of the 18th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2005), Long Beach, CA, September 2005, pp. 2911-2922.
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