ESSIP Plan Edition 2012
Consultation & Approval
Working arrangement in charge: COM Steering Group (CSG) and PENS Steering Group (PSSG)
Outline description approved in: -
Latest objective review at expert level in: 04/2012
Commitment decision body: Provisional Council (PC)
Objective approved/endorsed in: 07/2009
Latest change to objective approved/endorsed in: 07/2012
Expected performance benefits
Safety : N/A.
Capacity : N/A.
Cost-effectiveness : More cost efficient as X.25 maintenance costs are increasing while TCP/IP costs are lower.
Environment : N/A.
Security : N/A
Detailed SloA descriptions
COM09-REG01 Notify relevant National ANSPs of the mandate to migrate to IPv6 Start:09/2009 Finish:07/2010
Action by : National Regulatory Authorities
Description & purpose : Not all ANSPs of a given State require connecting international or regional data networks or services.
Have to decide which of the National ANSPs must comply with Commission Regulation (European Communities) No 633/2007 of 7 June 2007 laying down requirements for the application of a Flight Message Transfer Protocol (FMTP). Regulators will then notify their relevant ANSPs of the mandate to migrate to IPv6 and inform the European Commission and the EUROCONTROL Agency accordingly.
This action should take account of the controlling military units providing services to general air traffic.
Finalisation criteria : The national Regulator has provided the European Commission and the EUROCONTROL Agency, e.g. through the LSSIP document, with the list of National ANSPs & controlling military units providing services to general air traffic, mandated to migrate to IPv6.
COM09-REG02 Inform the European Commission and the EUROCONTROL Agency of the
planned means & dates of compliance of the National ANSPs Start:09/2009 Finish:12/2010
Action by : National Regulatory Authorities
Description & purpose : Based on the output of COM09-ASP01, inform the European Commission and the EUROCONTROL Agency of the planned means & dates of compliance of the ANSPs identified within COM09-REG01.
Finalisation criteria : The national Regulator has provided the European Commission and the EUROCONTROL Agency, e.g. through the LSSIP documents, with the planned means & dates of compliance of their ANSPs.
COM09-ASP01 Migrate international or regional X.25 data networking facilities and/or services
to IP Start:09/2009 Finish:07/2010
Action by : ANS Providers
Description & purpose : - Stipulate to the national regulator the planned means of compliance with Commission Regulation No 633/2007 of 7 June 2007 laying down requirements for the application of a Flight Message Transfer Protocol (FMTP and the services concerned).
- Prepare internal business and safety cases for their National Regulator. - Stipulate the target date of compliance.
Finalisation criteria : The EUROCONTROL Agency (if PENS selected) informed by the National regulator of: - The planned means of compliance;
- The target date of compliance.
COM09-ASP03 Migrate international or regional X.25 data networking facilities and/or services
to IPv6 Start:01/2006 Finish:12/2014
Action by : ANS Providers
Description & purpose : Implement or purchase IP network services to enable international communication exchange on IPS based protocol. Implement the necessary IPv4/IPv6 translation device if required.
COM09
Migrate ground international or regional X.25 data networks or services to the Internet Protocol (IP)
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Finalisation criteria : International and regional ATM applications stipulated to make use of IPv6 networks are in operation under IPv6.
COM09-AGY01 Report on PENS performance Start:09/2009 Finish:12/2011
Action by : EUROCONTROL Agency
Description & purpose : Based on PENS Users' Service Level Agreement (SLA) reports, establish a yearly consolidated report to allow effective management of the PENS Contract.
Finalisation criteria : This action will be stated finalised after acceptation by the PSSG of the PENS performance reports covering the first two years.
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COM10
Migrate from AFTN to AMHSREG ASP MIL APO USE INT IND
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Description & purpose
The purpose of this objective is to enable EATM Network-wide support of a specific profile of the Extended level of service of the ATSMHS (ATS Message Handling Service), as defined by ICAO. An initial transition step supporting migration from the AFTN to the Basic ATSMHS level of service is foreseen.
AFTN, complemented in Europe by the CIDIN, has provided an effective store-and-forward messaging service for the conveyance of text messages, using character-oriented procedures, for many years. However AFTN / CIDIN technology is now becoming obsolescent, and is not sufficiently flexible to support future messaging requirements. It is intended that existing AFTN and CIDIN users and systems will transition to more modern technology, using the ATSMHS application, defined by ICAO to replace the AFTN telegraphic style of working with a store-and-forward Message Handling System based on international Standards and providing enhanced functionality.
This implementation objective makes use of the EUROCONTROL Specification 0136, Edition number 2.0 "EUROCONTROL specification on the Air Traffic Services Message Handling System (AMHS)" recognised as Community Specification in the Official Journal of the European Union (ref. OJ C 323, 31.12.2009, p. 24), to help the ground ATS Messaging systems of the EATM Network to meet the essential requirements for interoperability mandated by Commission Regulation (EC) No 552/2004. In
application of Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 552/2004, compliance with the essential requirements for interoperability shall be presumed for AMHS systems, together with the associated procedures, that meet the AMHS Community Specification. Note: For global AMHS address management ICAO has strongly recommended the use of the ATS Messaging Management Centre (AMC) implemented by EUROCONTROL under the aegis of the ICAO EUR Office (Paris) to every ICAO Contracting State worldwide, as soon as there is an AMHS project or implementation in that State.
Applicable area(s) Operational capability dates FOR THIS OBJECTIVE
Initial operational capability: 12/2011 All ECAC States
Full operational capability: 12/2014
References
European ATM Master Plan relationship
Enabler - [CTE-C10]-AMHS
OI step - [AOM-0202]-Enhanced Real-time Civil-Military Coordination of Airspace Utilisation (Step to be reviewed)
Applicable legislation
Council Decision of 30 March 2009 endorsing the European Air traffic Management Master Plan of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) project (2009/320/EC)
Applicable ICAO Annexes and other references
Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) for the ATSMHS application are specified in ICAO Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Annex 10 Volume II, Chapter 4.6 and Volume III, Part I, Chapter 3.5.3). These SARPs refer to detailed specifications in the relevant technical Manual (ICAO Doc 9880 Part IIB).
Stakeholder Lines of Action (SloA )
SloA ref. Title Start Finish
COM10-ASP01 Implement AMHS capability (Basic ATSMHS) and gateway facilities to AFTN
01/2002 12/2011 ▲
COM10-ASP02 Implement regional boundary gateways 01/2002 12/2011 ▲
COM10-ASP03 Enhance AMHS capability (Extended ATSMHS) 01/2012 12/2014 ▲
COM10-ASP04 Ensure the conformity of AMHS systems and associated procedures 01/2002 12/2014 ▲
COM10-ASP05 Organise personnel awareness and training 01/2002 12/2014 ▲
COM10-ASP06 Participate in AMC activities for ATS Messaging Management 01/2007 12/2014 ▲
COM10-IND01 Ensure the conformity of AMHS systems 01/2002 12/2014