Anastasia Project Airborne Communication and Navigation Satellite Technologies And Techniques in a System Integrated Approach

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Anastasia ProjectAirborne Communication and
Navigation Satellite Technologies And Techniques
in a System Integrated Approach

• Presentation to NexSat Steering Group
• Alan Schuster Bruce, Thales Avionics UK
• 8 June 2004

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Contents

• What is Anastasia
• Scope
• Workpackages
• Schedule
• Partners
• Main Technical Issues
• Inputs from NexSat Steering Group to Anastasia
• Outputs from Anastasia to NexSat Steering Group
• What Anastasia Is Not
• Questions

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What Is Anastasia

• A Proposal Submitted in March 2004 for an EC 6th
  Framework Integrated Project to Investigate,
  Prototype and Demonstrate Advanced Satellite
  Technologies for Navigation and Communications
  for Civil Aircraft.
• Status - bid is being evaluated
• 4 year project. Expected to start in Jan 2005.
• This presentation just covers communication
  aspects

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Scope of Communication Aspects

• .work will concentrate on the design and
  implementation of a prototype, affordable
  aeronautical satcom system that will meet the
  evolving European ATM requirements. (Objective
  1)
• Evolving European ATM requirements primarily
  means NexSat
• Affordable means based on existing or planned
  space segment (eg Inmarsat BGAN). It is assumed
  that civil aviation can not afford its own
  satellite system.
• There is also a smaller amount of work on more
  long term avionic research including multi
  frequency antennas. ( Objective 2).

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Workpackages of Complete Project
WP 1 Management and coordination Thales Avionics Toulouse
WP 2 Needs and aircraft requirements Airbus
WP 3 Navigation Space Based Technologies Thales Avionics Valence
WP 4 Communication Space Based Technologies Thales Avionics UK
WP 5 Operational characterisation and evaluation DLR
WP 6 Dissemination Dassault
Workpackages relevant to NexSat
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WP4 Work Breakdown Structure
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WP4 Schedule
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Partners

• Core Team
• Thales-Avionics, Airbus, Dassault-Aviation, DLR
• Partners in communication Work Package(WP4)
• Airframers Airbus France, Airbus Deutschland,
• Satellite operator Inmarsat
• Research centres DLR, NLR,
• Universities Surrey Univ
• SME TGS, Gatehouse,
• Industrials Astrium, Thales Avionics UK, EADS CCR

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Main Technical Issues

• Smallest aircraft for easy install
• Is party line needed?
• Call set up times (voice and data)
• Repair times and consequent level of redundancy
• Voice and data bandwidths and quality of service
• TCPIP vs ATN

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Inputs Needed From NexSat Steering Group to
Anastasia

• Top level requirements to feed into WP2 (Needs
  and Aircraft Requirements) by year end
• WP2 is led by Airbus
• Discussions between NexSat steering group and WP2
  are foreseen
• Support for presenting the Anastasia architecture
  to ICAO etc

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Outputs from Anastasia to NexSat Steering Group

• Technical material
• A demonstration of a next generation satcom
  system that meets NexSat requirements
• A route to an implementation of NexSat

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What Anastasia Is Not

• It is not looking at the ground and air data
  applications/end systems.
• It is not developing certifiable avionics

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Questions

• Any questions?
• Further information from
• alan.schuster-bruce_at_uk.thalesgroup.com
• 44 20 8971 5407