ICAO Seminar on Aeronautical spectrum management Cairo, 7 17 June 2006 SAFIRE Spectrum and Frequency

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ICAO Seminar on Aeronautical spectrum
management(Cairo, 7 17 June 2006)
SAFIRESpectrum and Frequency Information
Resource(presented by Eurocontrol)
European Organisation for the Safety of Air
Navigation
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SAFIRE Briefing

• Background
• Purpose
• System Overview
• Data Structure
• User Types
• Demonstration site - web address

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SAFIRE BriefingBackground

• EUROCONTROL to address the need for a strong
  mechanism for the management, assignment and
  audit of the use of aviation spectrum within the
  airspace of ECAC States, in close co-operation
  with States and ICAO. (MATSE/6 meeting
  2000).
• Fundamental to fulfilling this requirement was
  the need for improved spectrum and frequency
  information that is accessible to member States
  and other appropriate organisations. The quality
  attributes of accuracy, currency and integrity of
  the information being of paramount importance.
• Initiation of project for the development of a
  Spectrum and Frequency Management System (SFMS)
  (2002)

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SAFIRE BriefingBackground

• The initiation of the original SFMS
  development was driven by the following objective
  ,
• To deliver-
• an accurate description of current frequency
  assignment and their operational usage
• a centralised database with appropriate security
  and confidentiality access levels
• frequency usage analyses for every frequency
  band
• access to technical analyses and aviation
  spectrum related studies

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SAFIRE BriefingCurrent frequency management
situation

• Frequency assignment data is held in national
  data bases / files, documentation
• Individual responsibility to track changes and
  maintain national data bases from the official
  register
• COM tables are published by ICAO, manual data
  entry
• COM table coordination of assignment proposals is
  by use of messages over AFTN
• VHF channel congestion in parts of Europe
  requires up to date knowledge of assignments to
  assist finding frequencies, manage shifts etc.

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SAFIRE BriefingPurpose

• All aviation frequency assignments centralised
  database
• Assist Frequency Planning proposal coordination
  tool
• Provide a history of assignments
• Monitoring of frequency usage e.g. congestion
  markers for short, mid long term, support for-
• Frequency demand models
• Planning simulations.
• User access controls
• Spectrum Area
• Documentation, analysis results
• Meeting coordination
• Criteria reference

Note Responsibility for the accuracy of the
data content of the frequency assignments is
with the State authority.
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SAFIRE Briefing System

• Central Database tables
• Frequency assignments
• User configuration
• Spectrum information

USERS
Internet Connection

• Frequency planner
• User access level
• E mail accounts
• Frequency Planning software

Internet server
SAFIRE
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SAFIRE BriefingData structure

• Based on format descriptions given in the ITU R
  1370 And 1413 documents
• There are some data differences such as in the
  coverage volume descriptions due to ITU reference
  being ground based
• Data elements are referenced by facility
  location, facility type. Optional station
  equipment detail is also possible.

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SAFIRE BriefingUser Access levels

• State Authorising person (SAP)
• SAFIRE Administrator
• State Frequency Managers
• State read access
• Special role
• ICAO (publication of COM tables)
• Eurocontrol (OPC frequency allocation)
• Capability to address new roles

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SAFIRE BriefingFrequency Management Process
Select data from SAFIRE
Logon to SAFIRE
Action ?
Compatibility check
Find frequency
Planning Software e.g. MANIF
Frequency OK?
Create Proposal for Coordination In SAFIRE
Logon to SAFIRE
Registration of assignment In SAFIRE
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SAFIRE BriefingProject Development
System Functional Requirements
Have been implemented by provision of-

• access levels
• allocation information
• web links to spectrum information
• message board facility
• data tables based on ITU RDD
• proposals, co-ordination messages and
  distribution lists
• Specified database queries
• regular data sampling
• report generation
• database functions export, comparison, backup
  and archive

• User accounts
• Spectrum data
• Spectrum links
• User information exchange
• Assignment management
• Frequency management
• Query Management
• Monitoring
• Reporting
• Database management

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SAFIRE BriefingProject status

• Current development has been completed
• Current deployment is now taking place as an
  operational evaluation phase for COM 2 table
  information
• Requires establishing the formal frequency
  Manager accounts
• Upload of the latest current COM 2 table data.
• COM3 and 4 data population to follow after
  finalising aspects of the data structure and
  approach to cleaning of existing tables.

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SAFIRE BriefingDemonstration internet site

• From here you can
• log in
• register
• select functionality

• http//www.its.stasys.co.uk/safire