RTCA DO 193 : 1986

Foreword
Executive summary
Glossary of terms/acronyms and definitions
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Terms of reference
1.2 Committee organization
1.2.1 Operations working group
1.2.2 Technology working group
1.2.3 Transition/economics working group
1.3 Other related activity
1.4 Airspace systems functions not studies
1.5 Membership
2.0 Assumptions and postulated environment
2.1 Coverage
2.1.1 Likely modification of coverage requirements
2.2 Airspace management
2.3 Collision risk
2.4 En route airspace
2.5 Airspace altitude limits
2.6 Terminal airspace
2.7 Aircraft characteristics
2.8 Avionics equipment
2.9 Communications
2.10 Pilot proficiency
2.11 Operational responsibilities
2.12 Safety
2.13 Search and rescue
3.0 Demand forecasts
3.1 Estimates of U.S. and global civil fleets and
          hours flow through 2010
3.2 Assumptions respecting future fleet mix
3.2.1 Air carrier
3.2.2 General aviation
3.3 PIAC for selected global areas - 1995 and 2010
3.4 PIAC for United States
3.4.1 Busy center PIAC
3.4.2 Busy terminal area PIAC
4.0 The operational environment in the year 2010
          as proposed by the airspace users
4.1 Introduction
4.2 General requirements
4.3 The communications systems
4.4 Navigation systems
4.5 Surveillance systems
4.6 Terminal area facilities
5.0 Comparison of user CNS requirements of
          section 4.0 with NAS plan requirements
5.1 General
5.2 Comparison
5.3 Summary/conclusions
6.0 System design considerations
6.1 Redundancy requirements in CNS functions
6.1.1 Introduction
6.1.2 Redundancy in the system design
6.1.3 Duplicate systems for redundancy
6.2 Adaptive update rates for surveillance and
          navigation
6.2.1 Surveillance update rates
6.2.2 Navigation update rates
6.3 Man and CNS
7.0 Technology
7.1 New technology developments
7.2 Technology available to meet operational
          requirements
7.2.1 Projected system architecture
7.2.1.1 Communications
7.2.1.2 Navigation
7.2.1.3 Surveillance
7.2.1.4 Airspace management
7.2.1.5 Terminal areas
7.2.1.6 Airports/heliports
8.0 Spectrum requirements
8.1 Basis of requirements
8.2 Functions requiring spectrum support
8.2.1 Existing systems
8.2.2 General
8.2.3 Communications
8.2.3.1 Air traffic services (ATS)
8.2.3.2 Operational control communications
8.2.4 Navigation
8.2.5 Surveillance
8.2.5.1 Automatic dependent surveillance
8.2.5.2 Cooperative independent surveillance
8.3 Required information and data rate to support
          it
8.3.1 General
8.3.2 Digital data communication flow
8.4 Analysis of spectrum requirements
8.4.1 Satellite system digital data communication
          spectrum requirements
8.4.2 Frequency re-use
8.4.3 Satellite system voice spectrum requirements
8.4.4 Terrestrial system voice and data spectrum
          requirements
8.4.5 Spectrum needs for operational control
          communications
8.4.6 Spectrum requirements for satellite navigation
          service
8.4.7 Spectrum requirements for space-based
          cooperative independent surveillance
8.4.8 The global system
8.4.9 Spectrum requirements for areas adjacent to
          multi-beam systems
8.4.10 Summary of global spectrum requirements in the
          bands 1,545 - 1,559 MHz and 1,646.5 - 1.660.5
          MHz
8.4.11 Other requirements
8.4.11.1 Feeder links
8.4.11.2 World-wide uniformity
8.4.11.3 Aeronautical general communications (AGC)
8.5 Assumptions
8.6 Associated new developments
8.6.1 Radio determination satellite systems (RDSS)
8.6.2 Frequency re-use for spread spectrum systems
9.0 Transition
9.1 General
9.2 Transition considerations from a user
          perspective
9.2.1 The premise
9.2.2 The ground rule
9.2.3 Rate of transition
9.2.4 National and International considerations
9.2.5 The orderly transition
9.3 Transition factors
9.4 Other constraints
9.5 CNS capabilities and system technology
          projections
9.5.1 Communications
9.5.2 Navigation
9.5.3 Surveillance
9.6 Cost/benefit study
9.6.1 The purpose of the study
9.6.2 CNS system architecture
9.6.3 Cost/benefits
9.6.4 Quantities
9.6.5 Transition and implementation
9.6.6 Conclusion
10.0 Conclusions and recommendations
10.1 Conclusions
10.2 Recommendations
Appendices
A Text of FAA letter dated June 8, 1983, requesting
   RTCA to consider establishing a special committee
B Air/ground communications
C Navigation and surveillance systems
D User needs
E Some likely modifications to coverage requirements
F Cost/benefit study
G Membership