1. Presented to: By: Date: Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP- Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 July 18-20, 2011 FAA

2. 2 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Took place from 16 to 25 May 2011 at Sheraton Crystal City Hotel- Arlington, Virginia Has brought together system experts working for companies operating in the aeronautical voice communication field; Their objective has been to test interoperability over a Local Area Network between Voice over IP interfaces integrated within the next generation of Voice Communication System, Radio, Voice Recorder and Radio gateway equipment, developed by market players to a common specification (ED docs + FAA addendums) This event supports the eventual deployment of the VoIP capable equipment within an Air Traffic management environment.

3. 3 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 Product Interoperability

4. 4 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 : - FAA VoIP IE Network Diagram

5. 5 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 Reflections on the Event There was active involvement by all Vendors in build-up to FAA VoIP-IE with Website, Email Reflector and 4 Teleconferences. –Thanks to all participants for all the valuable contributions especially for feedback to ED137 documents, FAA addendums and Test specifications Involvement of all players during Test selection process –Test cases based on FAA addendum specifications while others were extracted from EUROCONTROL Test specifications. –Proposed test case document with high level descriptions made it easier to agree on which tests should be implemented for the Event. A Daily Points of day session was organised to identify and discuss problems and monitor progress being made. Demo sessions allowed each vendor to present their products to the FAA and ANSP observers;

6. 6 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 Vendor Statistics VENDORS ATTENDING EVENT: 12 EQUIPMENT TYPES: 4 (VCS.RAD,RRC,REC) SINGLE PRODUCTS BEING TESTED: 16 VCS VENDORS ATTENDING: 6 RADIO VENDORS ATTENDING: 4 RRC VENDORS ATTENDING: 4 RECORDER VENDORS ATTENDING: 2

7. 7 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 7 Participating Vendors

8. 8 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 Test Schedule Statistics Pairing type Slots Slot duration (Hours) Test time (Hours) VCS-RADIO20480 VCS-RRC16348 VCS-VCS15460 VCS-RADIO RECORDER 12224 DEMO11222 Total Slots/ Test time 74 234 hours

9. 9 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 Build-up to Event Event Website on-line from December 2010; Wide range of documents developed for event; –Non-disclosure agreements; –Event Pre-conditions/ Event execution procedures; –Test Specifications (Tel/Radio/RRC/Recorder) based on FAA addendums +Eurocontrol Test Specifications –Guidelines docs (Recorder/RRC); –FAA addendum for Override Call; –Vendor pairing schedules, address plan, test report sheets; Network architecture; 4 teleconferences (Feb/March/April); Wide use of an email reflector for technical email exchange;

10. 10 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 Standards and Specifications –Recorder Specification for FAA Interoperability event (18 April 2011) –Radio Test Specification for FAA Interoperability event (31 March 2011) –Telephone Test Specification for FAA Interoperability event (18 April 2011) –FAA Addendum for Override call requirements and specification (18 April 2011) –Remote Radio Control (RRC) Specification for FAA Interoperability event (31 March 2011) General Documents –FAA Interoperability Event Test List –FAA VoIP INTEROPERABILITY EVENT COMPANY PAIRING SCHEDULE (ed 1.3) –Tests proposed for FAA Interoperability event (Dec 20, 2010) –FAA Interoperability Event Test list (ed 0.3) –Pre-conditions for FAA Interoperability event (Dec 20, 2010) –NDA – Confidentiality Agreement (two copies to be signed and returned) –Analog UHF/VHF Radio Setup and Interface Information (21 April 2011) Event document summary

11. 11 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 ED137A –ACP WGI 13-WPx Requested Changes to ED137A Part 1 (Updated post: March, 2011) –ACP WGI 13-WPx Requested Changes to ED137A Part 2 (Updated post: March, 2011) Procedures and Guidelines –Event execution procedures for FAA Interoperability event (Dec 20, 2010) –Travel Authorization Procedures for FAA Interoperability event (Dec 20, 2010) –Guideline for recorder tests during FAA Interoperability event (14 April 2011) –Guidelines for RRC tests during FAA Interoperability event (31 March 2011) –Shipping guidelines for FAA Interoperability event (Dec 20, 2010) –Address Plan Edition 0.3 –Network Architecture Revision 04082011 –Test Room layout Event document summary

12. 12 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 8-day Test Session Report Summary

13. 13 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 Final VCS – GRS results Summary Number of tests per test session: 32 Number of Sessions: 20 Of the 20 reported sessions 20 were agreed (100.0%) Interoperability OKNO 614 (99.3%) 4 (0.7%) Not Executed OTNA 1 0.15% 21 3.2% Totals RunResults 618 96.5% 640

14. 14 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 Final VCS – RRC results summary Remote Radio Control (RRC) Gateway Number of tests per test session: 27 Number of Sessions: 16 Of the 16 reported sessions 16 were agreed (100.0%) Interoperability OKNO 420 (98.8%) 5 (1.2%) Not Executed OTNA 2 0.5% 5 1.2% Totals RunResults 425 98.4% 432

15. 15 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 Final VCS – VCS results summary Number of tests per test session: 22 + 8 optional Number of Sessions: 30 Of the 30 reported sessions 30 were agreed (100.0%) Interoperability OKNO 680 (97.0%) 21 (3.0%) Not Executed OTNA 19 2.6% 20 2.7% Totals RunResults 701 94.7% 740

16. 16 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 Final REC – VCS results summary Number of tests per test session: 14 Number of Sessions: 4 Of the 4 reported sessions 4 were agreed (100.0%) Interoperability OKNO 43 (91.5%) 4 (8.5%) Not Executed OTNA 0 0.0% 9 16.07% Totals RunResults 47 83.9% 56

17. 17 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 Final REC – GRS results summary Number of tests per test session: 6 Number of Sessions: 2 Of the 2 reported sessions 2 were agreed (100.0%) Interoperability OKNO 8 (100%) 0 (0.0%) Not Executed OTNA 0 0.0% 4 33.3% Totals RunResults 8 66.66% 12

18. 18 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 Final combined results summary Total Number of Test Sessions: 63 Interoperability OKNO 1765 (98.1%) 34 (1.9%) Not Executed OTNA 22 1.2% 59 3.1% Totals RunResults 1799 94.7% 1880

19. 19 Federal Aviation Administration FAA VoIP Interoperability Event Summary Report ICAO WG-I/14 – July 18-20, 2011 FAA VoIP IE Conclusions The event has shown that interoperability problems have been identified and many have been resolved during the vent. The event has identified the weak points in Specifications and test specifications; Overall high percentages of interoperability achieved during the test sessions at this event has been excellent; This demonstrates a very high level of confidence by all participating vendors in the standards being used. The feedback from this event to the standards and addendums will now being used to correct those last few percent of non- interoperability. Huge progress has been demonstrated for the Recorder interoperability for this first event that includes recorder vendors. The FAA will distribute FAA VoIP IE final report in August 2011.