1. Antonio Astorino Eurocontrol
AUTOMATION Spectrum and Frequency Information Resource (safire) – SFMS Project Update
Antonio Astorino
Eurocontrol

2. Content Project System Background Aims Benefits Update Way Ahead
Concept

3. Project Background
Project mandate from ECAC Ministers of Transport at MATSE/6
Called on EUROCONTROL to address the need for strong spectrum and frequency management mechanism
EUROCONTROL issued TRS 090/02 in August 2002, for which an external company successfully bid

4. What is Frequency management ?
Project Background (2)
What is Frequency management ?
Short term planning for new assignments or modified assignments
All Aviation systems (VHF, Navaids, radars codes etc..)
Long term planning
Strategic planning to anticipate frequency congestions
Verify (in)compatabilities of existing assignments with new requirements put forward by others adjacent states
Inter States Coordination (AFTN based to be replaced by internet), multicast messages
Regular review of frequency actual usage and parameters (coverage, sectors, FLs)
Ensuring Frequency usage transparency

5. MANIF PLANIF ODETE SFMS/ SENSI (vhf) PLANAIDS SAFIRE PLANNING JUSTIFY
SERVICE
IDENTIFY
FREQUENCY
SOLUTION
CO-ORDINATE/
REGISTER
IMPLEMENT
RE-ASSIGN
SUPPORT
ODETE
SFMS/
SAFIRE
COMMON CRITERIA [LEGAL, OPERATIONAL, TECHNICAL, STRATEGIC]
ASSIGNMENT DATA
AUDIT AND MONITORING
REPORTING
SENSI (vhf)
PLANAIDS
SPECTRUM
MNGTMNGT
ANALYSIS OF FREQUENCY USAGE
FREQUENCY REQUIREMENTS
FORECASTING AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

6. Project Benefits Unique central data source
Vs distributed multiple sources today
Limit coordination between States (and maybe eliminated in long term)
Free of error data reference for planning
Immediate availability of updated information
Authorised users only, independent supervision
Basis for frequency short (freq management) to long term planning (strategy development)
Basis for frequency audit process at European level

7. Project Aims Scope System Development Mechanism Support
To identify and document user requirements
System Development
To develop a secure, centrally managed system that will enable efficient and accurate management of aeronautical frequencies, and provide a comprehensive information resource to facilitate spectrum management
Mechanism Support
To provide support in the development of new procedures as required to establish the new Spectrum and Frequency Management Mechanism

8. Project Aims (2) System Support
To provide technical system support as it is brought into operation

9. Project Update Nearly completed project
Prototype system on-line
Live operations ONLY after database population process start (in 2005)
Will include a critical data quality review
Coherence
Data quality and reliability
Operational aspects
Will start with VHF assignments (so called COM2 Table)

10. System Main Aims
To provide one central database containing details of every frequency assignment in every aeronautical band as required
For Freq planners community
For spectrum managers
For other Users communities
As requested by States or international organisation and agreed by States
To provide web-based frequency co-ordination functionality with secure access restricted to authorised frequency managers
To ensure proposals contain agreed minimum information, and to apply integrity verification (CRC)
To provide download and synchronisation facilities
To provide export facilities in a format compatible with agreed planning tools (e.g. MANIF) and format (XML)

11. System Main Aims (2)
To provide backup, restore, archiving and retrieval of data
To provide authorised Users with a set of queries that will give information in support of spectrum studies, technical analyses and usage monitoring
To provide all users with general information about aeronautical spectrum
To be the foundation of a regular European audit process

12. Frequency & Spectrum Database Planning and Analysis Tools
System Concept
Frequency & Spectrum
Database
Security
Frequency & Spectrum Database
User Interface
Administrator
Casual Users
Authorised Users
Frequency Managers/STATES/NASPs
Spectrum Managers/STATES
ICAO
EUROCONTROL
Local Database
Planning and Analysis Tools
Audit
Backup
Archive
Monitoring/Reporting
Other Databases

13. Points of Contact EUROCONTROL: Mr Antonio Astorino or Anthony Stratton
Tel: or 3267