AERA 2 System-Level Information Flows

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• Creators:
  Arthur, William C. ; Dubofsky, Dean F. ; Taber, Norma J.
• Corporate Creators:
  Mitre Corporation
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  AAS Advanced Automation System AERA 2 Air Traffic Controllers Automated En Route Air Traffic Control Decision Support Systems Human Machine Systems
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MTR-85W68
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mitre Corporation
• Abstract:
  A functional view of AERA 2 processing within the AAS is presented. The AERA 2 functions are identified and located within the data processing activities of the AAS (AERA 1 processing is assumed to be present); processing responsibilities of the AERA 2 functions are addressed; data flows between AERA 2 functions and functions outside of AERA 2 are shown. This document is a product of a structured analysis and system specification technique, and the contents are exhibited accordingly. AERA 2 introduces an automated capability to derive, and display to an appropriately chosen air traffic controller , resolutions to traffic conflicts, airspace conflicts, predicted noncompliance with certain flow restrictions, and nonconformance problems. The emphasis of this system-level information flows document is to locate these new automation system activities within the context of the other data processing activities of the air traffic control system and to identify needed enhancements to existing data processing functions, especially those belonging to AERA 1. In order to provide a better picture of how AERA 2 functions relate to AERA 2 capabilities and interact with the AAS, the AERA 2 processes are grouped into five categories: Input Processing, Detect Problems, Resolve Problems, Tabulate Workload, and Output Displays. This view is essentially independent of any particular implementation scheme, and addresses the necessary relationships between processing functions associated with AERA 2 and the system environment regardless of the eventual software design.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFA01-84-C-00001, project 1762A ; Dept. ; W-42
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4c6f2e2d5e1109c47283c2bfb2993e8ee3dc3ce8e61a039f4a94b933faf70cd3
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55831/dot_55831_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.38 MB ]