ICAO Document 8071 Manual on Testing of Radio Navigation Aids

L. Nelson Spohnheimer, US FAA

ICAO Nav Systems Panel

Introductory Graphics

Darcy Sun Conure Tootsie Senegal

Sophie Solomon Island Eclectus

ICAO Doc 8071

Contains ground and flight testing guidance Volume 1 -- Conventional navaids except MLS, last published early 1970s Volume 2 -- GNSS (SatNav)
ABAS - Aircraft-Based Augmentation Systems SBAS -- Space-Based Augmentation Systems GBAS -- Ground-Based Augmentation Systems

Separate Volume, unchanged -- MLS

Doc 8071 Study Group

1995 -- All Weather Operations Panel formed TRNSG (Testing of Radio Navigation Aids Study Group) to revise Doc 8071
Initially 11 countries, 15 participants

2004 -- Navigation Systems Panel formed CN&TSG (Conventional NavAids & Testing Subgroup) to continue Doc 8071 work
Membership expanded

Doc 8071

Meetings

TRNSG Meetings - Vol. 1

TRNSG/1, Montreal, 10/95 -- conceptual
Informal, IFIS, Braunschweig, 06/96 -- conceptual

TRNSG/2, Montreal, 04/98

Informal, IFIS, Seattle, 06/98 Informal, Montreal, 01/99 - final editing meeting

TRNSG/3, Montreal, 03/00 -- reviewed Vol 1, began Volume 2, with major contribution from informal SatNav group

TRNSG Meetings - Vol. 2

TRNSG/3, Montreal, 03/00 -- began Volume 2
Informal, IFIS, Santiago, June 2000

TRNSG/4, Florida, 02/01, TRNSG5, Montreal, 03/02

Informal, IFIS, Rome, 06/02

TRNSG/5.5, Toulouse, 02/03 (GBAS Subgroup) TRNSG/6, Atlantic City, 08/03

CN&TSG Meetings - Vol. 1 & 2

1st Meeting, CN&TSG, Toulouse, 03/04
Preparation for St. Petersburg NSP Meeting 05/04 Review of outstanding issues with Doc 8071 Conventional and SatNav Review of work items on conventional navaids identified by TRNSG, 11th ANC and NSP WG1: DME, VOR, ILS, MLS

2nd Meeting, CN&TSG, St. Petersburg, 05/04

Doc 8071 Volume 1

Testing of Ground-Based Radio Navigation Systems, 4th Edition published 2000 Complete rewrite -- General Contents
Ch 1 -- General, Ch 2 -- VOR Ch 3 -- DME Ch 4 -- ILS Ch 5 -- NDB Ch 6 -- Enroute Markers Ch 7 -- PAR Ch 8 -- Instrument Flight Procedures

Appendix A -- ITU Recommendation ITU-R IL.1140, Nav Receiver RFI testing for FM Broadcast Immunity, 108-118 MHz. Appendix B -- ITU Recommendation ITU-R IS.1009-1, Compatibility RFI between FM Broadcast and Aeronautical Services, 108-137 MHz.

Changes to Volume 1
Hazardously Misleading Information (HMI) -5/01 ICAO State Letter New issues accumulated during Volume 2 meetings and discussions
VOR Orbits ILS Flyability Calibration requirements for Marker Beacons Protection of Navaids from Multipath (e.g., Wind Farms, Hangars, etc.)

Doc 8071 Volume 2

Testing of Satellite-Based Radio Navigation Systems, 4th Edition draft published 2002, Rome IFIS, Chapters 1 and 2 only, with request for comments
Ch 1 -- General Attachment 1 -- Flight Inspection Aircraft Attachment 2 -- Documentation and Data Recording Attachment 3 -- (GNSS) Interference Issues RFI Attachment 4 -- GNSS System Descriptions Ch 2 -- ABAS, Non-Precision Approach (NPA) Procedures

Doc 8071 Volume 2 Contd

Ch 3 -- SBAS (Procedures), ready for publication. . . System Description Ground Testing
System testing outside scope of 8071, to be performed by service provider or host States Airport Survey Accuracy GNSS Interference Testing (covered in Chapter 1) RFI Ground Test Requirements for SBAS Procedures & Final Approach Segment Accuracy

Doc 8071 Volume 2 Contd

Ch 3 SBAS Contents (contd) Airborne Testing (of SBAS Procedures)
Pre-departure checks In-flight activities -- maneuvering, procedure validation, interference RFI Reports and report forms Test equipment -- position-fixing system not required, stand-alone SBAS receiver or FMS must have manual entry capability, some parameter outputs recommended

Doc 8071 Volume 2 Contd

Ch 4 -- GBAS, recognized incomplete, will be updated after more experience, 2007 target date System Description
Accuracy assessments on ground, in-flight optional

Ground Testing
Accuracy (statistical, procedure TBD, proposed 24 hours) Broadcast Signal-in-Space integrity parameters Ranging interference RFI VHF Data Broadcast (VDB) Parameters Monitoring

Doc 8071 Volume 2 Contd

Ch 4 GBAS Contents (contd) Airborne Testing
Definition of when required (6 events) Details Pre-departure checks & In-flight activities (maneuvering, procedure validation, interference, coverage, identification, data content) RFI Position accuracy (optional, position-fixing required) Charts and reports Test equipment (receiver appropriate for phase of flight, with
modifications (e.g., operate in test mode, parameter outputs), positionfixing system for Cat II/III, data logging equipment

Future Work Plan for CN&TSG

Update and maintenance of Doc 8071 Review and update of SARPs for conventional navaids Review and update of guidance material for conventional navaids RNAV including update to SARPs to support application of DME in RNAV operations Next (NSP) meeting October 2004, Montreal

End -- Doc 8071 Update

Thank you for listening! Questions? Next Speaker -- Alessandro Capretti, Technical Officer ICAO CNS Section Topic: RFI
Next

End -- Doc 8071 Update

Thank you for listening! Questions? Next Speaker -- Alessandro Capretti, Technical Officer ICAO CNS Section Topic: RFI

End -- Doc 8071 Update

Thank you for listening! Questions? Next Speaker -- Alessandro Capretti, Technical Officer ICAO CNS Section Topic: RFI

SBAS Flight Testing Requirements

Prior to commissioning, each runway served and each approach If interference reported/suspected and ground testing cannot confirm elimination of the source RFI If procedure modified or new procedure introduced If changes to GBAS config occur such as the location of the GBAS ground subsystem antenna phase-center, the location of the data link transmit antenna, or the system database If site changes occur with potential to impact GNSS signal reception and data broadcast transmission Following certain maintenance activities If periodic flight tests are desired, parameters and intervals will be determined by individual states Back

SBAS Flight Testing Requirements

Prior to commissioning, each runway served and each approach If interference reported/suspected and ground testing cannot confirm elimination of the source RFI If procedure modified or new procedure introduced If changes to GBAS config occur such as the location of the GBAS ground subsystem antenna phase-center, the location of the data link transmit antenna, or the system database If site changes occur with potential to impact GNSS signal reception and data broadcast transmission Following certain maintenance activities If periodic flight tests are desired, parameters and intervals will be determined by individual states Back

SBAS Flight Testing Requirements

Prior to commissioning, each runway served and each approach If interference reported/suspected and ground testing cannot confirm elimination of the source RFI If procedure modified or new procedure introduced If changes to GBAS config occur such as the location of the GBAS ground subsystem antenna phase-center, the location of the data link transmit antenna, or the system database If site changes occur with potential to impact GNSS signal reception and data broadcast transmission Following certain maintenance activities If periodic flight tests are desired, parameters and intervals will be determined by individual states Back