Hosted by the NASA Glenn Research Center Space Communications Program
April 26–30, 2004
Hyatt Fair Lakes Hotel
Fairfax, VA
- Conference General Chair: Denise Ponchak, NASA
- Technical Program Chair: Gene Fujikawa, NASA
Proceedings CD-ROMs were mailed to all registered attendees. Conference proceedings for others are available at NASA Technical Reports Server (ICNS 2004).
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Opening Plenary Session |
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| Keynote Address | Victor Lebacqz, Associate Administrator for Aeronautics, NASA Headquarters |
| The ATO and the NAS Architecture | Ann Tedford, Manager, Operations Planning Systems Engineering, Federal Aviation Administration |
| JPDO Overview & Status | Karl Grundmann, Communications Director, Joint Planning & Development Office |
| Department of Homeland Security Programs (No Presentation Available) | Paul Polski, Chief of Staff, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security |
| Enabling America’s Next Generation of Aviation Vehicles – UAV’s | John S. Walker, President, JSWalker Group/Aviation Solutions, Inc. |
| CNS Implementation – An Airline Perspective | Ira Pearl, Director, Flight Operations Technical Support, Delta Air Lines |
| Transportation Network Topologies | Bruce Holmes, Associate Director, Airspace Systems Programs Office, NASA Langley Research Center and John Scott, Icosystems, Inc. |
| Aviation Weather Roadmaps | Sadegh Kavoussi, President, AvMet Applications International, LLC |
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Session A1 – CNS Systems & Architectures |
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| Pilot’s Perspective: The Road to Future I-CNS Applications | Rip Torn and Robert Wayne, Air Line Pilot Association, International |
| The Next NAS – 2025 Demand Projections | Michael Harrison, Aviation Management Associates, Inc. |
| Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Cargo System | Kevin Han, Miguel Martin del Campo, Libni Ortiz, Indah Leo, Chnur Muhammad, Angela Garcia, George Donohue, George Mason University and Herman Rediess, Federal Aviation Administration |
| Air and Ground ATM Systems Integration Need or Fashion…. | Jean-Claude Richard, Air Traffic Alliance |
| Global Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance Systems Program Progress and Plans | Chip Meserole, Boeing Phantom Works |
| Emergent Issues of Network Centric Architectures and Shared Infrastructures | Marie Stella, Federal Aviation Administration |
| Air Transportation Infrastructure Concept for the 21st Century | Herman Rediess, Federal Aviation Administration |
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Session A2 – Communications Datalink |
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| Seamless Integration of VDL into the NAS with the Multimode Digital Radio | Frank Jaworski, Jim McChesney and Chang Zhang, ITT Aerospace |
| Operational Benefits of Transitioning the Traditional Voice-based Controller/Pilot COM Radio System to Digital Technology | Tom Davis and Steve Dougherty, Raytheon Company |
| MMDA Qualification Issues | Michael Kocin, ViaSat, Inc. |
| SITA AIRCOM Data Link Services and Products | Kathleen Kearns, SITA |
| Next Generation FANS over Inmarsat BGAN | Dave Morse and Karl Griep, Avaliant, and Rich Deininger, Tectura |
| Protocol Support for a New Satellite-Based Airspace Communication Network | Yadong Shang, Michael Hadjitheodosiou and John Baras, University of Maryland |
| B-VHF – A Multi-Carrier Broadband Communications Concept for Air Traffic Management in the VHF Band | Bernhard Haindl, Miodrag Sajatovic, Christoph Rihacek, Johannes Prinz, Frequentis GmbH and Michael Schnell, DLR |
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Session A3 – Surface |
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| Architecture and Interfaces for Runway Safety Systems | Eric Chartier, Architecture Technology Corporation and Dan Hicok, Federal Aviation Administration |
| A Demonstration of the Final Approach Runway Occupancy Signal (FAROS) | Jaime Figueroa, Federal Aviation Administration and Kirk Swanson, Architecture Technology Corporation |
| Airport Surface Surveillance: An Alternate Approach | Kirk Swanson, Architecture Technology Corporation and Dan Hicok, Federal Aviation Administration |
| Very Closely Spaced Parallel Approaches (VCSPA) | Siroos Sekhavat Tafti, George Mason University |
| Fleet Mixture and Arrival Rate Estimation at Memphis International Airport | Ben Levy, J. Legge, M. Romano, R. Collins, Sensis Corporation and Chris Daskalakis, DOT, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center |
| Adaptive Channel Equalization for a Potential Airport Wireless Local Area Network | Minh Nguyen and Izabela Gheorghisor, The MITRE Corporation |
| Determination of Controller Issued Taxi Clearances | Brent Midwood, US DOT, Volpe Center |
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Session B1 – Weather Information Communication, WINCOMM and Aviation Weather |
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| WINCOMM Project Overview | Michael Jarrell, NASA Glenn Research Center and Thomas Tanger, Ohio Aerospace Institute |
| Weather Products for Airspace Management | Thomas Fraim, NOAA |
| Pilot Weather Needs: Understanding, Quantification, Value | James Tauss, Aviation Management Associates, Inc. |
| A New Aviation Weather Technology that Forecasts NEXRAD Reflectivity Fields | Mike Cetinich, Jeppesen and Mike Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies |
| Oceanic Weather Product Development | Tenny Lindholm, The National Center for Atmospheric Research (presented by Gary Blackburn) |
| Communication Requirements and Architectures for Flight Information Services | Robert Nichols, Robert Pattay and Sunita Munjal, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Airport and Terminal Area Communications Architectures | Sunita Munjal, Robert S. Pattay, and Robert A. Nichols, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Analysis of Candidate Communication Architectures for TAMDAR Implementation in 2007-2015 | Michael Castle, The John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Flight Test of Weather Data Exchange Using the UAT ADS-B Data Link | Louis Buell, Wayne Buhrman and Lawrence Bachman, The John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Flight Test of Weather Data Exchange Using the 1090 Extended Squitter (1090ES) and VDL Mode 3 Data Links | James Griner, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| Linked Radar Study | James Joyce, Honeywell |
| A Low Cost Single Chip VDL Compatible Transceiver ASIC | Robert Becker, Honeywell |
| Enhancing In-Flight Transoceanic Communications Using Swift-64 Packet Mode Service | Richard Slywczak, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| ESCAN | Lisa Lust, Honeywell |
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Session B2 – Surveillance Session |
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| Aircraft Surveillance Applications (Extracts from ASA MASPS, DO-289) | Steve Koczo, Rockwell Collins and Jonathan Hammer, The MITRE Corporation |
| Determination of Requirements for Automatic Dependent Surveillance –Broadcast (ADS-B) to ADS-B Three Nautical Miles (nm) Separation Standard | Stan Jones, The MITRE Corporation (presented by Chris Moody) |
| Effect of ADSB on Near Mid-Air Collision Rates of GA Aircraft | Richard Theokas, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University |
| Terminal Area Surveillance at Innsbruck Airport | Werner Langhans, Austro Control |
| Two Advanced Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) Applications Within the FAA Safe Flight 21 Program | Randall Bone, The MITRE Corporation |
| FAA Safe Flight 21 En Route and Oceanic Applications | Chris Daskalakis and Patrick Martone, U.S. DOT Volpe Center |
| Safe Flight 21 East Coast Implementation of Broadcast Services | Robert Strain, The MITRE Corporation |
| CDM – An Integral Component of Air Traffic Management | Carol Huegel, Sensis Corporation |
| ADS-B Performance in the TRACON for DAG-TM Concept Element 11 | Rajesh Raghaven, Analex Corporation |
| The Road to Free-Flight: Delivery of Trajectory Intent Information to the Flight Deck | Rajesh Raghaven, Analex Corporation |
| Assigning Uplink Resources for the Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) | Chris Moody, Warrant Wilson and Izabela Gheorghisor, The MITRE Corporation |
| FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure – (FTI) the Foundation for Surveillance Data Network (SDN) | Robert Coulson, Harris Corporation and Scott Remillard, Sensis Corporation |
| Provision of a Distributed, Integrated ATM Displays for Global CNS System | Ian Wilson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University |
| Implementation of New Technologies in Radar Systems | Michael Coluzzi, Larry Carlin, Makoto Igawa and Bernard Rees, ITT Gilfillan |
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Session B3 – Simulation & Modeling |
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| The Processing of Airspace Concept Evaluations Using FASTE-CNS as a Pre- or Post-Simulation CNS Analysis Tool | Steven Mainger, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| Proposed Development of NASA Glenn Research Center’s Aeronautical Network Research Simulator (ANRS) | Thanh Nguyen, Analex Corporation, Robert Kerczewski, NASA Glenn Research Center, Chris Wargo, CNS, Inc., Michael Kocin, and Manuel Garcia, ViaSat Inc. |
| Simulation of Controller Pilot Data Link Communications Over VHF Digital Link Mode 3 | Steven Bretmersky, Robert Murawski, Cleveland State University, Thanh Nguyen and Rajesh Raghavan, Analex Corporation |
| Data Communications Performance of AOCDL and AUTOMET Over a VDL Mode 2 Link | Steven Bretmersky, Robert Murawski, Vijay Konangi, Cleveland State University and Robert Kerczewski, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| A Performance Study of the VDL Mode 3 Subnetwork Aircraft MAC Sublayer Random Access Algorithm | Brian Hung, The MITRE Corporation |
| ERLANG B/C Link Availability/Blockage for Data and Voice Over VDL Mode 3 | Mohammed Shamma, Analex Corporation |
| Investigation of Party Line Voice over Inmarsat’s Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS) | Richard Deininger, Steve Knapp, Dave Morse, Karl Griep, Samson Million, Tectura Corporation and Avaliant |
| Aviation Communications Emulation Testbed | Charles Sheehe, NASA Glenn Research Center and Thomas Mulkerin, Mulkerin Associates Inc. |
| Agent-Based Modeling Capability for Integrated CNS-NAS Simulation | Goutam Satapathy and Vikram Manikonda, Intelligent Automation, Inc. |
| Oceanic Situational Awareness for the North Atlantic Corridor | Bryan Welch and Israel Greenfeld, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| Airborne Networks: Beyond Connectivity | Yiyuan Zhao, University of Minnesota and Maggie Cheng, University of Missouri |
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Session B4 – Security |
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| Can Current Cyber Security Policies Meet NAS Security and Safety Needs? | Marie Stella, Federal Aviation Administration |
| Link Security for Aeronautical Wireless Networks | Simon Blake-Wilson, BCI, Kelly Mesveskas and Vic Patel, Federal Aviation Administration |
| Security Architecture for Aeronautical Networks | Robert Stephens, Boeing Air Traffic Management, Tectura Corporation |
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Session C1 – Navigation Session |
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| Alternative Obstacle Clearance Criteria for RNP RNAV Instrument Approaches | S. Vince Massimini and Frederick Niles, The MITRE Corporation |
| Extending Wide Area Augmentation System Service into Central and South America | Deihim Hashemi and Daniel O’Laughlin, The MITRE Corporation |
| Methods for Computing Navigation Accuracy Category (NAC) for Traffic Information Service-Broadcast (TIS-B) | Roxaneh Chamlou, The MITRE Corporation |
| Integrated GPS/Loran Prototypes for Aviation Applications | G. Linn Roth, Locus, Inc. and Mitchell Narins, Federal Aviation Administration |
| Development of Global Positioning System Prediction Tools to Support Flight Planning | Jon Parmet, Jayne Rossetti and Karen Van Dyke, DOT Volpe Center |
| New Inertial Sensor for Aviation Navigation Application | John Jackson, Alton Highsmith, R. K. Pandey and L. T. Wurtz, The University of Alabama |
| Effectiveness of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) Ground Based Transceiver (GBT) Parrot System in Alaska | Young Lee, Chris Moody and James Reagan, The MITRE Corporation |
| Short Baseline Interferometry for Precision Landing | Richard Orr, Satel |
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Session C2 – Spectrum |
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| A Survey of Possible Methods for Mitigating the Impact of Radio Frequency Interference on Satellite Navigation Systems Used for Precision Approach | James Carroll, U.S. Department of Transportation/Volpe Center |
| Test Plan: Measurements of the Effects of UWB Devices on Aeronautical Radios (Presentation Not Available) | James Hollansworth, NASA Glenn Research Center and Jay Ely, NASA Langley Research Center |
| Frequency Spectrum for New Aviation Data Links: Initial Study Results | David Matolak, Ohio University and James Branstetter, Federal Aviation Administration |
| Minimizing Interference in Dense Packaging Environments | Steve Ferguson and Michael Violette, Washington Laboratories, Ltd |
| Nationwide Capacity of a Digital Air/Ground Radio System for Air Traffic Services | Frank Box, Philip Long and Richard Snow, The MITRE Corporation |
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Session C3 – IP Based Transition for Aviation |
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| IPv6 and Interoperability | Waseem Naqvi, Raytheon |
| IPv6 Test Bed for Testing Aeronautical Applications | Ryan Wilkins, Infinite Global Infrastructures, Chris Dhas, Computer Networks & Software, Inc. and Michael Zernic, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| Aviation and IPv6 | Sachin Lal, Anil Kumar, Computer Networks & Software, Inc. and Manu Khanna, Comptel, Inc. |
| IPv6, Mobile IP, and Ad Hoc Technologies in Aeronautical Telecommunications Network: Putting the Pieces Together | Hussein Ali and Robert Rushing, Planning Systems, Inc. |
| Architectural Issues with the Use of IPSec | Ruben Bigio, Federal Aviation Administration, Simon Blake-Wilson, Jamie Chappell, Luoping Liu, BCI, Vic Patel, William J. Hughes FAA Technical Center, and Jim Simpkins, BCI |
| IP Use of VDL Mode 2 | Jocelyn Descaillot, SITA |
| IMT2000 Satellite Standards with Applications to Mobile Air Traffic Communications Networks | Mohammed Shamma, Analex Corporation |
| Keeping Air Traffic Services Safe in a COTS Communications Environment | Diptesh Patel, National Air Traffic Services Ltd. |
| Communication and the Future of Air Traffic Management | Mary Ellen Miller and Steven Dougherty, Raytheon |
| Next Generation Data Link Applications | Peter Grogan, ARINC |
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Session C4 – SWIM |
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| Net-Centric Operations – Challenges of Change | Tim Wallace, Federal Aviation Administration |
| ATO-P (ASD 100)/ITT SWIM Architecture Development | Jenny Jin, Tricia Gilbert, Stephen Henriksen, ITT Industries and Joshua Hung, Federal Aviation Administration |
| System Wide Information Management Prototyping Activities | Duane Harkness, Avaliant LLC and Paul Comitz, Boeing Air Traffic Management |
| System-Wide Information Management for Aeronautical Communications | Mark Taylor, The Boeing Company |
| System Wide Information Management (SWIM) for Global Air Traffic Management (ATM) | Leon Sayadian and Eric Weill, Federal Aviation Administration |
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Session C5 – Airborne Internet |
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| Airplanes as a Network…Information Connectivity in Aviation: Societal Trends – NOW is the Right Time to Create the “Network In The Sky” | Ralph Yost, William J. Hughes Technical Center |
| A Data Communications Concept for a SATS Scenario | James Hurlburt and Thomas Mulkerin, Mulkerin Associates Inc. |
| Transformational Cost Reduction for Airborne Internet | William McNary, Aerosat |
| Not Your Daddy’s Data Link – Musings on Datalink Communications | James Branstetter, Federal Aviation Administration |
| Implementing the AIRborne InterNET (AIR_NET) | Joe Burns, United Airlines |
| MobiWeb: Bandwidth Management for a Collaborative Information Environment | Noel Schmidt, ATC Corporation |
| Airborne Internet Consortium Concept | James Meer, Microflight and Paul Masson, STARNet, LLC |
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Session C6 – Demonstrations |
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| Global Communications, Navigation and Surveillance System (GCNSS) Flight Demonstrations | Robert Oxborrow, Boeing Company (presented by Robert Struth) Paul Comitz, Brian Lewis, Paul Mallasch, Mike Mullins, Jimmy Rowlette, Edgar van Lieshout, Boeing ATM Demo Team |
| IPv4 Mobile Router Testing with the NASA Glenn Aero/Mobile Communications Van | David Brooks, Ryan Wilkins, Infinite Global Infrastructures and Doug Hoder, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| NASA’s Wake Acoustics Research | Frank Wang, Hadi Wassaf, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Robert Dougherty, OptiNav, Inc., Kevin Clark, Andrew Gulsrud, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Neil Fenichel, Microstar Laboratories, and Wayne Bryant, NASA Langley Research Center |
| Alaska’s Capstone Program – Integrating Communications, Navigation and Surveillance | Daniel Stapleton and James Cieplak, The MITRE Corporation |
| AFAS – Aircraft in the Future ATM System | Pierre Depape, Airbus |
| Overview of NASA Glenn Aero/Mobile Communication Demonstrations | David Brooks, Ryan Wilkins Infinite Global Infrastructures and Doug Hoder, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| NEMO Experiments | William Ivancic, NASA Glenn Research Center |
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Workshop Breakout Sessions |
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| Certification | Lance Sherry, George Mason University and Leonard Schuchman, Satel LLC |
| Improving VHF Spectrum Utilization | Monty Andro, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| System Wide Information Management (SWIM) | Michael Hritz and Shirley McGowan, Federal Aviation Administration and Cal Ramos, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| Multifunction Avionics | Marty Pozesky, MTP Associates and James Budinger, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| Weather Information Communications | Mike Jarrell, NASA Glenn Research Center and Thomas Tanger, Ohio Aerospace Institute |
| A Global Solution for the Future ATC Communications System | Brent Phillips, Federal Aviation Administration and Robert Kerczewski, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| Executive Committee Meeting | |
| Executive Committee Final Report | Executive Committee |