International Civil Aviation Organization

European and North Atlantic Office

ICAO EUR/NAT AMHS Workshop

Paris, 5-6 July 2008

ICAO EUR/NAT
 ICAO Global strategy framework
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Vision
Global ATM Operational Concept (Doc 9854)
Vision of integrated, harmonised and interoperable ATM up to
and beyond 2025.

Strategy
Global Air Navigation Plan (Doc 9750)
Strategic focus for near and medium term activities

Action
ICAO EUR Air Navigation Plan (Doc 7754)
Regional work programme, including the detailed planning and
monitoring activities with timescales.
(www.paris.icao.int/documents_open)
 ATN related framework
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ICAO SARPs Annex 10

• Amendment 83 (effective 20 Nov 2008)

Manual of technical provisions for the ATN (Doc 9705)

• ATSMHS part is obsolete
Superseded by Doc 9880

Comprehensive ATN Manual (Doc 9739)

• To be withdrawn
 New Documents
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Manual on detailed specification for ATN/OSI

(Doc 9880)
• ATSMHS was moved to Doc 9880 Part IIB
(https://www.icao.int/anb/panels/acp/repository.cfm)

Manual for the ATN using IPS standards and protocols

(Doc 9896)
• To be completed by November 2008
(http://www.icao.int/anb/panels/acp)
 Future work
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¾ Detailed provisions in the separate Manuals

¾ Reference to external standards is possible
¾ Transition to the performance based, high-
level functional requirements based SARPs
 ICAO EUR AMHS activities
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EANPG
ICAO European Air Navigation Planning Group

AFSG Aeronautical Fixed Service Group

Planning Group (AMHS/ATN implementation planning)

(study and resolution of technical issues)

Operations Group (study and resolution of operational issues)

Inter-Regional Coordination Team

 ICAO EUR AMHS Activities
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Relevant Tasks

¾ Support and monitoring of AMHS implementation in the

EUR Region.
¾ Identification and resolution of transition issues related with
AMHS implementation.
¾ Monitoring of AMHS operation and addressing of network
operation issues.
¾ Monitoring of ATS Messaging Management Centre (AMC)
implementation and coordination of AMC evolution.
¾ Management of AMC operation.
¾ Coordination with other ICAO Regions on AMHS operation
issues that have inter-Regional impact.
 ICAO EUR AMHS Activities
ICAO EUR/NAT Relevant Documentation
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¾ EUR AMHS Manual (ICAO EUR DOC 020)

¾ ATS Messaging Management Manual (ICAO EUR DOC 021)
¾ EUR/NAT PRMD Names and Addressing Plan Registry
¾ EUR AFTN/CIDIN/AMHS Routing Directory
and other operational documents published at AMC
¾ EUR AFS Security Guidelines (draft)

¾ Regional Supplementary Procedures (ICAO DOC 7030)

¾ EUR CIDIN Manual (ICAO EUR DOC 005)

¾ EUR ANP BASIC and FASID (ICAO DOC 7754)
 EUR AMHS Manual

ICAO EUR/NAT
Office EANPG Conclusion 48/35 stipulates that:

States in the EUR Region be invited to use the EUR AMHS Manual
(ICAO EUR DOC 020) as the basic Regional reference document
for AMHS implementation.

The EUR AMHS Manual, provides the technical and operational

information that is required for the specification, implementation,
testing and operation of AMHS systems and AMHS islands.Transition
planning issues and particular Regional issues(European flavor of
AMHS) are also addressed in the EUR AMHS Manual.
 EUR AMHS Manual
ICAO EUR/NAT European ATS Messaging Service Profile
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The Profile specifies interoperability requirements for

end-to-end message transfer over AMHS
¾ Global requirements
MHS Base Standards (ISO/IEC 10021)
ISPs (ICAO DOC 9705)
Additional Implementation Capabilities (ICAO DOC 9705)
Legal Recording, UTC Interpretation, Distribution Lists,
RN Requests, SS priority handling

¾ Regional Requirements
Use of IPM File Transfer Body Parts
Maximum/Minimum Message Length Supported
Use of RFC 1006/2126 over TCP
Maximum MTA Transit Time
Support of Simultaneous P1 Associations
IP address validation
Enablers for Directory Services, Security
Miscellaneous…
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¾ Queue management
¾ Handling of associations
¾ Address conversion handling
¾ Rerouting capabilities
¾ Message repetition facilities
¾ Tracing facilities
¾ Sizing of a system
¾ Availability and reliability
¾ Statistics
 EUR AMHS Manual
ICAO EUR/NAT Tests and Validation of AMHS Systems
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¾ AMHS Testing Concept

¾ AMHS Testing Requirements
¾ AMHS Conformance Tests
¾ AMHS Interoperability Tests
¾ AMHS Pre-Operational Tests
¾ Integration to the Operational Network
(details in ATS Messaging Management Manual)
 EUR AMHS Manual
ICAO EUR/NAT Future work
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¾ Directory Services

¾ Security Services

¾ Institutional-Financial issues

¾ Topology and Routeing Mechanisms

¾ Inter-Regional entry-exit points

¾ AFTN/AMHS Gateway Profile

 Q&A

For any further queries please send a message to:

enahmadov@paris.icao.int
d5a@hcaa.gr

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