Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS) Front End Processor/En Route Central Computer Complex Protocol.
Abstract
The FAA has developed the Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS) as an evolutionary replacement for the current Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System (ATCRBS). The DABS sensor, singly and in cooperation with other DABS sensors, will provide surveillance of, and two-way digital communications with aircraft equipped with DABS transponders, and provide surveillance of ATCRBS-equipped aircraft. Surveillance data and data link services will be provided via suitable land lines to Air Traffic Control (ATC) facilities (terminal and en route). The DABS/ATC interface consists of two digital links to each facility: a two-way communications link and a one-way surveillance link from sensor to ATC. The Common ICAO Data Interchange Network (CIDIN) protocol is used on the two-way communications data link. When DABS is interfaced to an en route ATC facility, a special device, called the front end processor (FEP) is used to perform translation between the CIDIN protocol and the protocol used by the En Route Central Computer Complex (CCC). This document defines the protocol to be used between the FEP and the En Route CCC. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA085482
Entities
Organizations
- Federal Aviation Administration