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A350XWB Global Evaluations

Briefing for Pilots

ATC
COMMUNICATION

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ATC COM – Concept

Aircraft Communication and AIRBUS solution

Addressing Reporting System
FANS A+
ACARS Initially used for airline communication – AOC DCL & OCL & D-ATIS
(Airline Operations Control) services
Used (but not designed) for CPDLC and ADS-C
since 1995 on Oceanic and remote airspaces
Aeronautical Telecommunication Network AIRBUS solution

Designed for CPDLC (performances & FANS B+

ATN reliability)
1st implementation: Maastricht UAC in 2000
Continental airspaces with high density of
traffic
FANS A+ = Upgrade of FANS A FANS B+ = Upgrade of FANS B

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ATC COM – Concept – FANS A+

• FANS A+
• Provides ATC datalink capabilities for oceanic/remote en-route operations via
the following applications
• AFN (ATS Facilities Notification): enables an ATC centre to get required
airborne data to perform any subsequent CPDLC/ADS-C exchanges
• ADS-C (Automatic Dependant Surveillance – Contract): provides an ATS
system with information on the present position of the aircraft and other
surveillance data
• CPDLC (Controller Pilot Data Link Communication): provides direct
pilot/controller communication (e.g. clearances exchanges) using data-link
instead of voice ATC communication

 Certified on A320F, A330, A340 & A380

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ATC COM – Concept – ATS 623

• ATS 623
• Provides the following services
• OCL (Oceanic CLearance): provides capability to negotiate Oceanic
clearances with ATC by datalink
• DCL (Departure CLearance): provides capability to negotiate Departure
clearances with ATC by datalink
• D-ATIS (Datalink-Automatic Terminal Information Service): supplements the
existing availability of ATIS as a voice broadcast service provided at
aerodromes world-wide

 Certified on A320F, A330, A340 & A380

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ATC COM – Concept – FANS B+

• FANS B+
• Provides ATC datalink capabilities for Continental (high density traffic) en-route
operations via the following applications
• CM (Context Management): enables an ATC centre to get required airborne
data to perform any subsequent CPDLC exchanges
• CPDLC (Controller Pilot Data Link Communication): provides direct
pilot/controller communication using data-link instead of voice ATC
communication

 Certified on A320F, A330 & A340

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ATC COM – A350XWB function

• The A350XWB FANS function definition is integrated within the flight

deck as a single unified crew interface

• The flight crew will operate the FANS function without knowledge of the
underlying technology used for air-ground communications

• The A350 XWB ATC COM function will provide all services (FANS A+,
OCL, DCL, D-ATIS, ATS 623, FANS B+) with the following main onboard
novelties
• Capability to load VHF, HF voice frequencies and SATCOM numbers received
by CPDLC directly in the RMP
• Capability to load the FANS A & FANS B CPDLC route messages in the
secondary F-PLN (FMS)

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ATC COM – Interactivity

Attention getter

Shared ATC Mail Box

ATC COM page on MFD

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ATC COM – Interactivity

Soft access

MAIL BOX cursor key allocates

corresponding KCCU cursor
to the mail box
ATC COM shortcut opens
corresponding MFD system menu
 Only one common interface
for all Data Communication

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ATC COM – Establish a connection

1 Mail Box without any connection 3 Status when notified

2 Select the appropriate ATC center

then NOTIFY
4 Mail Box when connected to ATC

+ Mail Box with ATC initiating

the connection

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ATC COM – ADS-C selection

1 Default ADS-C is ON (connect page) 2 Mail Box with ADS-C connection

3 Mail Box with ADS-C connection

and EMER ON

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ATC COM – Request page

REQUEST page with pre-formatted Example

messages and free text Departure Request with DCL

XFR button to transfer the message

to mail box before sending
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ATC COM – Report & Modify menu

Report & Modify page with Automatic position report function to prepare
pre-formatted messages a “ready to be sent” message each time
an active F-PLN waypoint is sequenced

XFR button to transfer the message

Possibility to add free text
to mail box before sending

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ATC COM – D-ATIS page

Enter Airport ICAO code

Send a Request

Select type of information Enable Auto Update

DEP or ARR

Access to additional functions

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ATC COM – MSG RECORD page

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ATC COM – ADS EMER page

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ATC COM – Mail Box

Uplink message Downlink message

Scrolling buttons Answering buttons Additional functions Sending buttons
through messages

Additional functions

Scrolling buttons
through pages

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ATC COM – Sending a message

1 Send the message: click SEND

2 Sending in progress

3a Message sent (FANS A+ & ATS623) 3b Message sent (FANS B+)

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ATC COM – Route request

2 Send the request: click SEND

3 Request is sent

1 A Route request can be prepared

in the FMS SEC/INDEX page then
transfer to the mail box for sending

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ATC COM – Receiving a message

1 Stop ATC MSG reminder

ATC
MSG

2 Read & Answer as appropriate

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ATC COM – Loading functions

Loadable clearance

Load button
(in SEC 3 only)

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ATC COM – Loading functions

Loadable frequency

The LOAD button lights on both RMP

when a frequency or a telephone number
is displayed in the mail box

LOAD

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