Description:

Current ATM system and its functional blocks. View of ATM data (technical architecture and configuration, transmission systems and networks). Data exchange with neighboring ATM systems. Monitoring systems and technical supervision. ATM simulation. ATM conceptions and strategies for next years. EUROCONTROL - CFMU. FAB. ATS's - AOC's data applications.

Recommended literature:

Michael S.Nolan: Fundamentals of Air Traffic Control - 5th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1435482722
EUROCONTROL: Introducing the EUROCONTROL Network Manager Operations Centre. [PDF]. EUROCONTROL, za?r?i?
2019.
ICAO: Doc 9882 - Manual on Air Traffic Management System Requirements. [PDF]. ICAO, 2008.

Keywords:

air traffic management, communication, navigation, surveillance, CNS, GNSS, FANS, CPDLC, ADS-B, ASAS, RNAV, ATN, ARINC

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar