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Appendix 3 to AMC 20-24

ED Decision 2008/004/R

Summary of ADS-B-NRA Airborne Safety and Performance Requirements

 

Parameter

Requirement

Horizontal Position and Horizontal Position Quality Indicator(s)

10-5/fh

ADS-B System Continuity

2*10-4/fh

Horizontal Position Latency[39]

1.5 sec/95%

Table 1: Overall Minimum Airborne ADS-B System[40] Requirements

 

Parameter

Requirement 

Horizontal Position Source

 

             Accuracy (95%)

             5 NM Sep: 926 m

             Integrity

 

             Containment Radius (Rc)

             5 NM Sep: Rc=2 NM

             Source Failure Probability

10-4/h[41]

             Alert Failure Probability

10-3 (per position source failure event)

             Time to Alert

             5 NM Sep: 10 sec

Table 2: Minimum Horizontal Position Source Requirements

 

Note: for DO-260 based ADS-B transmit systems, the related encoding of the horizontal position quality indicator through the Navigation Uncertainty Category (NUC) effectively leads to a containment radius requirement of 1NM for a 5 NM separation service.

Note: accuracy and integrity containment radius requirements are expressed here as guidance to related horizontal position source regulation (refer to section 8.4).

Note: the containment bound requirements reflect the outcomes of both the collision risk assessment (CAP) and time-to-alert assessment.

Note: the accuracy and integrity containment radius requirements have to be met by the horizontal position source, taking into account the effects of on-board latency (if not compensated for).

An uncompensated latency of 1.5 seconds translates into a dilution in the order of 450 metres (assuming an aircraft speed of 600 knots in en-route airspace). This value of 450 metres has to be added to the actual performance of the horizontal position source(s), the sum of which has to be within the required bounds.

The GNSS equipment specified in 8.4.6 meets the overall accuracy and integrity requirements, including the effects of an uncompensated latency of maximum 1.5 second accumulated up to the time of transmission.

 

Parameter

Requirement

Barometric Altitude

             Accuracy: as per the installed sensors (refer to section 8.5.2)

             Maximum Latency: 1 sec (as for SSR)

Aircraft Identification, SPI, Emergency Status

As for SSR [AMC20-13].

Table 3: Other Minimum ADS-B Surveillance Data Requirements

 

Parameter

Loss

Corruption

Note

Barometric Altitude

Minor

Minor

As for SSR [AMC20-13].

Aircraft Identification

Minor

Minor

As for SSR.[AMC20-13]

Table 4: Failure Condition Categories

 

[Amdt 20/3]


[39]    Uncompensated delay measured from to the time of validity of position measurement until ADS-B transmission (i.e. at RF level).

[40]    As defined in section 6.

[41]    For GNSS based functions, expressed as an assumption of GNSS performance.