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CPDLC- Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications will provide data communications as an enhancement to air/ground voice communications in an Air Traffic Control (ATC) operational environment. This additional mode of communications, will contribute to improvements in airspace use and capacity. Data communications will reduce congestion on voice channels to increase ATC effectiveness, provide for a more dynamic and efficient air/ground information exchange mechanism, and reduce operational errors, including those resulting from misunderstood instructions and read-back errors.
BCI has developed the Service Certification Suite (SCS) and provides support in the areas of Digital/Data Communications, Aeronautical Data Link Systems, and Computer Information Security.
ATN - Aeronautical Telecommunications Network is a global networking infrastructure that will extend the information superhighway to the world of aviation by connecting different types of standardized applications (AOC, ATSC, APC) over a global internet. The ATN's distinctive characteristic is support for global policy-based routing and support for mobility, that is, the ATN provides transparent connectivity to aircraft applications over various air-to-ground subnetworks including VHF digital Link Mode 2 (VDL-2), VDL-3 and SATCOM.
 BCI developed and is supporting the ATN testbed at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center. The ATN testbed is currently being used to conduct interoperability testing of ATN systems in support of the CPDLC program and in support of ATN Message Handling System (AMHS) development.
 NEXCOM - Next Generation Air-to-Ground VHF Communications provides for the replacement of the existing analog radios used in the National Airspace System (NAS) with new state-of-the-art digital radios. These digital radios employ a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) MAC (Media Access Control) capable of multiplexing both voice and data on the same channel.
BCI supported the NEXCOM program through SARPs validation and a testbed development effort. BCI is currently supporting efforts aimed at the upcoming NEXCOM Demonstration/Validation (DEMVAL). BCI is developing software for the ground infrastructure to be used in the DEMVAL.
SERVICE CERTIFICATION SUITE (SCS) - BCI designed and developed the Service Certification Suite (SCS). The SCS operates as an airborne CPDLC End System and Router. It uses a VHF Digital Link (VDL) Mode 2(VDLM2) VHF Digital Radio (VDR) to communicate with ARINC using the same frequency that is used operationally in the Miami Center airspace. Currently, the SCS communicates with the ARINC VDLM2 ground station only (through the use of a directional antenna), though it was designed and tested to communicate dynamically with any VDLM2 ground station within its communication range. The SCS exchanges CPDLC messages with the CPDLC Data Link Application Processor (DLAP) through ARINC and the FAA ATN Infrastructure. From the DLAP’s perspective, the SCS appears to be a CPDLC-capable aircraft.
The SCS successfully completed an ARINC Phase 3 Avionics Qualification Policy (AQP) test in July 2002 and was granted qualification for use on the ARINC operational Globalink/VHF network. The SCS was deployed to the Miami Center in August 2002 and is used daily by the Airways Facility organization to certify the CPDLC service for Air Traffic use. The service certification process uses the SCS to verify that the end-to-end system is functioning properly and that the controllers may continue to use CPDLC to communicate with CPDLC-capable aircraft.
For further information on any of the services that we provide, please contact our Corporate Office at 856-778-1660.
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