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4. High integrity of function may require an external monitor to detect failures. This,<br />

taken with item 3, points to the potential of the aircraft acting as the redundant backup<br />

for the primary separation function, which resides with the sector controller team.<br />

3.3.5 Separation Assurance and CNS/ATM Technologies<br />

Figure 3.8 illustrates where some of the technologies under consideration for the NAS<br />

would be applied in the separation assurance loop for dense terminal airspace.<br />

AOC<br />

Desired<br />

Hub<br />

Schedule<br />

Planned<br />

Flow<br />

Rates<br />

Desired<br />

Sector<br />

Loads<br />

Sector<br />

<strong>Traffic</strong><br />

Planning<br />

Clearance<br />

Requests<br />

Approved<br />

Trajectories<br />

Negotiate<br />

Trajectories<br />

Sequencing Automation<br />

Trajectory Planner<br />

Voice<br />

Sector<br />

<strong>Traffic</strong><br />

Control<br />

Conflict Alert<br />

Time to Alarm<br />

CPDLC<br />

Clearances<br />

Vectors<br />

Voice<br />

CPDLC<br />

AOC<br />

<strong>Air</strong>craft<br />

Guidance and<br />

Navigation<br />

Precision 4D Nav<br />

ADS-B, CDTI<br />

ACARS<br />

<strong>Air</strong>craft State<br />

ADS-A, ADS-B<br />

AC State<br />

Sensor<br />

<strong>Traffic</strong><br />

Sensor<br />

Other <strong>Air</strong>craft<br />

States<br />

Other <strong>Air</strong>craft<br />

States<br />

Figure 3.8 Dense Terminal <strong>Air</strong>space and CNS/ATM Technologies.<br />

3.3.6 Efficiency in Low Density <strong>Air</strong>space<br />

In low density airspace, be it terminal area or en route, users should be allowed to fly<br />

preferred trajectories to the extent possible without compromising safety or throughput.<br />

This increased flexibility in trajectories will, however, carry with it:<br />

1. Increased reliance on automation tools to predict and resolve traffic conflicts. This<br />

remains an open area for research and concept validation.<br />

2. Substantial changes in traffic flow patterns both daily and hourly, therefore separation<br />

assurance agents need to move with the flow. In current operation sectors are split or<br />

combined during the day as traffic loads change, but their geometry and the airways<br />

within them remain fixed. As discussed in Section 4 this is a fundamental premise for<br />

today’s air traffic control methods. A complete airspace redesign for a facility or a<br />

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