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report of the action team on global navigation satellite systems (gnss)

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Brazilian C<strong>on</strong>tinuous GPS Network (RBMC) and IGS, in order to obtain better insight andprovide a better soluti<strong>on</strong> to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> i<strong>on</strong>osphere problem in that regi<strong>on</strong>.393. In Colombia, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re has been active work and commitment in implementing <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> activitiesfor <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> implementati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> transiti<strong>on</strong> to GNSS <strong>systems</strong>. Colombia’s advantages include alarge forest area, two oceans and fairly mountainous terrain, in additi<strong>on</strong> to its strategicgeographical locati<strong>on</strong> in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> centre <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> American c<strong>on</strong>tinent and in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> equatorial regi<strong>on</strong>. All<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se factors compel <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> country to work for improvement <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> navigati<strong>on</strong> technologies as a way todevelop its aviati<strong>on</strong> system and o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r fields <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> its nati<strong>on</strong>al ec<strong>on</strong>omy. Colombia’s policy in respectto GNSS in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> first phase <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> research and development has been that <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> opening up tointernati<strong>on</strong>al co-operati<strong>on</strong>, in order to technically evaluate all <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> possibilities <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> GNSS <strong>systems</strong>.394. A working paper presented during <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Eleventh Air Navigati<strong>on</strong> C<strong>on</strong>ference, which tookplace from 22 September to 3 October 2003 in M<strong>on</strong>treal, Canada, elaborated <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> status <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>GNSS implementati<strong>on</strong> in Colombia, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> work that has been made in terms <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> progress and <strong>on</strong>strengths and challenges with respect to transiti<strong>on</strong> to GNSS. The paper c<strong>on</strong>cluded that “it isimportant for States which are nei<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r owners nor developers <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a given GNSS technology toevaluate each <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> possible technological soluti<strong>on</strong>s with respect to <strong>satellite</strong> navigati<strong>on</strong>”. Thisshould be d<strong>on</strong>e with a view to obtain more informati<strong>on</strong> in order to make a judgement at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> time<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> defining <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> most suitable technological soluti<strong>on</strong> according to cost and benefit criteria. Ano<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rimportant hint for developing countries was based <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> paper that “work andprogress in GNSS do not necessarily require large investments <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> States; tasks such aslinking up with universities and research centres and appropriate training <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> human resources arevery significant elements in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> transiti<strong>on</strong> to a c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> by States for GNSS”.3. Asia and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Pacific395. Regarding EGNOS Trials in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> People’s Republic <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> China, in early 2004, ESTB trialswere c<strong>on</strong>ducted in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> country in co-operati<strong>on</strong> with several institutes in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> regi<strong>on</strong> (ChineseSeismological Bureau, Daliah Maritime Institute, Chiangjiang Waterway Institute). Theimprovements in accuracy brought about by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> experimental EGNOS signal were dem<strong>on</strong>stratedin a boat navigating <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Yangtze River supported with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> deployment <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a set <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> mobileESTB stati<strong>on</strong>s.396. In India, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> data regarding <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> airports, facilities at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se airports, and airpassenger forecasts are given in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> paragraphs below.397. There are 449 airports and airstrips in India. Am<strong>on</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Airports Authority <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> India(AAI) owns and manages 82 airports and 28 civilian enclaves. Most <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> airports are equippedwith NDB. There are 80 VORs, 76 DMEs and 39 ILSs at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Indian Airports maintained by AAI.The principal communicati<strong>on</strong> system in India has been HF, which is progressively being changedto VHF.398. For surveillance, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Airports Authority <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> India has 14 MSSRs (M<strong>on</strong>o-pulse Sec<strong>on</strong>darySurveillance Radars), 8 Airport Surveillance Radars (ASRs), 2 Air-Route Surveillance Radars(ARSRs) and 2 ASDEs (Airport Surface Detecti<strong>on</strong> Equipments). Two airports (Chennai andKolkata) have been equipped with Automatic Dependence Surveillance (ADS) and C<strong>on</strong>troller-Pilot Data Link Communicati<strong>on</strong> (CPDLC). There are about 350 registered aircrafts in India withvarious air carriers, air taxis and aircrafts for business.69

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