Application survey for the future aeromacs

A User Applications and Services Survey (USAS) Ad-hoc Working Group (AWG) was organized in April 2010 as part of the activities within the work of RTCA Special Committee (SC) 223, Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communications Systems (AeroMACS). The purpose of the AWG is to identify and categorize potential user requirements for wireless airport communications. This identification covers all functional areas except passenger communications. Once completed, these requirements could then assist in validating the needs to be fulfilled by the AeroMACS “Profile.” The AWG has the performed initial collection of potential existing/future applications from different airport stakeholders. The collection process has been intentionally unbounded by spectrum limitations or user policy. The work covers both current and reasonably projected applications that could benefit from the use of AeroMACS. The current work output of the AWG is presently reported in a listing format. The content of the initial work of the AWG and the status of the listing is summarized in this paper.