Development of airport surface surveillance performance requirements

There are a number of new technologies being assessed for performing surveillance of aircraft and vehicles on the airport surface. The reason for increased interest in such technologies is to address the problem of runway incursions and the associated risk of collisions. Technologies are under development to assist in conflict detection and collision avoidance on the airport surface. Activities are underway to develop a set of performance standards by which the adequacy of these technologies can be judged. This paper presents a summary of recent efforts by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and RTCA to develop surface surveillance performance requirements, This includes proposed requirements for four key parameters-Integrity, Continuity, Accuracy and Availability. The paper will also describe the methodologies being used to develop the requirements