Subscriber Database (SDB) and Web Access To: DCIT AOC WG From: Data Comm Production Sub-Team Date: 3/13/13 Federal Aviation Administration Agenda • • • • Subscriber Database Current Implementation Subscriber Database Data Comm Implementation SDB and the ICAO Flight Plan AOC/CSP SDB access DCP SE AOC Sub-team 1 Feb 2013 Federal Aviation Administration 2 Subscriber Database (SDB) current • Terminal Safety & Operations manages PDC eligibility • SDB Current Operation – Two database tables on TDLS, AOC and GA – AOC database contains: • • • Three letter identifier of the airline Airports the airline can receive a PDC ADNS Address of airline – GA database contains: • • Tail number of participating General Aviation, bizjets, etc, airplanes ADNS address of CSP providing the PDC service – CSP emails updates to GA database to IFCET – Terminal Safety & Operations emails updates to AOC database to IFCET DCP SE AOC Sub-team 1 Feb 2013 Federal Aviation Administration 3 SDB (Data Comm Release) • Terminal Safety & Operations manages PDC eligibility • TDLS Data Comm Release Operation – – Two database tables on TDLS, AOC and GA AOC database contains: • • • – GA database contains: • • – Three letter identifier of the airline Airports the airline can receive a PDC (or “ALL”) ADNS Address of airline Tail number of participating General Aviation, bizjets, etc, airplanes ADNS address of CSP providing the PDC service Both tables contain: • • Select type of clearance preference (FANS, PDC, Voice) Type of Dispatch Copy: – – – – • • • • CC of Initial Clearance only CC of Initial Clearance and Revisions CC of Revisions only None Gate Request Start Date End Date Lock Out Information DCP SE AOC Sub-team 1 Feb 2013 Federal Aviation Administration 4 SDB - Purpose • Purpose of Subscriber Database • • Provides ADNS address for PDC, GREQ, DCC States when a DCC is to be sent – • Provides clearance type preferences – – • If preference is not stated in the ICAO flight plan If preference stated in the ICAO flight plan is invalid Specifies the location and aircraft eligible to receive a PDC – • Initial Clearance only, Initial and Revised Clearance, etc ATO Safety confirms PDC eligibility at each site Provides a method to deny PDC eligibility (Lock) – – ATO Safety determines if PDC eligibility should be denied Eligibility can be denied by site, tail number, flight id, ADNS address, etc DCP SE AOC Sub-team 1 Feb 2013 Federal Aviation Administration 5 SDB and ICAO FP • ICAO Flight Plan Content – Optionally specifies the clearance type (DCL/PDC/Both) – Does not provide the address for the Dispatch message, Gate ID Request message or a PDC. • Hierarchy for Information from ICAO FP and SDB – ICAO FP will take precedence over Web Access. ICAO FP is checked for Clearance Type first – IF Clearance preference is available in FP • Types of Dispatch Copies (CC) are retrieved from the SDB • ADNS address for CC is retrieved from the SDB – No clearance preference available • Clearance preference is retrieved from the SDB • Types of Courtesy Copies are retrieved from the SDB • ADNS address for CC is retrieved from the SDB – Voice clearance is issued if the clearance type (DCL, PDC) is NOT specified in the ICAO flight plan or SDB DCP SE AOC Sub-team 1 Feb 2013 Federal Aviation Administration 6 SDB Web Access • Web Access provides a secure method to access the SDB – AOC/CSP directly manipulates their subscriber data – Date access is restricted by AOC/CSP logon identity – AOC may only need to access SDB for initial set up – CSP/AOC cannot specify PDC for an ineligible site • Concept of Operation – CSP/AOC logs in to Web Access SDB – CSP/AOC creates/modifies/deletes records to specify: • • • • – • Clearance type preference(s) Dispatch message option(s) Gate Request preference ADNS address CSP/AOC accesses SDB only when changes are required SDB User Guide – Initially, no intent to create a User Guide – User Guide most likely available after ver 12 release DCP SE AOC Sub-team 1 Feb 2013 Federal Aviation Administration 7 SDB Web Access (cont’d) DCP SE AOC Sub-team 1 Feb 2013 Federal Aviation Administration 8 QUESTIONS? DCP SE AOC Sub-team 1 Feb 2013 Federal Aviation Administration 9