CSN/ATM Technology and Operational Procedures
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Project Manager
Ing. Stanislav Pleninger, Ph.D.
pleninger@fd.cvut.cz
Topics of final theses are accessible in the Management System for Final Theses Assignments or after a consultation with Project Manager.
One of the main tasks in air transport is to ensure an efficient, economic and safe flow of air traffic within the airspace in all phases of flight. It is a process of air traffic control and management in all its broad context (ATM). The system’s main pillar consists of air navigation service providers, which provide air traffic services, communication, navigation and surveillance services (CNS Services), aeronautical information services and, last but not least, the aeronautical meteorological service. Adequate technology and operational procedures must be available for all these services to be performed and provided at the highest possible level. This is an area that is under enormous pressure in terms of the constant growth of air traffic volumes and meeting current needs.
If this is an area in which you want to deepen your knowledge, we will be happy to welcome you to this project and help you with your further professional development.
The project CNS/ATM technologies and operational procedures focus mainly on two main areas, which correspond to the issues addressed:
- Technical aspects related to communication, navigation, and surveillance systems, as well as systems for processing and presenting data to support the performance of air traffic services.
- Operational procedures and future concepts related to the safe, cost-effective, and efficient provision of the ATM (Air Traffic Management). This is an issue related to the air traffic flow management (ATFM), air space management (ASM), and the air traffic services (ATS), where the dominant part concerns air traffic control (ATC) service itself.
Students in these areas have the opportunity to work on current topics that arise both in terms of research activities of the university and in cooperation with the aviation industry, as well as in cooperation with air navigation service providers. Students can benefit, for example, from cooperation with the ERA a.s. organization, where some project supervisors are its employees, or from the cooperation with the ANS CR s.p. as the main provider of air navigation services in the Czech Republic. Various research activities are also addressed, for example, in cooperation with GCE (GNSS Center Of Excellence).
Project-based Learning allows students to solve specific real-operations issues and participate in their solving before working on their bachelor’s or master’s theses. Within the PBL, students work individually or in small (2-3 member) groups to solve specific issues from practice under the guidance of internal and external supervisors or solve problems related to research activities, projects, and tasks on which members of the ATM Systems Laboratory work. Involving students in solving specific problems in the initial stages of their studies then makes it easier for them to choose the topic of their bachelor or master theses, which are based on tasks and problems within the PBL of the CNS/ATM project.
The CNS/ATM systems and operational procedures cover a wide range of topics that extend into various other scientific disciplines and areas. If the issue requires it, interproject teams are formed.
Students and academic staff can use HW and SW solutions available within the ATM Systems Laboratory for R&D activities and solving projects tasks. Apart from other available solutions and devices, the laboratory has its own network of ADS-B receivers located within the Czech Republic and a number of tools for processing and presenting the ADS-B data. Students can use an air traffic control simulator to perform various operational simulations.
