ETSI hosts Air Traffic Management VoIP interoperability tests

Sophia Antipolis, France, 27 June 2011

This is the latest in a very successful series of interoperability events on VoIP for Air Traffic Management organized by ETSI, which are enabling suppliers to prepare ATM VoIP Voice Communication Systems and Ground Radio Station deployments for Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) in accordance with the Single European Sky (SES) Framework.

Guy Potiron EUROCAE WG67 Chair says:
‘The first ETSI Plugtests in 2009 and 2010 have been focused on ED 137 Part 1 (radio) and Part 2 (telephone), which were endorsed in 2010 by the FAA and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). These latest ATM VoIP Plugtests organized by ETSI  have been more focused on interoperability to and from VoIP Recorders, whose importance is shown during legal investigation after an Air Traffic incident/accident. These Plugtests are essential to consolidate the validation of EUROCAE ED 137 to start ATM VoIP implementation from 2012.’