Within the PJ16 proposal, there are two innovative solutions:
The Solution PJ.16-03 “Enabling rationalisation of infrastructure using virtual centre based technology” (former “Work Station, Service Interface Definition & Virtual Centre Concept”) has developed a concept for separating the Controller Working Position (CWP) from the data centre where the data is produced. This lean and efficient use of ANSP infrastructure tackles the issues presented by fragmented European ATM systems and country-specific architectures, enabling Europe to move to an interoperable, cost effective and flexible service provision infrastructure. Decoupling of the CWPs should enable a more efficient use of the most valuable and expensive resource, the human. By enabling increased flexibility, the ANSPs are able to better manage staffing for prevailing traffic conditions and assure service continuity. This solution has already delivered to the SJU concrete results as an agreed definition of the concept, a target architecture recognised by the ATM community, a definition of ADSP services. It has also provided a clear technical input for the recently finalised Airspace Architecture Study (AAS) mandated by the European Commission.
The PJ.16-04 solution Workstation, Controller Productivity has dealt with new methods of Controller interaction with the Human Machine Interface (HMI), applying mature technologies from other domains to ATM. This increase controller productivity, reduce workload, stress level and enable the use of SESAR advanced tools to safely facilitate performance based operations. This solution has concentrated in the development of five different interaction modes: Multi Touch Inputs (MTI), Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Attention Guidance (AG), User Profile Management Systems (UPMS), and Qualification of CWP Virtualisation (CWPV).
