Go to the NASA Homepage
 
Airspace Operations Lab Left-Side Header Image
Publications Sidebar Header
Airspace Operations Lab Image Collage
Publication Header
Identifying Common Use Cases across Extensible Traffic Management (xTM) for Interactions with Air Traffic Controllers  (2022)
Abstract Header
NASA's Extensible Traffic Management (xTM) builds on the foundation and the architecture of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) concept and extends it broadly to other domains, such as Advanced / Urban Air Mobility (AAM/UAM) and Upper Class E Traffic Management (ETM). These xTM concepts assume the ability to fly in airspace that is authorized to operate solely under xTM services and mostly without any air traffic control (ATC) support. However, they also assume circumstances in which the xTM vehicles would need to operate in conventional ATC-managed airspace, both during nominal and off-nominal scenarios. Due to the vast differences in the xTM vehicle performances and missions, there is a concern that ATC may have difficulty in safely managing the xTM traffic and providing appropriate services to all vehicles, unless a consistent set of roles, procedures, and data exchange requirements are defined across the diverse set of xTM vehicle operations. In this paper, we describe a set of use cases that have been identified in UTM, AAM/UAM, and ETM operations that are related to ATC interactions, and we propose to categorize these use cases across xTM domains based on common trigger events. Organizing the use cases from the perspective of ATC roles per each trigger event is expected to provide the first step in discovering common procedures and data requirements across xTM domains that could help ease the controllers' cognitive task load and allow them to manage these interactions more safely.
Private Investigators Header
Authors Header
Groups Header
Keywords Header
Air, ATC, Controllers, Extensible, Interactions, Management, Traffic, Traffic, xTM
References Header
Proceedings of the AIAA SciTech Forum (2022–1785). Paper presented at AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA/Virtual, January 3–7, 2022. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-1785
Download Header
Adobe PDF Icon  Lee_etal_AIAA_SciTech_2022.pdf (Download Acrobat Reader Click to download Adobe Acrabat Reader)
  (709KB) (application/pdf)
Go to the First Gov Homepage
Go to the NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Homepage
Curator: Phil So
NASA Official: Joey Mercer
Last Updated: August 15, 2019