12.4 Appendix 4: SESAR division of basic and advanced features

The documentation of the SESAR JU programme often refers to a division of technical enablers into ‘basic’ and ‘advanced’ features, when presenting the results of the various validations and SESAR Solutions. Depending on the particularities of each validation and each SESAR Solution, this division between ‘basic’ and ‘advanced’ sometimes differs slightly between the SESAR deliverables. For the purpose of this document, a screening of the various technical set-ups regarding the division of ‘basic’ versus ‘advanced’, as described for the various SESAR Solutions ([20], [21], [22], [23]) and their related SESAR validations ([26], [29], [30], [33]), has been made and based on that, a representative division is presented below. When this document is discussing the results and validations of the SESAR JU programme and referring to ‘basic’ and ‘advanced’ equipage, the division presented below is assumed: Basic features visual presentation, replacing the OTW view of a conventional tower binocular functionality (e.g. a PTZ camera/function, as defined and described in ED-240A Change 1 [19]), fulfilling the function of a binocular in a conventional tower Advanced features additional visual ‘hot spot’ cameras the use of infrared or other optical sensors/cameras outside the visible spectrum binocular functionality automatically following moving objects (commonly referred to as ‘PTZ tracking’) dedicated means to facilitate the detection, identification and automatic following of aircraft or vehicles in the visual presentation (e.g. by labels based on surveillance data, complemented by flight plan correlation when available, commonly referred to as ‘radar tracking’); dedicated means to facilitate the detection and following of moving objects in the visual presentation (e.g. by highlighting/framing such objects based on image processing systems, commonly referred to as ‘visual tracking’); other overlaid information in the visual presentation such as framing and/or designation of runways, taxiways, etc., compass directions, meteorological information, aeronautical information (NOTAM, SNOWTAM, etc.), other operational information (e.g. runway conditions like water, snow or mud presence, coefficient of friction, etc.); ATS surveillance (air and/or ground radar presentation).