Design, implementation and verification of the User Terminal Emulator for the Iris Verification TestBed

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1.1 Single European Sky ATM Research ... 4

1.1.1 Single European Sky ... 4

1.1.2 SESAR ... 5

1.1.2.1 Environment ... 5

1.1.2.2 SWIM - The ATM Intranet ... 6

1.1.2.3 The SESAR Joint Undertaking ... 7

1.1.2.4 European ATM Master Plan ... 7

1.2 Iris programme ... 9

1.2.1 Iris main objectives ... 10

1.2.2 Space Project Management ... 11

1.2.3 Iris Phases ... 14

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1.2.3.2 Phase 2 ... 19

1.3 Conclusions ... 20

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2.1 Communication Standard ... 24

2.1.1 System and Requirements ... 25

2.1.2 Satellite Communication: DVB-RCS ... 31

2.1.3 Resource allocation: Signalling Protocol... 36

2.2 Verification Testbed ... 40

2.2.1 Indra Espacio heritage ... 40

2.2.1.1 AINE framework ... 40

2.2.2 TAS-I heritage ... 43

2.2.2.1 Network Certification Testbed ... 43

2.2.2.2 NCT E2E Service Validation Platform (SVP) ... 45

2.2.2.3 ARTES-3 Validator ... 46

2.3 Conclusions ... 48

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3.1 Verification TestBed ... 51 3.1.1 Physical VTB Simulator ... 52 3.1.2 Logical VTB Emulator ... 55 3.1.3 Physical VTB Emulator ... 58 3.2 Logical VTB Elements ... 59 3.2.1 Aircraft ... 60 3.2.1.1 Aircraft End-User ... 60 3.2.1.2 On-board Network ... 65

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3.2.2 Space Segment ... 70

3.2.3 Ground ... 71

3.2.3.1 Ground Segment ... 71

3.2.3.2 European ATM Network ... 74

3.2.3.3 ATC/AOC Centre ... 75

3.2.4 Test Controller ... 75

3.2.5 Logical VTB Summary ... 77

3.3 Conclusions ... 82

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4.1 Objectives ... 84

4.2 User Terminal Emulator Design ... 85

4.3 Control Path ... 90

4.3.1 Traffic Analyzer ... 91

4.3.1.1 Pcap Libraries ... 92

4.3.1.2 Tests and optimizations ... 93

4.3.1.3 IPA – Independent Protocol Analyzer ... 96

4.3.1.4 Packet handler implementation... 97

4.3.2 UT Control Path Emulator... 98

4.3.2.1 Dispatcher ... 101

4.3.2.2 Agents ... 105

4.3.2.3 Controller ... 111

4.4 Data Path ... 113

4.5 The way forward ... 121

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5.1 Test Environment ... 126

5.2 Functional Tests ... 132

5.2.1 First scenario ... 132

5.2.2 Second scenario ... 134

5.3 An idea for traffic generation ... 138

5.4 Conclusions ... 140

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