A study of the economic impact of selected communications alternatives, present system definition
Abstract
This report provides a description of the present FAA communications system. The data base described herein will be incorporated in a communications cost model being developed for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by ARINC Research Corporation. The economic data presented were obtained primarily from three sources: (1) the Aviation Cost Allocation Study Working Paper No. 2 (Office of Policy Review, DOT, 1972) for one-time facilities and equipment (F and E) costs; (2) the Airways Facilities Maintenance Cost Study (Project Memorandum: PPA FP-604, 1976) for operation and maintenance (O and M) costs; and (3) the DECCO Circuit File for recurring leased costs. Defining such a comprehensive communications cost data base was complicated by the fact that there is no clear definition within the FAA of what constitutes communications. For the purposes of the present cost-modeling effort, however, it is convenient to classify costs into two groups: (1) traditional FAA communications services, including Air/Ground, Ground/Ground, Remote Link, Weather Net, AFTN, Service B, Computer B, and a miscellaneous category of additional communications functions; and (2) services in which some (incidental) communications is required for the functioning of basic FAA systems, viz., air traffic control, surveillance, and navigation.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978STIN...7823285W
- Keywords:
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- Aircraft Communication;
- Economic Impact;
- Ground-Air-Ground Communication;
- Radio Relay Systems;
- Air Traffic Control;
- Cost Analysis;
- Econometrics;
- Navigation Aids;
- Weather;
- Communications and Radar