IMPACT OF SELECTED FAA PROGRAMS OF SWITCHED AND NONSWITCHED NETWORK COSTS

This report is an economic analysis of the alternatives of switching and nonswitching for approximately 5,000 voice circuits and 1,500 data circuits in the FAA's operational telecommunications network. The switching alternative assumed all circuits to be switched through the 20 continental air route traffic control centers (ARTCCs). an algorithm was developed to calculate the impacts of switching or consolidation on the number of circuits and circuit mileage required in the network. On the basis of an assumed tariff rate, dollar savings resulting from the network reconfigurations were calculated. The alternatives were analyzed for the present communications network with its forecasted growth (baseline) and for selected scenarios that considered the impact of four new FAA programs (DABS, ETABS, VSCS, and AFSS).

• Corporate Authors:

  ARINC Research Corporation

  2251 Riva Road
  Annapolis, MD  United States  21401

  Federal Aviation Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Authors:
  • GERSHKOFF, I
• Publication Date: 1980-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 60 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Algorithms; Beacons; Data communications; Electric circuits; Information display systems; Multiplexing; Speech; Telecommunications; Voice communication
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data links
• Old TRIS Terms: Switching circuits
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00318392
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: 1339-01-8-2178, FAA-ASP-80-8
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA77WA-4018
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 8 2002 12:00AM