EMMA2 Recommendations Report

Abstract

The document provides the most important recommendations derived by analysing the results of the project European Airport Movement Management by A-SMGCS, part 2 (EMMA2), an Integrated Project launched by the European Commission in its sixth framework programme. EMMA2 developed a generic operational concept (SPOR) for higher-level A-SMGCS services, implemented the essential parts of the concept at three European airports, and performed comprehensive trials in simulation and in the field to evaluate the new services. Multiple higher-level A-SMGCS services and their evaluation in several different test campaigns produced many meaningful recommendations, which will enable future research activities and industrial implementations to take the EMMA2 experiences into account in order not to start from scratch but to seamlessly build upon the large amount of knowledge accumulated by EMMA2. This document provides the reader with recommendations on the operating procedures, the technical requirements and the operational requirements, and addresses specific recommendations to be considered when implementing higher-level A-SMGCS services.