ERNP

Objectives |Features |Status

Contribution to a Future
European RadioNavigation Plan
(ERNP)

Prime Contractor

Helios Technology

Funding

Project funded by European Commission, Directorates-General Energy and Transport (DG TREN)

Project Partner

Telematica e.K. [D]

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Objectives

The objective of this project is to contribute to the development of a European Union Radio-Navigation Plan (ERNP) and support the European Radionavigation policy.

The overall project includes:

provision of a detailed inventory of the systems currently in use
documentation of radionavigation requirements addressing commonly-used systems and applications
provision of information on current system planning
definition of the compatibility and interoperability between existing systems
proposing a methodology for evaluating the benefits of systems with a reference to its users

Features

Telematica is subcontractor to HELIOS Technologies for the development of the European Radionavigation Plan under EC DG TREN contract. Telematica is responsible for road applications, LBS and Safety & Security related applications, as well as for frequency issues and implementation & maintenance of the ERNP.

The output of the project will effectively be a draft ERNP, including:

EU policies for European Radionavigation Systems
plans for the operation and cost recovery of radionavigation systems
rationalisation plans for withdrawing systems
guidance to users with respect to system/service certification and system selection
a European Radio-Navigation System (ERNS) document, containing a summary of civil user requirements and system descriptions.

All common-use radionavigation systems will be covered, including stand-alone systems, augmentations and other complementary systems. All countries of the European Union and accession countries will be addressed. Other countries relevant to a coherent ERNP should also be considered, including neighbouring countries/services as well as those upon which the EU depends.

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