ATC Solutions - Functional Overview
Flight Billing and Statistics
The ATRAK-BS® - Billing and Statistics system from LAIC
provides a complete solution for Air Navigation Service
Providers, delivering a powerful billing management,
billing reporting, and statistical analysis solution, in one
comprehensive package.
The ATRAK-BS system is the culmination of many years of
development and collaboration with Air Navigation
Service Providers, working within the industry, and fully
understanding the technical and financial constraints to
ensuring maximum return on capital investment made
through billing of flight traffic and ground services.
The result is a cost-effective, highly scalable system which
increases efficiency, productivity and significantly improves
cash-flow through automating the generation of accurate
invoicing of flights and services. ATRAK-BS is fully compliant with the Central Route Charges Office of Eurocontrol.
Aeronautical Information System Services
ATRAK-AISS® developed by LAIC, is a unique Air Traffic Control solution that provides a framework to bring together a combination of static, dynamic and repository based information, as well as the ability to quickly disseminate Information to Air Traffic Controllers. ATRAK-AISS offers a cost-effective, comprehensive package, delivering outstanding value-for money.
Originally developed for Air Traffic Planning Controllers at the Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic, ATRAK-AISS has been operational since 2004, and continues to undergo a program of functional and technical enhancement. ATRAK-AISS was designed in close collaboration with Air Traffic Controllers to ensure that the HMI (human machine interface) fulfils their exacting requirements. In practice this means that much of the status information is graphic, and that key information is typically only one mouse click away. The display is clear, uncluttered and concise, with intuitive access to data.
ATRAK-AISS can be deployed in ACC, Approach, Tower, Search and Rescue, Flight Information Centre, ARO (Air Traffic Services Reporting Office), ATIS (Automatic Terminal Information Service); in major control centres and across regional and private Airports. This diverse deployment illustrates ATRAK-AISS’s flexibility and scalability to suite Air Navigation Service Providers’ needs regardless of function or volume of air traffic flow and the underlying design, scalability, and configuration options enable it to be deployed at considerably less cost , not just to major Airports but to the Regional and Private sector.
Flight Briefing
ATRAK-FLT/BRIEF® is a comprehensive flight plan information system that consists of 2 main parts: -
Preparation of Flight Plans and communication with Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU) and Integrated Initial Flight Plan Processing System (IFPS), Eurocontrol. Flight Information System for Briefings Department and other Users ATRAK-FLT/BRIEF can be configured as a standalone solution or can be integrated and operated from within ATRAK-AISS.
Radar Backup System
ATRAK-FALLBACK® is a standalone radar system providing back-up Air Situation Display functions as well as Flight Data presentation in case of fail-over of the main ATC Executive system. ATRAK-FALLBACK is configured with totally independent radar feeds from the Executive system ensuring total system continuity in the event of a failure.
The ATRAK-FALLBACK system in backup mode can be used as:
- A fully functional ATC executive system or as a planning control and fall-back system alongside 3rd party executive systems.
- A fully functional ATC system for the duration of executive system unavailability.
ATC Simulation System
ATRAK-SIMU provides all the functionality of LAIC's main ATC systems, ATRAK-AISS and ATRAK-EC/PC for training and scenario simulation purposes.
ATC Data Recording System
ATRAK-Xrecorder records and replays all the visual activity of a session of an ATC working position. The software monitors and records all the traffic between the server and the various clients on a display. During replay, recorded data is used to recreate the clients and their resources along with the drawing request that the clients made to the server. ATRAK-Xrecorder also tracks and replays cursor movements.
ATC Monitoring System
ATRAK-MON is an ATC monitoring system that gives a totally graphicall view of the operational status of all the monitored ATC workingstations and servers.
ATRAK-EC/PC® is an Executive and Planning control Radar and Flight Plan data processing system and Controller Working Position (CWP) display system. The ATRAK-EC/PC system can be configured as:
- A fully functional ATC executive system or as a planning control and fall-back system alongside 3rd party executive systems.
- A fully functional ATC system for the duration of executive system unavailability.
- An integrated part of 3rd party ATM systems, providing Aircraft position and traffic flow display function
Digital Workstation Extension
Desktender enables centralisation and securing of workstations at distances of up to 1000 metres from the ATC controller’s work position.
Functional Overview Schematic
The following scjematic gives a generic view of the main ATRAK solutions and how they are integrated.
