Aircraft Network and File Server (ANFS) Subcommittee

Last Update: May 10, 2010

Co-Chairman: Phil Hardy - CO
Co-Chairman: Christian Orlowski - LH

APIM: Commercial Of The Shelf (COTS) Network File Server (pdf, 17K)
APIM: Aircraft/Ground Information Exchange new 830 document (pdf, 72K)
APIM: Network Server System new 763A document (pdf, 70K)

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Goal: Define aircraft data network, file server, and broadband data communication functions that will facilitate the transfer of large amounts of airline data both operational and administrative using Internet Protocols (IP). Potential applications include capabilities to enable the storage of Aircraft Maintenance Manuals, Illustrated Parts Catalog, Minimum Equipment List, Flight Operations Data and so forth.

Scope: The scope of this activity is to develop standards for Network Server System (NSS) necessary to manage, exchange, and display technical information needed by the flight crew, cabin crew, and maintenance personnel to accomplish their responsibilities more efficiently. This may require the update to various ARINC Standards as necessary:

• ARINC Characteristic 763: NSS Standard
• ARINC Characteristic 763A: NSS Form and Fit Definition
• ARINC Report 821: NSS Functional Definition
• ARINC Specification 822: Air/Ground Wireless Communication (Gatelink)
• ARINC Project Paper 830: Air/Ground Information Exchange
• ARINC Specification 834: Aircraft Data Interface Function

Wireless data communications between the aircraft and the ground and between onboard applications and the file servers are expected to be in accordance with the IEEE 802.11 family of wireless LAN standards.

Benefit: Airlines anticipate commercially-available information and data networking technology will be used to manage the vast amount of information needed to support the operation of their aircraft. Electronic distribution of operational data and technical information will increase airline productivity and efficiency.

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AEEC General Session Update:

The primary focus of the ANFS Subcommittee is the development of Project Paper 830: Aircraft/Ground Information Exchange (AGIE) and to coordinate the industry effort to prepare standards for IP Communications Management called MAGIC. A joint Technical Working Group (TWG) is working on areas of standardization that include:

• Identification of MAGIC interface boundaries
• Segregation principles for various aircraft domains
• Application software interface to and from MAGIC
• Aircraft interface to and from air/ground communication systems
• Forward fit and retro fit considerations using air/ground comm system interface proxy in MAGIC
• End-to-end communication management functions and interfaces

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Current Drafts:

Next Meeting Announcement:

Working Papers:

Strawman Version 0.3 of ARINC Project Paper 830: Aircraft/Ground Information Exchange for IP Communication (pdf, 494K)

Last Meeting Report:

Aircraft Network and File Server (ANFS)
August 27-28, 2009; in Hamburg, Germany

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