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==WAAS User Segment==
==WAAS User Segment==


The WAAS user segment consists in the GNSS receivers that combine GPS information with the SBAS signal-in-space broadcast by the [[Work in Progress:WAAS Space Segment|WAAS GEO satellites]]. As such, the user segment is not under the control of the WAAS service provider, FAA, and it is driven by the GNSS application market. Although the prime target of WAAS is the civil aviation user community, most of GPS receivers nowadays can be configured to receive and process WAAS signal-in-space (SIS), so they can benefit from the enhanced accuracy and/or integrity offered by WAAS.


Although orignally developed for aviation, WAAS is not just limited to the aviation industry, any user with a WAAS-enabled GPS receiver will be able to benefit from WAAS correction data from Space segment, making the GPS positioning more accurate and reliable.
WAAS users include any aircraft with approved SBAS avionics using a SBAS-enabled GPS receiver. The WAAS user equipment shall be compliant (certified) against several standards, i.e. RTCA MOPS DO 229  (see article [[SBAS Standards]]). The civil aviation certified equipment is in the highest rank with respect its cost. There exist a large number of certified receivers manufacturers worldwide, incluiding:<ref name="WAAS STATUS">[http://www.afceaboston.com/documents/events/cnsatm2011/Briefs/03-Wednesday/Wednesday-AM/04-Eldredge-FAA%20SAT%20NAV.pdf WAAS Program Update, 2011, FAA]</ref>
* [http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/us GARMIN]
* [http://honeywell.com/Pages/Home.aspx Honeywell]
* [http://www.rockwellcollins.com/ Rockwell Collins]
* [http://www.uasc.com Universal Avionics]
* [http://www.cmcelectronics.ca CMC Electronics]
* [http://www.avidyne.com/ Avidyne]


The WAAS User segment is not under the control of the WAAS service provider, FAA, as it is driven by the WAAS application market. In general, the WAAS service operator provides different services aiming at different market sectors, namely an Open Service, a Safety of Life service (SoL) and even a Commercial Service.<ref>[[SBAS Fundamentals]]</ref>
[http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/stc/ Aircraft Suplemental Type Certificates (STC)] have been issued by the FAA for an important number of aircraft models equipping WAAS-compliant avionics, including, among others, models from Boeing, Embraer, Hawker, Cessna,
 
 
The non-safety-of-life devices comprise low cost, general purpose GPS equipment that uses the WAAS signal-in-space (SIS) to provide the user with an enhanced accuracy performance in comparison with the one provided by a standalone GPS device. In comparison with the certification requirements of the safety-of-life user equipment, the general-purpose equipment is not necessarily compliant with the RTCA MOPS DO 229 processing rules, but might only make use of the processing algorithms that render the accuracy corrections provided by the SBAS SIS.


For the Safety-of-Life (SoL) service (developed for the civil aviation community), WAAS users include any aircraft with approved WAAS avionics using a WAAS-enabled GPS receiver. The WAAS user equipment shall be compliant (certified) against several standards, i.e. RTCA MOPS DO 229  (see article [[SBAS Standards]]). The SoL civil aviation certified equipment is in the highest rank with respect its cost. There exist a large number of certified receivers manufacturers worldwide, in the US: GARMIN, Honeywell, Rockwell Collins, General Avionics, etc. The Open Service (OS) targets low cost, general purpose GPS equipment that uses the WAAS Signal-In-Space (SIS) to provide the user with an enhanced accuracy performance in comparison with the one provided by a standalone GPS device. In comparison with the certification requirements of the SoL user equipment, user equipment is not necessarily compliant with the RTCA MOPS DO 229 processing rules, but might only make use of the processing algorithms that render the accuracy corrections provided by the SBAS SIS.


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 14:26, 29 July 2011


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Title WAAS User Segment
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Year of Publication 2011
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The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) is the United States Satellite Based Augmentation System. The programme, started in 1992, is being carried out by the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA)[1] and is specially developed for the civil aviation community.[2] The system, which was declared operational in late 2003,[3] currently supports thousands of aircraft instrument approaches in more than one thousand airports in USA and Canada.[4] WAAS service area includes CONUS, Alaska, Canada and Mexico.[5] The WAAS programme is continuously in evolution; two development phases have been already covered, a third is in progress, and there are plans to improve the capability of the system in parallel with the evolution of the SBAS standards towards a dual-frequency augmentation service.[6]

WAAS User Segment

The WAAS user segment consists in the GNSS receivers that combine GPS information with the SBAS signal-in-space broadcast by the WAAS GEO satellites. As such, the user segment is not under the control of the WAAS service provider, FAA, and it is driven by the GNSS application market. Although the prime target of WAAS is the civil aviation user community, most of GPS receivers nowadays can be configured to receive and process WAAS signal-in-space (SIS), so they can benefit from the enhanced accuracy and/or integrity offered by WAAS.

WAAS users include any aircraft with approved SBAS avionics using a SBAS-enabled GPS receiver. The WAAS user equipment shall be compliant (certified) against several standards, i.e. RTCA MOPS DO 229 (see article SBAS Standards). The civil aviation certified equipment is in the highest rank with respect its cost. There exist a large number of certified receivers manufacturers worldwide, incluiding:[7]

Aircraft Suplemental Type Certificates (STC) have been issued by the FAA for an important number of aircraft models equipping WAAS-compliant avionics, including, among others, models from Boeing, Embraer, Hawker, Cessna,


The non-safety-of-life devices comprise low cost, general purpose GPS equipment that uses the WAAS signal-in-space (SIS) to provide the user with an enhanced accuracy performance in comparison with the one provided by a standalone GPS device. In comparison with the certification requirements of the safety-of-life user equipment, the general-purpose equipment is not necessarily compliant with the RTCA MOPS DO 229 processing rules, but might only make use of the processing algorithms that render the accuracy corrections provided by the SBAS SIS.


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