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7In the aviation industry, airport "integration" has been a buzzword for a long time. Initially, the integration effort in airports, as in many other industries, focused solely on the technology.
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The types of data that can be collected include aircraft equipment model and type, tail number, airport arrival and departure times, airline flight number, passenger counts, aircraft weight and balance data, and whether a flight is scheduled or non-scheduled and domestic or international. Every aircraft transmits a signal from its transponder to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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Current State of the Industry 9 Before purchasing the software, airports should check with their legal department to determine if there are contractual constraints, which might affect the usefulness of the software and, if so, how these contract issues can be addressed. Passenger Fees Some airports use airport-driven data sources, such as common-use kiosks, check-in systems, ticket readers at the gate, and passenger manifests, to capture passenger counts needed to bill for passenger fees.
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Radio Frequency Technology Airports are also beginning to adapt to emerging technologies and, in some cases, melding old with new. RF technologies can be paired with newer systems and emerging software to enable airports to track equipment, baggage, commercial vehicles, parking data, and many other aspects of an airport's operation.
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Current State of the Industry 11 security. Video analytics applications are used at today's airports to perform the following data capture tasks: • Count the number of pedestrians who enter a door or geographic region; • Determine the location, speed, and direction of travel; • Identify suspicious movement of people or assets; • Inventory license plates; and • Evaluate how long a package has been left in an area.
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ADS-B will also have a favorable impact on noise contours around the airport. The airport operator working in cooperation with the FAA and the airlines serving the community will identify preferred routes, preferred altitudes for inbound aircraft, and minimize noise and pollution over the most congested areas.
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Standards for Communicating and Using Airport Information Aviation industry groups as well as international standards setting organizations are creating global standards -- agreed-on formats and methods -- for transferring data. These standards are crucial because they provide uniform, consistent methods to communicate data.
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These types of airport operational databases use various strategies for collecting, storing, and transmitting information. Extensible Markup Language XML is a technology used for tagging, interpreting, and transmitting data between applications.
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, ebXML standards provide a common method to exchange business messages, conduct trading relationships, communicate data in common terms, and define and register business processes. Collaboration and Sharing Information The elements discussed in this chapter reflect the growing movement toward a more collaborative approach to integration at airports.
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