Impact assessment of the Strategic Planning performance in Shared U-space volumes

This work analyses how the different U-space service providers (USSPs) managing a shared airspace volume will impact on the other’s performance. The paper demonstrates how the various strategic planning USSPs capabilities, ranging from procedures and policies, trajectory representation, as well as...

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Main Authors: Juan José Ramos González, Zhiqiang Liu, Jose Luis Muñoz-Gamarra, Enric Pastor, Cristina Barrado
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Language:English
Published: TU Delft OPEN Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research
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Online Access:https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/ejtir/article/view/7472
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author Juan José Ramos González
Zhiqiang Liu
Jose Luis Muñoz-Gamarra
Enric Pastor
Cristina Barrado
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description This work analyses how the different U-space service providers (USSPs) managing a shared airspace volume will impact on the other’s performance. The paper demonstrates how the various strategic planning USSPs capabilities, ranging from procedures and policies, trajectory representation, as well as the deconflicting strategies, impact on the use of this common resource in terms of effective airspace capacity. The paper brings to practice the concept of Reasonable Time to React by proposing a planning timeline with common milestones for the implementation of the required authorization procedures prior to the flight. The paper analyses how these milestones impact on the effective airspace capacity. Also, the First-Come First-Served planning policy is compared with respect to a more efficient batch planning policy, where flight plan batches are processed to mitigate the potential conflicts existing at the strategic phase.  Furthermore, the paper discusses how the capabilities supported by the USSP to represent the trajectory and its associated uncertainty will be also key to optimize the use the airspace. Based on a CORUS-XUAM VLD scenario, a simulation analysis will assess how the USSPs’ capabilities to manage flight planning activities impact on the effective occupation of airspace, jeopardizing in some cases not just the own performance but also that of other airspace users.
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spelling doaj-art-3a5361d99d5448e792b0498538fed0312025-01-12T09:43:45ZengTU Delft OPEN PublishingEuropean Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research1567-71412025-01-0125110.59490/ejtir.2025.25.1.7472Impact assessment of the Strategic Planning performance in Shared U-space volumesJuan José Ramos González0Zhiqiang Liu1Jose Luis Muñoz-Gamarra2Enric Pastor3Cristina Barrado4Universitat Autonòma de BarcelonaUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaUniversitat Politécnica de CatalunyaUniversitat Politécnica de Catalunya This work analyses how the different U-space service providers (USSPs) managing a shared airspace volume will impact on the other’s performance. The paper demonstrates how the various strategic planning USSPs capabilities, ranging from procedures and policies, trajectory representation, as well as the deconflicting strategies, impact on the use of this common resource in terms of effective airspace capacity. The paper brings to practice the concept of Reasonable Time to React by proposing a planning timeline with common milestones for the implementation of the required authorization procedures prior to the flight. The paper analyses how these milestones impact on the effective airspace capacity. Also, the First-Come First-Served planning policy is compared with respect to a more efficient batch planning policy, where flight plan batches are processed to mitigate the potential conflicts existing at the strategic phase.  Furthermore, the paper discusses how the capabilities supported by the USSP to represent the trajectory and its associated uncertainty will be also key to optimize the use the airspace. Based on a CORUS-XUAM VLD scenario, a simulation analysis will assess how the USSPs’ capabilities to manage flight planning activities impact on the effective occupation of airspace, jeopardizing in some cases not just the own performance but also that of other airspace users. https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/ejtir/article/view/7472U-spaceAirspace efficiencyflight trajectory representationplanning timeline and policiesstrategic conflict resolutionCISP-USSPs architecture
spellingShingle Juan José Ramos González
Zhiqiang Liu
Jose Luis Muñoz-Gamarra
Enric Pastor
Cristina Barrado
Impact assessment of the Strategic Planning performance in Shared U-space volumes
European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research
U-space
Airspace efficiency
flight trajectory representation
planning timeline and policies
strategic conflict resolution
CISP-USSPs architecture
title Impact assessment of the Strategic Planning performance in Shared U-space volumes
title_full Impact assessment of the Strategic Planning performance in Shared U-space volumes
title_fullStr Impact assessment of the Strategic Planning performance in Shared U-space volumes
title_full_unstemmed Impact assessment of the Strategic Planning performance in Shared U-space volumes
title_short Impact assessment of the Strategic Planning performance in Shared U-space volumes
title_sort impact assessment of the strategic planning performance in shared u space volumes
topic U-space
Airspace efficiency
flight trajectory representation
planning timeline and policies
strategic conflict resolution
CISP-USSPs architecture
url https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/ejtir/article/view/7472
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