Given various aircraft types and avionics suites, how is interoperability assured with all Link 2000+ ground systems?
The Link 2000+ specifications refer to interoperability specifications developed and published by RTCA-SC189/EUROCAE-WG53, which are based on the ATN Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) published by ICAO. These requirements have been validated during prototyping, demonstration and pre-operational trials involving implementers in a number of countries and regions. The successful outcome of these activities has demonstrated that different implementations which comply with these specifications will interoperate. The implementations of the Link 2000+ requirements need to demonstrate that they comply with the specifications. This evidence is needed for certification or may be contractually requested. Means to demonstrate compliance include interoperability testing, trials or conformance testing. Given that the airborne implementations have been validated to comply with the referenced specifications, there is a high level of confidence that they will interoperate with validated groun
