Europe's progress towards a full scale LPV implementation Current status (first implementations), lessons learnt and challenges for the future

摘要

The EGNOS Safety of Life (SoL) Service was declared available by the European Commission on the 2nd of March 2011, this key milestone for the European Satellite Navigation gave way to the first EGNOS based procedures publication. The first European LPV procedure was published in Pau (France) and became operational on the 17th of March 2012, being meant to be the first step in Europe's way towards a full scale LPV implementation. This paper will provide a complete overview of the European framework, recent developments and expected roadmap concerning LPV procedures implementation, starting with: An introduction of the LPV concept (LPV approach is also called APV SBAS approach and is charted as an RNAV GNSS approach) together with a description of where the LPV approach fits into the global PBN concept (LPV identified as RNP APCH application down to LPV minima) being able to support the whole approach from the initial approach to the missed approach segments. A complementary introduction of where LPV could fit into the European PBN Implementing Rule (PBN IR) currently under development, which is expected to set the regulatory basis for PBN implementation in Europe. An outline of the well-known benefits obtained from the LPV approaches, which are the rationale for the 36th and 37th ICAO Assembly Resolutions (A36-23 and A37-11), illustrating these with the outcomes of the numerous pre-operational European projects as well as with the operational experience gathered during this first stage.