ANSP DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung and Rohde & Schwarz have completed a program to upgrade Germany's radio sites.
The Radio Site Upgrade and Modernization (RASUM 8,33) has seen around 4000 radios at more than 100 radio sites upgraded and connected to the four large area control centers (ACC) and 15 international airports operated by DFS.
Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) installed its field-proven Certium radios along with racks, filters and antennas for the upgrade program. Certium is compatible with VoIP and ED137 and enables safe and efficient airspace operations.
This large radio fleet is centrally managed and monitored by a country-wide Control and Monitoring System, based on the R&S RCMSII solution. Status information of radio systems and operationally needed adjustments can be handled by the technical staff of DFS in an efficient manner, resulting in increased system availability and an optimized cost of operation.
“Having a partner like Rohde & Schwarz by our side throughout the entire project duration of multiple years is of great importance, as the company is very reliable. The technology features low failures and downtimes, their experts show the utmost technical understanding and the company overall has an extraordinary depth of development, production and roll-out capability of turnkey systems,” Verena Becker, DFS project manager of RASUM 8,33 said.
“The communication with the trusting and supportive team, was always constructive and goal-oriented and made it a pleasure working with Rohde & Schwarz all the way from system design to implementation and commissioning.”
“Together, as a joint team, we mastered the high technical and operational requirements of the German airspace as well as the necessary preparation and implementation for 8,33 kHz channel spacing and future-proof VoIP connection”, Marius Münstermann, vice [resident ATC at R&S said.
“As a technology leader with state-of-the-art turnkey solutions, the Certium portfolio of Rohde & Schwarz features long service life, sustainability and high system availability & low probability of failure. Already, we are in final discussions with DFS for a subsequent service level agreement to support nation-wide radio system for years to come. This is another example of collaboration in our decade-long and trusted partnership with DFS.”
DFS is to host the global ANSP community at CANSO AGM in Berlin this week, during which Rohde & Schwarz will showcase its technology capabilities.