ADS-C Ground Distribution SWIM Service v 1.0

The Demand Contract Request Interface allows a consumer of the SWIM ADS-C Ground Distribution Service to request the creation of a demand contract with a specific aircraft.

The Service Status Monitoring Interface allows a consumer to retrieve updates of the SWIM ADS-C Ground Distribution Service health and operational status.

The Flight Status Interface allows a consumer of the SWIM ADS-C Ground Distribution Service to query: The ICAO 24-bit aircraft address based on the information available to the ADS-C Common Service based on the logon information received, The flight status of the aircraft, The last report of the aircraft.

The Flight Status Subscription Management Interface allows a consumer of the SWIM ADS-C Ground Distribution Service to subscribe to flight status changes he is interested in to receive via the Flight Status Data Publication Interface.

The Flight Status Data Publication Interface allows a consumer to obtain updates of the ADS-C exchanges of the flights he is interested in. It provides two ways of doing so: By creating an endpoint from which a consumer can listen to updates of flights matching certain filtering criteria defined in a subscription created through the Flight Status Subscription Management Interface. In which case he will receive in its subscription response the endpoint address created specifically for his subscription. The dynamic endpoint created for a specific subscription is labelled by /<address> in this document, the specific value taken by the <address> placeholder is resolved in runtime and provided in the subscription response. By defining a number of preconfigured static endpoints where predefined filters are already applied. These preconfigured static endpoints do not require the creation of a specific subscription by the consumer, they are created in design-time by the service provider and are readily available for any consumer, subject to authorization verification. These static endpoints are labelled by /<predefinedSubscription> in this document, the specific values taken by these endpoints is defined by the service provider during design-time.

The Subscription Management Interface allows a consumer of the SWIM ADS-C Ground Distribution Service to select the set of datalink messages he is interested to receive via the Data Publication Interface.

The Data Publication Interface allows a consumer to obtain updates of the ADS-C exchanges of the flights he is interested in. It provides two ways of doing so: By creating an endpoint from which a consumer can listen to updates of flights matching certain filtering criteria defined in a subscription created through the Subscription Management Interface. In which case he will receive in its subscription response the endpoint address created specifically for his subscription. The dynamic endpoint created for a specific subscription is labelled by /<address> in this document, the specific value taken by the <address> placeholder is resolved in runtime and provided in the subscription response. By defining a number of preconfigured static endpoints where predefined filters are already applied. These preconfigured static endpoints do not require the creation of a specific subscription by the consumer, they are created in design-time by the service provider and are readily available for any consumer, subject to authorization verification. These static endpoints are labelled by /<predefinedSubscription> in this document, the specific values taken by these endpoints is defined by the service provider during design-time.