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Factsheet DEMETER Version 3.1.0

DEMETER is a software tool designed for navigation infrastructure planning to support Performance-based Navigation (PBN) by assessing DME and VOR coverage. It facilitates cooperation among airspace planners and flight inspectors, ensuring compliance with PBN regulations and optimizing navigation infrastructure. The tool is developed on open-source platforms and is available free of charge to EUROCONTROL stakeholders, with access also possible for other interested parties.

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Factsheet DEMETER Version 3.1.0

DEMETER is a software tool designed for navigation infrastructure planning to support Performance-based Navigation (PBN) by assessing DME and VOR coverage. It facilitates cooperation among airspace planners and flight inspectors, ensuring compliance with PBN regulations and optimizing navigation infrastructure. The tool is developed on open-source platforms and is available free of charge to EUROCONTROL stakeholders, with access also possible for other interested parties.

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DEMETER Factsheet

Introduction
DEMETER (DistancE Measuring Equipment TracER) The planning of flight inspection within DEMETER ensures
is a software tool for navigation infrastructure planning that only the minimum set of DME need to be inspected.
(rationalisation and evolution) in support of Performance- Flexible interfaces allow flight inspection results to be
based Navigation (PBN). It allows service providers imported enabling direct comparison with simulation
to determine the minimum reversion navigation results. Thus, the software enables the cooperation needed
infrastructure needed to support RNAV-5, by looking at between airspace planners, procedure designers, Navaid
both DME/DME & VOR/DME coverage and RNAV-1, by engineers and flight inspectors. In addition, a Navaid
looking at DME/DME performance. DEMETER uses a terrain database allows the exchange of key technical data (not
database to determine facility coverage and processes the normally contained in AIPs) in a common format between
results by evaluating RNAV criteria in accordance with the EUROCONTROL and ANSPs
ICAO PBN Manual; this integrated database can support
multiple formats including DTED Levels 1 & 2 to enable
more accurate performance analysis.

DEMETER is an efficient and effective tool to support


the European air navigation service providers (ANSPs) in
complying with the PBN Implementation Regulation (EU)
2018/1048 by enabling them to develop GNSS reversion
solutions and the identification of an efficient Minimum
Operational Network (MON). Furthermore, DEMETER
allows simulation results to be visualised in the context of
operational requirements that are set by airspace planners
and it supports flight inspection planning.

DEMETER ensures harmonised PBN IR implementation in


accordance with the EUROCONTROL Guidelines for RNAV
1 Infrastructure Assessment Edition 2.0 (EUROCONTROL-
GUID-114), published in July 2021, which have been
developed in cooperation with the ICAO Navigation
Systems Panel (NSP).

SUPPORTING EUROPEAN AVIATION


DEMETER can be used by State PBN implementers to n Co-channel separation checks, including 8dB D/U
establish the most efficient DME-DME infrastructure to evaluation.
provide a ground-based positioning solution as back-up n DME-DME coverage and performance assessment
to GNSS. Furthermore, DEMETER can enable an evaluation (available pairs, subtended angle, redundancy and
of Navaid rationalisation potential and the identification of Navigation System Error-NSE). VOR-DME coverage and
optimisation opportunities in the current infrastructure. redundancy assessment.
n SID/STAR procedure definition including the RF legs,
DME/DME performance calculation, and individual
DME coverage prediction in vertical profile.
n 3D terrain and simulation results visualisation.
n Predefined Flight Inspection data formats as well as
a flexible importing interface and pre-processing
function allowing direct comparisons between
predicted and achieved coverage.

DEMETER has been developed based solely on open source


software platforms and development environments such
as Eclipse, Java and uDig (User-friendly Desktop Internet
GIS). The latest version of this software tool, released in
December 2021, is v 3.1.0.

Main features
n Estimation of best location for a new DME site that
n Navaid database for VOR, DME, VOR-DME, TACAN, together with the existing navigation infrastructure
VORTAC and NDB. The database can be updated from helps improve the DME-DME signal coverage in a
AIXM 4.5 and 5.1 formats, ARINC424 data files or from designated area of interest.
flexible .csv format. n Import and management of SAAM (NEST) Traffic
n Import of airspace elements (e.g. coordinate points, Densities.
SID/STAR procedures, route segments) from EAD n Import of user layers in shapefile, tiff and .kml formats.
snapshot reports. n Export of 2D map layers in shapefile and .kml formats.

How to obtain DEMETER


EUROCONTROL stakeholders may obtain access to
DEMETER and its associated technical documentation free
of charge.

As DEMETER works globally, other interested parties may


n Integrated GTOPO30 terrain database with support for also request access to the software. The support provided
high quality DTED levels 1 and 2 and other formats such by EUROCONTROL in this case may be limited and users
as: SRTM, ASTER, GeoTiff, ASCII DEM, ARCINFO GRIDs. might need to import their own navigation aids data and
n Coverage calculations based on Line-of-Sight, Free possibly pay license fees.
Space Path Loss or Diffraction propagation models.
Access can be requested by contacting the DEMETER
team at [email protected].

© EUROCONTROL - February 2022


This document is published by EUROCONTROL for information purposes. It may be copied in whole or in part, provided
that EUROCONTROL is mentioned as the source and it is not used for commercial purposes (i.e. for financial gain).
The information in this document may not be modified without prior written permission from EUROCONTROL.

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