Introduction
Sunhillo has been working with the FAA and their partners for 34 years to help solve problems and install solutions into the NAS by working on programs such as STARS, ECG, ATOP, RMLS, TDM to IP, ATCBI (ASR11), SWIM, OCG, and CTD. Sunhillo and the FAA have a long-standing and positive relationship leading to a round table discussion 9 years ago with other industry experts to discuss “The Sun Setting on TDM”.
Sunhillo products have always supported serial and IP connections (networks) for surveillance data, which bridges between the two (2) network topologies, but there is also a need to connect over IP for system-to-system communications as well as to end devices for monitoring. Many FAA programs/systems provide critical NAS monitoring for the FAA Remote Monitoring and Logging System within the FAA, Sunhillo is equipped to assist with this as well.
The information that follows is the first in a series of white papers that Sunhillo Corporation will be releasing. These papers illustrate how Sunhillo developed surveillance data acquisition & distribution equipment currently supports multiple programs within the FAA and how it helps solve current communication infrastructure issues. This initial TDM to IP white paper is intended to provide a high-level overview with each subsequent paper diving deeper into individual technical topics.
