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TOPEX shows its contribution for the IP-technology improvement in ATM industry

TOPEX, as a EUROCAE WG67 member, proved its experiencein integrating VoIP in ATM industry taking part at the 2nd phase of Air Traffic Management VoIP Plugtests events organized by ETSI in Sophia Antipolis, France.

It is well known that EUROCAE WG67 defines standards guaranteeing ATM VoIP interoperability and for each member of this group is a great opportunity to participate in forum meetings where technical specifications regarding the most recent technologies, systems and equipments are developed.

This Plugtest event, organized between 30th March and 3rd April, performed all the remaining SIP Telephone and Radio interface interoperability tests compliant with the current EUROCAE WG67 works. The event reinforced interoperability by enabling the identification of areas for improvements, by detecting errors and ambiguities within the current draft standards at the earliest stage, and finally speeding up the process of providing ATM VoIP products to the market in order to contribute to the implementation of the future European ATM system.

TOPEX provides highly available communication and information solutions for Air Traffic Control industry. Being permanently in line with the evolution of IP technology, TOPEX VCS solution was among the world's first fully IP implementation in ATC environment. In this way, TOPEX IP VCS is a fully redundant Air Traffic Management solution being flexible and easy to upgrade, integrate or customize. The solution is well suited for new ATC market needs and developments, its deploying covering all the features of legacy - VCS and offering technical and economical advantages. This TOPEX solution is already running successfully as an ATM Communication system and is based on distributed architecture, therefore eliminating ‘single points of failure' from a centralized architecture.

"We are very pleased to have had this opportunity to share our experience in VoIP technology with EUROCAE WG67 members.", declared Mr. Dan Adamescu, CEO TOPEX. "Working on this project that will help drive innovation in the aviation community, was a step further to achieving customer-oriented solutions for air-traffic management business and we look forward to working on future projects in order to improve operational and technical ATM voice communication requirements.", added Mr. Adamescu.