Internet DRAFT - draft-card-drip-arch
draft-card-drip-arch
DRIP S. Card
Internet-Draft A. Wiethuechter
Intended status: Informational AX Enterprize
Expires: 23 October 2020 R. Moskowitz
HTT Consulting
S. Zhao
Tencent
21 April 2020
Drone Remote Identification Protocol (DRIP) Architecture
draft-card-drip-arch-02
Abstract
This document defines an architecture for Drone Remote Identification
Protocol (DRIP) Working Group protocols and services to support
Unmanned Aircraft System Remote Identification (UAS RID) and RID-
related communications, including its building blocks and their
interfaces, all to be standardized.
CAVEAT LECTOR: This draft version is undergoing substantial
restructuring and is submitted to the DRIP WG only to spark
discussion on architecture and to be adopted as a placeholder if
there is consensus that there should be an architecture document
(however far from any future consensus on that architecture this
draft may be).
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. UAS RID Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2. UAS RID Design Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3. DRIP Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Terms and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1. Requirements Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2. Additional Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. Entities and their Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1. Private Information Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.1. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.2. Proposed Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2. Public Information Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2.1. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2.2. Proposed Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3. CS-RID concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3.1. Proposed optional CS-RID SDSP . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3.2. Proposed optional CS-RID Finder . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4. Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2. Proposed Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5. Proposed Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Appendix A. Overview of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic
Management (UTM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
A.1. Operation Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
A.2. UAS service supplier (USS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
A.3. UTM Use cases for UAS operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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A.4. Overview UAS Remote ID (RID) and RID Standardization . . 15
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1. Introduction
Many safety and other considerations dictate that Unmanned Aircraft
(UA) be remotely identifiable. Civil Aviation Authorities (CAAs)
worldwide are mandating Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Remote
Identification (RID). The European Union Aviation Safety Agency
(EASA) has published [Delegated] and [Implementing] Regulations. The
United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published a
Notice of Proposed Rule Making [NPRM]. CAAs currently promulgate
performance-based regulations that do not specify techniques, but
rather cite industry consensus technical standards as acceptable
means of compliance.
ASTM International, Technical Committee F38 (UAS), Subcommittee
F38.02 (Aircraft Operations), Work Item WK65041, developed the new
ASTM [F3411-19] Standard Specification for Remote ID and Tracking.
It defines 1 set of RID information and 2 means of communicating it
(if a UAS uses both communication methods, the CAAs are expected to
mandate that the RID information content will be identical over both
methods).
Network RID defines a RID data dictionary and data flow: from a
UAS via unspecified means to a Network Remote ID Service Provider
(Net-RID SP); from the Net-RID SP to an integrated, or over the
Internet to a separate, Network Remote ID Display Provider (Net-
RID DP); from the Net-RID DP via the Internet to Network Remote ID
clients in response to their queries (expected typically, but not
specified exclusively, to be web based) specifying airspace
volumes of interest. Network RID depends upon connectivity, in
several segments, including the Internet, from the UAS to the
Observer.
Broadcast RID defines a set of RID messages and how the UA
transmits them locally directly one-way, over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
Broadcast RID should need Internet (or other Wide Area Network)
connectivity only for UAS registry information lookup using the
locally directly received UAS ID as a key. Broadcast RID should
be functionally usable in situations with no Internet
connectivity.
Other SDOs (e.g. 3GPP, Appendix A.4) may define their own
communication methods for both Network and Broadcast RID. The CAAs
expect any additional methods to maintain consistency of the RID
messages.
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[F3411-19] specifies 3 UAS ID Types.
1. 1: a static, manufacturer assigned, hardware serial number per
ANSI/CTA-2063-A "Small Unmanned Aerial System Serial Numbers"
[CTA2063A].
2. 2: a CAA assigned (presumably static) ID.
3. 3: a UAS Traffic Management (UTM) system assigned UUID v4
[RFC4122], which can but need not be dynamic.
The EU allows only Type 1. The US allows Types 1 and 3, but requires
Type 3 IDs (if used) each to be used only once (for a single UAS
flight, which in the context of UTM is called an "operation").
[F3411-19] Broadcast RID transmits all information in the clear as
plaintext, so Types 1 and 2 static IDs enable trivial correlation of
patterns of use, unacceptable in many applications (e.g. package
delivery routes of competitors).
1.1. UAS RID Uses
An ID is not an end in itself; it exists to enable lookups and
provision of services complementing mere identification.
Minimal specified information must be made available to the public.
Access to other data, e.g. UAS operator Personally Identifiable
Information (PII), must be limited to strongly authenticated
personnel, properly authorized per policy. [F3411-19] specifies only
how to get the UAS ID to the observer; how the observer can perform
these lookups, and how the registries first can be populated with
information, is unspecified.
Dynamic establishment of secure communications between the observer
and the UAS pilot seems to have been contemplated by the FAA UAS ID
and Tracking Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) in their
[Recommendations], but it is not addressed in any of the subsequent
proposed regulations or technical specifications.
Using UAS RID to facilitate related services, such as Detect And
Avoid (DAA) and other applications of Vehicle to Vehicle or Vehicle
to Infrastructure (V2V, V2I, collectively V2X) communications, is an
obvious application. This is explicitly contemplated in the FAA
NPRM, but has been omitted from [F3411-19]. DAA has been explicitly
declared out of scope in ASTM working group discussions, based on a
distinction between RID as a security standard vs DAA as a safety
application.
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1.2. UAS RID Design Considerations
The need for near-universal deployment of UAS RID is pressing. This
implies the need to support use by observers of already ubiquitous
mobile devices (smartphones and tablets). UA onboard RID devices are
severely constrained in Cost, Size, Weight and Power ($SWaP). Cost
is a significant impediment to the necessary near-universal adoption
of UAS send and observer receive RID capabilities.
To accommodate the most severely constrained cases, all these
conspire to motivate system design decisions, especially for the
Broadcast RID data link, which complicate the protocol design
problem: one-way links; extremely short packets; and Internet-
disconnected operation of UA onboard devices. Internet-disconnected
operation of observer devices has been deemed by ASTM F38.02 too
infrequent to address, but for some users is important and presents
further challenges. Heavyweight security protocols are infeasible,
yet trustworthiness of UAS RID information is essential. Under
[F3411-19], even the most basic datum, the UAS ID string (typically
number) itself can be merely an unsubstantiated claim.
1.3. DRIP Goals
DRIP will enable leveraging existing Internet resources (standard
protocols, services, infrastructure and business models) to meet UAS
RID and closely related needs. DRIP will specify how to apply IETF
standards, complementing [F3411-19] and other external standards, to
satisfy UAS RID requirements. DRIP will update existing and develop
new protocol standards as needed to accomplish the foregoing.
This document will outline the UAS RID architecture into which DRIP
must fit, and an architecture for DRIP itself. This includes
presenting the gaps between the CAAs' Concepts of Operations and
[F3411-19] as it relates to use of Internet technologies and UA
direct RF communications. Issues include, but are not limited to:
* Trustworthy Remote ID and trust in RID messages
* Privacy in RID messages (PII protection)
* UA -> Ground communications including Broadcast RID
* Broadcast RID 'harvesting' and secure forwarding into the UTM
* Secure UAS -> Net-RID SP communications
2. Terms and Definitions
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2.1. Requirements Terminology
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
2.2. Additional Definitions
Most terminology needed in the DRIP context is introduced in the
paired Requirements document (currently draft-card-drip-reqs).
CS-RID
Crowd Sourced Remote Identification. An optional DRIP WG service
that gateways Broadcast RID to Network RID, and supports
verification of RID position/velocity claims with independent
measurements (e.g. by multilateration), via a SDSP.
HI
Host Identity. The public key portion of an asymmetric key pair
from HIP. In this document it is assumed that the HI is based on
an EdDSA25519 key pair. This is supported by new crypto defined
in [I-D.moskowitz-hip-new-crypto].
HIP
Host Identity Protocol. The origin of HI, HIT, and HHIT, required
for DRIP. Optional full use of HIP enables additional DRIP
functionality.
HHIT
Hierarchical Host Identity Tag. A HIT with extra information not
found in a standard HIT. Defined in
[I-D.moskowitz-hip-hierarchical-hit].
HIT
Host Identity Tag. A 128 bit handle on the HI. Defined in HIPv2
[RFC7401].
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3. Entities and their Interfaces
Any DRIP WG solutions for UAS RID must fit into the UTM (or U-space)
system. This implies interaction with entities including UA, GCS,
USS, Net-RID SP, Net-RID DP, Observers, Operators, Pilots In Command,
Remote Pilots, possibly SDSP, etc. The only additional entities
introduced in this document are registries, required but not
specified by the regulations and [RFC7401], and optionally CS-RID
SDSP and Finder nodes. The DRIP WG may yet introduce other entities
if/as needed.
UAS registries hold both public and private UAS information. The
public information is primarily pointers to the repositories of, and
keys for looking up, the private information. Given these different
uses, and to improve scalability, security and simplicity of
administration, the public and private information can be stored in
different registries, indeed different types of registry.
3.1. Private Information Registry
3.1.1. Background
The private information required for UAS RID is similar to that
required for Internet domain name registration. Thus a DRIP RID
solution can leverage existing Internet resources: registration
protocols, infrastructure and business models, by fitting into an ID
structure compatible with DNS names. This implies some sort of
hierarchy, for scalability, and management of this hierarchy. It is
expected that the private registry function will be provided by the
same organizations that run USS, and likely integrated with USS.
3.1.2. Proposed Approach
A DRIP UAS ID MUST be amenable to handling as an Internet domain name
(at an arbitrary level in the hierarchy), MUST be registered in at
least a pseudo-domain (e.g. .ip6 for reverse lookup), and MAY be
registered as a sub-domain (for forward lookup).
A DRIP private information registry MUST support essential Internet
domain name registry operations (e.g. add, delete, update, query)
using interoperable open standard protocols. It SHOULD support the
Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) and the Registry Data Access
Protocol (RDAP) with access controls. It MAY use XACML to specify
those access controls. It MUST be listed in a DNS: that DNS MAY be
private; but absent any compelling reasons for use of private DNS,
SHOULD be the definitive public Internet DNS hierarchy. The DRIP
private information registry in which a given UAS is registered MUST
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be locatable, starting from the UAS ID, using the methods specified
in [RFC7484].
3.2. Public Information Registry
3.2.1. Background
The public information required to be made available by UAS RID is
transmitted as clear plaintext to local observers in Broadcast RID
and is served to a client by a Net-RID DP in Network RID. Therefore,
while IETF can offer e.g. [RFC6280] as one way to implement Network
RID, the only public information required to support essential DRIP
functions for UAS RID is that required to look up Internet domain
hosts, services, etc.
3.2.2. Proposed Approach
A DRIP public information registry MUST be a standard DNS server, in
the definitive public Internet DNS hierarchy. It MUST support NS,
MX, SRV, TXT, AAAA, PTR, CNAME and HIP RR types.
3.3. CS-RID concept
ASTM anticipated that regulators would require both Broadcast RID and
Network RID for large UAS, but allow RID requirements for small UAS
to be satisfied with the operator's choice of either Broadcast RID or
Network RID. The EASA initially specified Broadcast RID for UAS of
essentially all UAS and is now considering Network RID also. The FAA
NPRM requires both for Standard RID and specifies Broadcast RID only
for Limited RID. One obvious opportunity is to enhance the
architecture with gateways from Broadcast RID to Network RID. This
provides the best of both and gives regulators and operators
flexibility. Such gateways could be pre-positioned (e.g. around
airports and other sensitive areas) and/or crowdsourced (as nothing
more than a smartphone with a suitable app is needed). Gateways can
also perform multilateration to provide independent measurements of
UA position, which is otherwise entirely operator self-reported in
UAS RID and UTM. CS-RID would be an option, beyond baseline DRIP
functionality; if implemented, it adds 2 more entity types.
3.3.1. Proposed optional CS-RID SDSP
A CS-RID SDSP MUST appear (i.e. present the same interface) to a Net-
RID SP as a Net-RID DP. A CS-RID SDSP MUST appear to a Net-RID DP as
a Net-RID SP. A CS-RID SDSP MUST NOT present a standard GCS-facing
interface as if it were a Net-RID SP. A CS-RID SDSP MUST NOT present
a standard client-facing interface as if it were a Net-RID DP. A CS-
RID SDSP MUST present a TBD interface to a CS-RID Finder; this
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interface SHOULD be based upon but readily distinguishable from that
between a GCS and a Net-RID SP.
3.3.2. Proposed optional CS-RID Finder
A CS-RID Finder MUST present a TBD interface to a CS-RID SDSP; this
interface SHOULD be based upon but readily distinguishable from that
between a GCS and a Net-RID SP. A CS-RID Finder must implement,
integrate, or accept outputs from, a Broadcast RID receiver. A CS-
RID Finder MUST NOT interface directly with a GCS, Net-RID SP, Net-
RID DP or Network RID client.
4. Identifiers
4.1. Background
A DRIP UA ID needs to be "Trustworthy". This means that within the
framework of the RID messages, an observer can establish that the RID
used does uniquely belong to the UA. That the only way for any other
UA to assert this RID would be to steal something from within the UA.
The RID is self-generated by the UAS (either UA or GCS) and
registered with the USS.
Within the limitations of Broadcast RID, this is extremely
challenging as:
* An RID can at most be 20 characters
* The ASTM Basic RID message (the message containing the RID) is 25
characters; only 3 characters are currently unused
* The ASTM Authentication message, with some changes from [F3411-19]
can carry 224 bytes of payload.
Standard approaches like X.509 and PKI will not fit these
constraints, even using the new EdDSA algorithm. An example of a
technology that will fit within these limitations is an enhancement
on the Host Identity Tag (HIT) HIPv2 [RFC7401] as defined in HHIT
[I-D.moskowitz-hip-hierarchical-hit].
By using the EdDSA HHIT suite, self-assertions of the RID can be done
in as little as 84 bytes. Third-party assertions can be done in 200
bytes. An observer would need Internet access to validate a self-
assertion claim. A third-party assertion can be validated via a
small credential cache in a disconnected environment. This third-
party assertion is possible when the third-party also uses HHITs for
its identity and the UA has the public key for that HHIT.
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4.2. Proposed Approach
A DRIP UAS ID MUST be a HHIT. It SHOULD be self-generated by the UAS
(either UA or GCS) and MUST be registered with the Private
Information Registry identified in its hierarchy fields. Each UAS ID
HHIT MUST NOT be used more than once, with one exception as follows.
Each UA MAY be assigned, by its manufacturer, a single HI and derived
HHIT encoded as a hardware serial number per [CTA2063A]. Such a
static HHIT SHOULD be used only to bind one-time use UAS IDs (other
HHITs) to the unique UA. Depending upon implementation, this may
leave a HI private key in the possession of the manufacturer (see
Security Considerations).
Each UA equipped for Broadcast RID MUST be provisioned not only with
its HHIT but also with the HI public key from which the HHIT was
derived and the corresponding private key, to enable message
signature. Each UAS equipped for Network RID MUST be provisioned
likewise; the private key SHOULD reside only in the ultimate source
of Network RID messages (i.e. on the UA itself if the GCS is merely
relaying rather than sourcing Network RID messages). Each observer
device MUST be provisioned with public keys of the UAS RID root
registries and MAY be provisioned with public keys or certificates
for subordinate registries.
Operators and Private Information Registries MUST possess and other
UTM entities MAY possess UAS ID style HHITs. When present, such
HHITs SHOULD be used with HIP to strongly mutually authenticate and
optionally encrypt communications.
5. Proposed Transactions
Each Operator MUST generate a "HIo" and derived "HHITo", register
them with a Private Information Registry along with whatever Operator
data (inc. PII) is required by the cognizant CAA and the registry,
and obtain a certificate "Cro" signed with "HIr(priv)" proving such
registration.
To add an UA, an Operator MUST generate a "HIa" and derived "HHITa",
create a certificate "Coa" signed with "HIo(priv)" to associate the
UA with its Operator, register them with a Private Information
Registry along with whatever UAS data is required by the cognizant
CAA and the registry, obtain a certificate "Croa" signed with
"HIr(priv)" proving such registration, and obtain a certificate "Cra"
signed with "HIr(priv)" proving UA registration in that specific
registry while preserving Operator privacy. The operator then MUST
provision the UA with "HIa", "HIa(priv)", "HHITa" and "Cra".
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UA engaging in Broadcast RID MUST use "HIa(priv)" to sign Auth
Messages and MUST periodically broadcast "Cra". UAS engaging in
Network RID MUST use "HIa(priv)" to sign Auth Messages. Observers
MUST use "HIa" from received "Cra" to verify received Broadcast RID
Auth messages. Observers without Internet connectivity MAY use "Cra"
to identify the trust class of the UAS based on known registry
vetting. Observers with Internet connectivity MAY use "HHITa" to
perform lookups in the Public Information Registry and MAY then query
the Private Information Registry, which MUST enforce AAA policy on
Operator PII and other sensitive information.
6. IANA Considerations
It is likely that an IPv6 prefix will be needed for the HHIT (or
other identifier) space: this should be coordinated with ICAO; this
will be specified in other drafts.
7. Security Considerations
DRIP is all about safety and security, so content pertaining to such
is not limited to this section. The security provided by asymmetric
cryptographic techniques depends upon protection of the private keys.
A manufacturer that embeds a private key in an UA may have retained a
copy. A manufacturer whose UA are configured by a closed source
application on the GCS which communicates over the Internet with the
factory may be sending a copy of a UA or GCS self-generated key back
to the factory. Compromise of a registry private key could do
widespread harm. Key revocation procedures are as yet to be
determined. These risks are in addition to those involving Operator
key management practices.
8. Acknowledgments
The work of the FAA's UAS Identification and Tracking (UAS ID)
Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) is the foundation of later ASTM
and proposed IETF DRIP WG efforts. The work of ASTM F38.02 in
balancing the interests of diverse stakeholders is essential to the
necessary rapid and widespread deployment of UAS RID.
Appendix A was provided by Shuai Zhao of Tencent.
9. References
9.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
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DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC7484] Blanchet, M., "Finding the Authoritative Registration Data
(RDAP) Service", RFC 7484, DOI 10.17487/RFC7484, March
2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7484>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
9.2. Informative References
[ATIS-I-0000074]
ATIS, "Report on UAS in 3GPP",
<https://access.atis.org/apps/group_public/
download.php/48760/ATIS-I-0000074.pdf>.
[CTA2063A] ANSI, "Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Serial Numbers",
September 2019.
[Delegated]
European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), "EU
Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/945 of 12 March 2019
on unmanned aircraft systems and on third-country
operators of unmanned aircraft systems", March 2019.
[F3411-19] ASTM, "Standard Specification for Remote ID and Tracking",
December 2019.
[I-D.moskowitz-hip-hierarchical-hit]
Moskowitz, R., Card, S., and A. Wiethuechter,
"Hierarchical HITs for HIPv2", Work in Progress, Internet-
Draft, draft-moskowitz-hip-hierarchical-hit-04, 3 March
2020, <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-moskowitz-hip-
hierarchical-hit-04>.
[I-D.moskowitz-hip-new-crypto]
Moskowitz, R., Card, S., and A. Wiethuechter, "New
Cryptographic Algorithms for HIP", Work in Progress,
Internet-Draft, draft-moskowitz-hip-new-crypto-04, 23
January 2020, <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-
moskowitz-hip-new-crypto-04>.
[Implementing]
European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), "EU
Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/947 of 24 May 2019
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on the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned
aircraft", May 2019.
[LANNC] United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), "Low
Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability",
<https://www.faa.gov/uas/programs_partnerships/
data_exchange/>.
[NPRM] United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
"Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Remote Identification
of Unmanned Aircraft Systems", December 2019.
[Recommendations]
FAA UAS Identification and Tracking Aviation Rulemaking
Committee, "UAS ID and Tracking ARC Recommendations Final
Report", September 2017.
[RFC4122] Leach, P., Mealling, M., and R. Salz, "A Universally
Unique IDentifier (UUID) URN Namespace", RFC 4122,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4122, July 2005,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4122>.
[RFC6280] Barnes, R., Lepinski, M., Cooper, A., Morris, J.,
Tschofenig, H., and H. Schulzrinne, "An Architecture for
Location and Location Privacy in Internet Applications",
BCP 160, RFC 6280, DOI 10.17487/RFC6280, July 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6280>.
[RFC7401] Moskowitz, R., Ed., Heer, T., Jokela, P., and T.
Henderson, "Host Identity Protocol Version 2 (HIPv2)",
RFC 7401, DOI 10.17487/RFC7401, April 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7401>.
[TS-22.825]
3GPP, "UAS RID requirement study",
<https://portal.3gpp.org/desktopmodules/Specifications/
SpecificationDetails.aspx?specificationId=3527>.
[TS-36.777]
3GPP, "UAV service in the LTE network",
<https://portal.3gpp.org/desktopmodules/Specifications/
SpecificationDetails.aspx?specificationId=3231>.
[U-Space] European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation
(EUROCONTROL), "U-space Concept of Operations", October
2019,
<https://www.sesarju.eu/sites/default/files/documents/u-
space/CORUS%20ConOps%20vol2.pdf>.
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Appendix A. Overview of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic
Management (UTM)
A.1. Operation Concept
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and FAAs'
effort of integrating UAS's operation into the national airspace
system (NAS) leads to the development of the concept of UTM and the
ecosystem around it. The UTM concept was initially presented in
2013. The eventual development and implementation are conducted by
the UTM research transition team (RTT) which is the joint workforce
by FAA and NASA. World efforts took place afterward. The Single
European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) started the CORUS project to
research its UTM counterpart concept, namely [U-Space]. This effort
is led by the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation
(Eurocontrol).
Both NASA and SESAR have published the UTM concept of operations to
guide the development of their future air traffic management (ATM)
system and make sure safe and efficient integrations of manned and
unmanned aircraft into the national airspace.
The UTM composes of UAS operation infrastructure, procedures and
local regulation compliance policies to guarantee UAS's safe
integration and operation. The main functionality of a UTM includes
but not limited to provides means of communication between UAS
operators and service providers and a platform to facilitate
communication among UAS service providers.
A.2. UAS service supplier (USS)
A USS plays an important role to fulfill the key performance
indicators (KPIs) that a UTM has to offer. Such Entity acts as a
proxy between UAS operators and UTM service providers. It provides
services like real-time UAS traffic monitor and planning,
aeronautical data archiving, airspace and violation control,
interacting with other third-party control entities, etc. A USS can
coexist with other USS(s) to build a large service coverage map which
can load-balance, relay and share UAS traffic information.
The FAA works with UAS industry shareholders and promotes the Low
Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability [LANNC] program
which is the first implementation to realize UTM's functionality.
The LAANC program can automate the UAS's fly plan application and
approval process for airspace authorization in real-time by checking
against multiple aeronautical databases such as airspace
classification and fly rules associated with it, FAA UAS facility
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map, special use airspace, Notice to airman (NOTAM) and Temporary
flight rule (TFR).
A.3. UTM Use cases for UAS operation
This section illustrates a couple of use case scenarios where UAS's
participation in UTM has significant safety improvement.
1. For a UAS participating in UTM and takeoff or land in a
controlled airspace (ex. Class Bravo, Charlie, Delta and Echo in
United Stated), the USS where UAS is currently communicating with
is responsible for UAS's registration, authenticating the UAS's
fly plan by checking against designated UAS fly map database,
obtaining the air traffic control (ATC) authorization and monitor
the UAS fly path in order to maintain safe boundary and follow
the pre-authorized route.
2. For a UAS participating in UTM and take off or land in an
uncontrolled airspace (ex. Class Golf in the United States),
pre-fly authorization must be obtained from a USS when operating
beyond-visual-of-sight (BVLOS) operation. The USS either accepts
or rejects received intended fly plan from the UAS. Accepted UAS
operation may share its current fly data such as GPS position and
altitude to USS. The USS may keep the UAS flight status near
real-time and may keep it as a record for overall airspace air
traffic monitor.
A.4. Overview UAS Remote ID (RID) and RID Standardization
A RID is an application enabler for a UAS to be identified by a UTM/
USS or third parties entities such as law enforcement. Many safety
and other considerations dictate that UAS be remotely identifiable.
CAAs worldwide are mandating UAS RID. The European Union Aviation
Safety Agency (EASA) has published [Delegated] and [Implementing]
Regulations. The FAA has published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making
[NPRM]. CAAs currently promulgate performance-based regulations
that do not specify techniques, but rather cite industry consensus
technical standards as acceptable means of compliance.
3GPP provides UA service in the LTE network since release 15 in
published technical specification [TS-36.777]. Start from its
release 16, it completed the UAS RID requirement study in [TS-22.825]
and proposed use cases in the mobile network and the services that
can be offered based on RID and ongoing release 17 specification
works on enhanced UAS service requirement and provides the protocol
and application architecture support which is applicable for both 4G
and 5G network. ATIS's recent report [ATIS-I-0000074] proposes
architecture approaches for the 3GPP network to support UAS and one
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of which is put RID in higher 3GPP protocol stack such as using ASTM
remote ID [F3411-19].
Authors' Addresses
Stuart W. Card
AX Enterprize
4947 Commercial Drive
Yorkville, NY 13495
United States of America
Email: stu.card@axenterprize.com
Adam Wiethuechter
AX Enterprize
4947 Commercial Drive
Yorkville, NY 13495
United States of America
Email: adam.wiethuechter@axenterprize.com
Robert Moskowitz
HTT Consulting
Oak Park, MI 48237
United States of America
Email: rgm@labs.htt-consult.com
Shuai Zhao
Tencent
CA
United States of America
Email: shuaiizhao@tencent.com
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