Recent Advances for Smart Air Traffic
Management: An Overview
Chao Jiang
(&)
The 28th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation,
Nanjing 210000, China
capjiangchao@163.com
Abstract. With the development of the civil aviation industry, the pressure
carried by the air traffic management (ATM) system, which is the core of civil
aviation operations, is also gradually increasing, and therefore, it is necessary to
use the power of various emerging information technologies to build a smart air
traffic management system, thereby improving operational efficiency while
ensuring safe operation of air traffic management. In recent years, the research of
smart air traffic management has become a hot topic in academic circles, supported by industry guidance units such as the Civil Aviation Administration and
the Air Traffic Management Bureau, and scholars at home and abroad have
conducted relevant explorations on smart air traffic management. The paper
comprehensively analyzes the research results of smart air traffic management in
recent years, and for cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, Internet of
Things (IoT), mobile Internet, five most important emerging information technologies, the research progress of combining with smart air traffic management
is analyzed, meanwhile, proposed the shortcomings of the existing research and
the suggested research directions for the next step, provide reference for further
research on smart air traffic management.
Keywords: Smart ATM Á Cloud computing Á Big data Á Artificial intelligence Á
IoT Á Mobile Internet
1 Introduction
Since 2009, US President Barack Obama has proposed the concept of “Smart Earth”
for the first time at a round table with business leaders. The concept of “smart” has
taken root in all walks of life and has become more and more popular with the
continuous development of new generation of information technology, the civil aviation industry is no exception, put forward the development concept of “smart civil
aviation”. Taking it as an extension, in 2018, the Civil Aviation Administration of
China put forward the “four enhancements of air traffic management” strategic
objectives of “enhancing security, enhancing efficiency, enhancing smartness, and
enhancing coordination,” which focus on making up shortcomings and improving
capabilities from aspects such as production safety, guaranteed operation, and construction developing [1]. Among them, “enhancing smartness” is an important foundation and necessary path to achieve the objectives of “enhancing security, enhancing
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Q. Liang et al. (Eds.): Artificial Intelligence in China, LNEE 572, pp. 415–421, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0187-6_49
Management: An Overview
Chao Jiang
(&)
The 28th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation,
Nanjing 210000, China
capjiangchao@163.com
Abstract. With the development of the civil aviation industry, the pressure
carried by the air traffic management (ATM) system, which is the core of civil
aviation operations, is also gradually increasing, and therefore, it is necessary to
use the power of various emerging information technologies to build a smart air
traffic management system, thereby improving operational efficiency while
ensuring safe operation of air traffic management. In recent years, the research of
smart air traffic management has become a hot topic in academic circles, supported by industry guidance units such as the Civil Aviation Administration and
the Air Traffic Management Bureau, and scholars at home and abroad have
conducted relevant explorations on smart air traffic management. The paper
comprehensively analyzes the research results of smart air traffic management in
recent years, and for cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, Internet of
Things (IoT), mobile Internet, five most important emerging information technologies, the research progress of combining with smart air traffic management
is analyzed, meanwhile, proposed the shortcomings of the existing research and
the suggested research directions for the next step, provide reference for further
research on smart air traffic management.
Keywords: Smart ATM Á Cloud computing Á Big data Á Artificial intelligence Á
IoT Á Mobile Internet
1 Introduction
Since 2009, US President Barack Obama has proposed the concept of “Smart Earth”
for the first time at a round table with business leaders. The concept of “smart” has
taken root in all walks of life and has become more and more popular with the
continuous development of new generation of information technology, the civil aviation industry is no exception, put forward the development concept of “smart civil
aviation”. Taking it as an extension, in 2018, the Civil Aviation Administration of
China put forward the “four enhancements of air traffic management” strategic
objectives of “enhancing security, enhancing efficiency, enhancing smartness, and
enhancing coordination,” which focus on making up shortcomings and improving
capabilities from aspects such as production safety, guaranteed operation, and construction developing [1]. Among them, “enhancing smartness” is an important foundation and necessary path to achieve the objectives of “enhancing security, enhancing
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Q. Liang et al. (Eds.): Artificial Intelligence in China, LNEE 572, pp. 415–421, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0187-6_49