ED-130A

ED-130A | Guidance for the Use of Portable Electronics Devices (PEDs) On Board Aircraft

WG-99
RF Spectrum
December 2016

This ED addresses the specific Terms of Reference to address aircraft design to tolerate operation of PEDs. Previous RTCA reports on aircraft interference from PEDs have emphasized risk assessments and then recommended restrictions on the use of PEDs on board the aircraft. This report departs from the earlier RTCA reports, and is directed to aircraft design recommendations that lead to aircraft tolerance to both intentional RF transmissions and spurious RF emissions from PEDs. There are two aspects to the aircraft design recommendations in this report. One aspect defines aircraft system and equipment RF susceptibility qualification recommendations that provide tolerance to RF from intentionally transmitting PEDs. This is commonly referred to as protection from PED back door coupling. The recommendations closely follow existing practices for aircraft system high intensity radiated field (HIRF) protection. Acceptable test approaches for verifying the aircraft system RF susceptibility qualification are defined. The second aspect defines acceptable interference path loss (IPL) between aircraft radio receivers and PEDs that emit spurious RF. This is commonly referred to as protection from PED front door coupling. Extensive analysis of measured PED spurious emissions was performed previously so that the interference path loss targets are based on statistics of actual PED emissions rather than regulatory specifications. Interference path loss test methods are defined. This report also defines recommended approaches for demonstrating tolerance with aircraft design to meet regulatory requirements including aspects of aircraft alteration and continued airworthiness.

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