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Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE)/ Common Use Passenger Processing Systems (CUPPS)

SPECIFICATION

Content of CUTE/CUPPS

• General• Standards• Design Requirements• Structural Design• IWS and Peripherals • Integration Requirements

General of CUTE /CUPPS

• The design capacity of the departure and arrival system shall each be capable of handling 1,780 passengers per hour.

• All peripherals and software shall be complied with both CUTE and CUPPS platforms

• The CUTE/CUPPS system should be designed on IP-based protocols and must offer true end-to-end IP connectivity, from the mainframe computer to the user workstation.

General of CUTE /CUPPS

– self-service which is expected to proliferate from check-in to security and self-boarding,

– ticket less travel and the use of 2D bar codes on boarding passes to replace expensive tag stripe pre-printed passes.

– Ready for the latest industry standard Common Use Passenger Processing (CUPPS) as per IATA resolutions

Standards Requirements

• IATA Airport Terminals Reference Manual : The Contractor shall design, manufacture and install the CUTE/CUPPS in accordance with the IATA Airport Terminals Reference Manual

• The CUTE/CUPPS solution should comply with the latest version of the IATA resolution 1797 (system functionalities and peripherals shall be complied with CUPPS) and 1774 (Protection of Privacy and Transporter Data Flows of Personal Data used in International Air Transport of Passengers and Cargo).

• Alternative internationally recognised industrial standards could be used but it must be equivalent or higher than the above listed standards

Design Requirements

• CUTE/CUPPS will use a high-speed LAN architecture fully redundant and resilient while providing flexibility and scalability

• CUTE/CUPPS should use TCP/IP as its LAN network protocol and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

• Login authentication and network communications should be secured . Anti-virus, firewall, and intrusion detection from multiple vendors should be integrated into both CUTE/CUPPS & CUSS platform and LAN architecture.

Structural Design of CUTE/CUPPS

• CUTE/CUPPS system shall be complied with IATA RP 1797

• Intelligence Workstation (IWS): A standard PC capable of hosting all the required platform and application software, together with their associated peripherals . The Microsoft Windows/XP or better is IWS platform . It can be automatically restarted . The operation of IWS should be simple for user .

Structural Design of CUTE/CUPPS • Technical View :


• Technical View : IWS power on . The user enters their user group ID and password .The CUTE/CUPPS Server downloads certified applications – typically the Terminal Emulator (TE). The user selects the desired TE from the desktop menu .The Gateway and the TE communicate to assign addresses and establish connection to airline host. User signs in to the departure control system and begins work


• Inactivity Timer : When user logs on , the CUTE/CUPPS platform monitors the workstation. When it detects no keystroke activity during the timeout the platform causes the application to exit and relinquish control over any resources it may be using (such as host addresses).

• Common Use Peripherals : DCP,BGR,ATB,BPP,ATP


• Peripheral Interfaces : Parallel port for document printers , Serial port for all peripherals ,TCP/IP for ATB BTP and BGR

• The CUTE/CUPPS Platform Server:The CUTE/CUPPS Platform Server centralizes login security, stores all workstation and user configurations in an SQL database,distributes application software to the workstations .At least must be two servers installed to provide load balancing and redundancy to a site . It use use hot-swappable RAID 5


• Software & File Distribution :All application software and files should be downloaded to an IWS from the server

• IP Addressing: CUTE/CUPPS networking should be based upon TCP/IP

• On-line Backup: Servers should be backed-up daily using an integrated network back-up system

• WAN Protocol Support:P1024B, P1024C, TCP/IP, X.25, Tn3270E, TCP/IP, including ALPS and MATIP, ALC (P1024B), UTS (P1024C)

IWS and Peripherals

• Intelligent Work Station (IWS) :Intel 32 bit CPU ,2GB of RAM ,160GB of HDD,17” LCD monitor,Windows XP or better

• Boarding Pass Printers with 1D/2D Barcode and magnetic printing capabilities : With the airlines moving in line with the IATA initiative to move to 2D bar-codes it is assumed that all carriers will have achieved target dates as defined by IATA exp direct Thermal printing , Double rear feed , 2D bar-code (PDF417, Aztec, Data-matrix and QR)

IWS and Peripherals

• BTP Baggage Tag Printer : Direct Thermal printing, Capable of handling different tag lengths , Future capability to be enhanced for RFID encoding of baggage tags , etc

• DOC Document Printer : Dot matrix printers may be proposed .

• LSR (Laser Scan Reader To read e Boarding Pass ) / BGR (Boarding Gate Readers) with 2DBC reading capabilities :The proposed BGR should have a scanner head for the reading the 2D bar codes

Integration Requirements

• To the FIDS systems for above counter signage to allow check-in and boarding agents to locally control FIDS display

• To Revenue Management System : charging for CUTE/CUPPS services used by airlines, based on time based usage.

• To MIS, BHS and Airport Security System

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