Title :
A novel W-band radar for airport traffic monitoring: implementation, first operational results, perspectives
Author :
Mauro, Francesco ; Galati, Gaspare ; Naldi, Maurizio
Author_Institution :
Oerlikon Contraves, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
High resolution requirements for airport surface traffic monitoring with lightweight, small, all-weather sensors call for the use of a network of millimetre-wave radars to perform the surveillance function in the surface movement control and guidance system. In this paper a W-band radar employed as the basic sensor is described. Some results of recent and present field trials are reported
Keywords :
air traffic control; millimetre wave detectors; radar applications; radar detection; search radar; W-band radar; airport surface traffic monitoring; all-weather sensors; field trials; millimetre-wave radars; resolution; surface movement control and guidance system; surveillance function; Air traffic control; Airports; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; Lighting control; Monitoring; Radar; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Surveillance;
Conference_Titel :
Physics and Engineering of Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Waves, 2001. The Fourth International Kharkov Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kharkov
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6473-2
DOI :
10.1109/MSMW.2001.946740
