Title :
Multilateration system development history and performance at Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
The long search for a method to provide accurate secondary radar beacon surveillance with aircraft ID over the whole airport surface has succeeded, using the Mode S squitter and whisper shout technologies to provide signal sources on which to make multilateration position measurements. The resulting multilateration system will greatly improve the situational awareness of the ground controllers, and provide inputs to automation functions, providing improvements in airport safety and capacity
Keywords :
air traffic control; collision avoidance; radar applications; search radar; ATC radar beacon system; Mode S squitter technology; TCAS aircraft; accurate secondary radar beacon surveillance; aircraft ID; airport capacity; airport safety; commercial aircraft collisions; discrete address beacon system; ground controllers; inputs to automation functions; multilateration position measurement; multilateration system development; selective interrogation; situational awareness; whisper shout technology; whole airport surface; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Airports; Automatic control; Automation; Control systems; History; Position measurement; Radar measurements; Surveillance;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 2000. Proceedings. DASC. The 19th
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6395-7
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.2000.886912
