Title :
Two-sensor precision aircraft and vehicle positioning for safe segment occupancy control system
Author :
Vertua, Carlo A.
Author_Institution :
Thales Italia - Air Syst. Div., Milan
Abstract :
The ldquosafe segment occupancy control systemrdquo is the basic component of an airport guidance system where all the moving aircrafts are kept safely separated by an empty taxiway segment: the center lights of such segment shall be ldquoredrdquo until the leading aircraft has cleared also the next segment. This requires a very accurate and reliable detection of each aircraft progression from one segment to the following one. The study is focused on the comparative performance analysis of a two-sensor detection system based on a light-weight SMR and a basic multilateration/ADS-B system.
Keywords :
air traffic control; aircraft landing guidance; sensor fusion; airport guidance system; safe segment occupancy control system; two-sensor detection system; two-sensor precision aircraft; vehicle positioning; Aerospace control; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Airports; Automatic control; Control systems; Lighting control; Navigation; Performance analysis; Vehicle safety; ADS-B; Guidance; Multilateration; SMR;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Communications - Enhanced Surveillance of Aircraft and Vehicles, 2008. TIWDC/ESAV 2008. Tyrrhenian International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Capri
Print_ISBN :
978-88-903482-0-4
DOI :
10.1109/TIWDC.2008.4649044
