Title :
Free flight: how low can you go? [ATC]
Author :
Hoekstra, Ir Jacco ; Bussink, Frank
Author_Institution :
Nat. Aerosp. Lab., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
This paper discusses a flight simulator experiment that is part of a Free Flight project, in which NASA, FAA, the RLD and NLR collaborate. The NLR activities in this project investigate: ´What is minimally required for airborne separation assurance?´ A basic Airborne Separation Assurance System (ASAS) has been developed consisting of conflict detection, conflict resolution and conflict prevention (CDR&P) based on exchanging solely position and velocity (i.e. ´state´) data. Past experiments have indicated that introducing this system for Free Flight is not only feasible but will also increase the capacity of enroute airspace.
Keywords :
aerospace simulation; air traffic control; ATC; Free Flight project; airborne separation assurance; conflict detection; conflict prevention; conflict resolution; enroute airspace capacity improvement; flight simulator experiment; position data; velocity data; Aerospace simulation; Airports; Bandwidth; Collaboration; FAA; Laboratories; NASA; System recovery; Testing; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 2002. Proceedings. The 21st
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7367-7
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.2002.1067889
