Signal evaluation on airport surface in 5.1Ghz band

Author

Kanada, Naoki ; Sumiya, Yasuto ; Yonemoto, Naruto ; Kohmura, Akiko ; Futatsumori, Shunichi ; Honda, Junichi ; Okada, Kenichi

Author_Institution

Electron. Navig. Res. Inst., Chofu, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

22-25 April 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

A new high-speed aeronautical digital airport communication system called AeroMACS (Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communication System) is currently being considered. We experimentally evaluate AeroMACS signals from transmitting system on a tower to receiving system on a bus. We measure RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) and RCE (Relative Constellation Error) of the receiving signals. They can be decoded in the most of airport area except for blind area from the transmitting system. We also analyze RSSI distribution in the airport in comparison with a computer simulation. Therefore, AeroMACS can cover the entire airport with only one base station of 1W output with a good installation location.

Keywords

aircraft communication; airports; decoding; radio receivers; radio transmitters; radiotelemetry; signal processing; AeroMACS signal evaluation; RCE; RSSI; aeronautical mobile airport communication system; airport surface; base station; bus receiving system; decoding; frequency 5.1 GHz; high-speed aeronautical digital airport communication system; power 1 W; received signal strength indicator; relative constellation error; tower transmitting system; Airports; Antenna measurements; Base stations; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; WiMAX;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference (ICNS), 2013

Conference_Location

Herndon, VA

ISSN

2155-4943

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6251-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICNSurv.2013.6548514

Filename

6548514