Prototype ADS-B system in the Midwest: Description and lessons learned

Author

Hall, T. ; Mackey, Allen ; Nichols, Brendan ; Marksteiner, J. ; Volpe, Jason A.

Author_Institution

Res. & Innovative Technol. Adm., Washington, DC

fYear

2008

fDate

5-7 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

11

Abstract

The Federal Aviation Administrations (FAA), in coordination with United Parcel Service (UPS), is developing an air traffic management application called Airline-Based En-Route Sequencing and Spacing (ABESS). The mission of ABESS is to enable airlines to adjust the spacing of aircraft arriving at an en-route merge fix by up-linking speed advisories during the en-route flight phase.This paper describes the successful implementation of the Midwest Prototype ADS-B System, including its system engineering, data collection processes, and data conversion methods. The paper also addresses techniques for correlating ADS-B and radar surveillance data.

Keywords

air traffic control; aircraft communication; avionics; ground support systems; search radar; Federal Aviation Administrations; United Parcel Service; air traffic management; airline-based en-route sequencing and spacing; data collection processes; data conversion methods; en-route flight phase; prototype ADS-B system; radar surveillance data; speed advisory; system engineering; Aerospace engineering; Air traffic control; Aircraft propulsion; Data conversion; Data engineering; Design engineering; FAA; Prototypes; Systems engineering and theory; Uninterruptible power systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference, 2008. ICNS 2008

Conference_Location

Bethesda, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2303-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2304-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICNSURV.2008.4559160

Filename

4559160