Title :
Evaluation & comparison of ranging using Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) and 1090 MHz Mode S Extended Squitter (Mode S ES)
Author :
Yu Hsuan Chen ; Lo, Shihmin ; Enge, Per ; Shau Shiun Jan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
The FAA Alternative Position Navigation and Timing effort is developing technologies to provide navigation service capable of sustaining operations in the event of the loss of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). APNT will utilize existing ground infrastructure to support this capability. One effort is to examine the use of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) ground infrastructure for ranging. This paper examines the use the two transmitted ADS-B signals: 1) 1090 MHz Mode S Extended Squitter (Mode ES) and Universal Access Transceiver (UAT). It uses the transmitted, on-air signal to examine multipath, ranging and timing performance.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; radio broadcasting; radio transceivers; surveillance; ADS-B signal transmission; APNT; FAA alternative position navigation and timing; GNSS; alternative position navigation and time; automatic dependent surveillance broadcast; frequency 1090 MHz; global navigation satellite system; ground infrastructure; mode S extended squitter; multipath performance; on-air signal transmission; ranging; universal access transceiver; Aircraft; Distance measurement; Global Positioning System; Surveillance; Synchronization; Transceivers; APNT; Mode S ES; UAT;
Conference_Titel :
Position, Location and Navigation Symposium - PLANS 2014, 2014 IEEE/ION
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3319-8
DOI :
10.1109/PLANS.2014.6851456
