The transponder data recorder: First implementation and applications

Author

Galati, G. ; Leonardi, M. ; Piracci, E.G. ; Petrochilos, N. ; Samanta, S.

Author_Institution

Vito Volterra Centre, Tor Vergata Univ., Rome, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

12-14 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

147

Lastpage

151

Abstract

The Transponder Data Recorder is an experimental 1090 MHz signal acquisition system designed by the Radar and Navigation group at Tor Vergata University to record the signals in the Secondary Surveillance Radar band, centered at 1090 MHz. The peculiarity of the receiver is that it is based on five receiving chains (4 linear chains with large dynamic range and one with a logarithmic receiver) connected to a wideband linear array antenna. The TDR was developed in order to analyze the channel traffic and to test the new signal processing algorithms, in the research frame on multilateration (MLAT) and Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS-B), with real signals.

Keywords

broadband antennas; linear antenna arrays; radar signal processing; radio receivers; wireless channels; ADS-B; TDR; automatic dependent surveillance; channel traffic; frequency 1090 MHz; navigation group; radar group; secondary surveillance radar band; signal acquisition system; signal processing algorithms; transponder data recorder; wideband linear antenna array; Algorithm design and analysis; Arrays; Educational institutions; Prototypes; Radar; Receivers; Signal processing algorithms; Mode S; Multilateration; signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Communications - Enhanced Surveillance of Aircraft and Vehicles (TIWDC/ESAV), 2011 Tyrrhenian International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Capri

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9841-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-903482-3-5

Type

conf

Filename

6060980