Title :
Airport surface operations data link communications and DGPS
Author_Institution :
Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
fDate :
31 Oct-7 Nov 1998
Abstract :
NASA, FAA and a number of industry partners conducted flight tests and demonstrations of airport capacity and safety enhancement technologies at the Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport (ATL) during August, 1997. As part of this team effort, Rockwell Collins provided avionics for the NASA Low-Visibility Landing and Surface Operations (LVLASO) system that was deployed on NASA´s Boeing 757 Research Aircraft. Among the systems supplied and supported were differential (D)GPS, VHF data links for DGPS, traffic and runway status information uplink broadcast, Mode-S for ADS-B and Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC), and a LCD head-down taxi display. This paper describes how these avionics elements were used in the LVLASO system and provides test results on data link and DGPS performance
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; air traffic control; aircraft testing; airports; avionics; data communication; ADS-B; Boeing 757 research aircraft; DGPS; FAA; Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport; NASA; Rockwell Collins; VHF data links; airport capacity; airport surface operations; avionics; controller pilot data link communications; data link communications; flight tests; head-down taxi display; low-visibility landing; runway status information; safety enhancement; uplink broadcast; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace safety; Air safety; Air traffic control; Airports; Communication system traffic control; FAA; Global Positioning System; NASA; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1998. Proceedings., 17th DASC. The AIAA/IEEE/SAE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5086-3
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.1998.739818
