Design of an A-SMGCS prototype at Barajas airport: available information and architecture

This paper describes the design of a fusion architecture using the sensors deployed on Madrid/Barajas airport as the first step towards the implementation of an A-SMGCS prototype (Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System), providing surveillance and monitoring capabilities. The airport targets are general and commercial aviation aircraft and surface mobiles, such as fuel trucks, luggage convoys, buses and cars. Aircraft are the most important targets, but tracking other targets may be also important, as far as they can compromise aircraft safety. In fact, the goal of A-SMGCS is increasing the safety of aircraft, by monitoring all kinds of traffic and providing directives to control aircraft on ground. Additionally, aircraft identification is necessary to be able to provide control directives.