ESTIMATED INTERROGATION EFFICIENCY IN THE ATC RADAR BEACON SYSTEM WITH VARIOUS SIDE-LOBE SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUES,

Abstract

A mathematical model representing the 1960 New York environment affecting Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System capacity was developed to evaluate the effects of changes in system parameters. Computations were based on the geographical coordinates of existing ground stations and of a realistic pattern of air traffic. The combined effect of all stations on the reply rate from each aircraft was calculated. Interrogation efficiencies, averaged over a short time interval, were predicted for the basic system and for three side-lobe suppression techniques with various AOC reply-limit and transponder dead-time settings. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1959
Accession Number
AD0646051

Entities

People

  • A. Ashley
  • F. H. Battle

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Radar
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Airport Radar Systems
  • Beacons
  • Dead Time
  • Efficiency
  • Ground Stations
  • Interrogation
  • Mathematical Models
  • New York
  • Radar
  • Radar Beacons
  • Stations
  • Time Intervals
  • Traffic

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation