ANALYSIS OF AN ADVANCED TIME-FREQUENCY NATIONAL AIR SPACE SYSTEM CONCEPT. VOLUME I. SUMMARY.
Abstract
An Advanced National Airspace System concept meeting safety and traffic handling capacity requirements of the post-1980 era is described. This distributed sensor and closed-loop control system concept was derived using systems synthesis and analysis techniques. Communications, navigation and separation assurance functions are implemented in a candidate system configuration with time-frequency and time-ordered technology to achieve the high traffic handling capacity. Safety has been improved by significant changes in both air and ground-based control concepts. The recommended system concept uses time-ordered, air-to-ground digital data links for functionally integrated aircraft navigation, air and ground communications, both air and ground derived aircraft separation assurance, and air traffic flow regulation. Data from distributed, highly accurate nonsaturable airborne sensors and ground-based sensors are interchanged to guarantee system reliability. Use of satellites for world-wide flight coverage and as a backup to ground systems is included. Means to achieve joint compatibility of the system with several developmental military systems is presented. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0695435
Entities
People
- Linda G. Shapiro
- M. F. Roth
- R. E. Hagerott
- R. W. Caldwell
- W. J. Weiss