ADS-B Surveillance Separation Error Sensitivity Analysis

Abstract

Two efforts are currently examining Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) separation requirements: a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) group, titled the Separation Standards Working Group (SSWG); and a joint RTCA/EUROCAE group termed the Requirements Focus Group (RFG). Although coordinated efforts, the SSWG emphasis is on particular issues of concern to the FAA. The different assumptions made by each of these groups are examined, and results are presented in relationship to the different Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR) reference models used in each comparative assessment. Sensitivity of resulting ADS-B separation requirements to the assumptions and scenarios used in determining these requirements is quantified for both Global Positioning System (GPS) no-fault and fault conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2009
Accession Number
AD1108327

Entities

People

  • Stanley R. Jones

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Traffic
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Civil Aviation
  • Convolution
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Corporations
  • Detection
  • Dwell Time
  • Flight Paths
  • Gaussian Distributions
  • Geometry
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Navigation
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Probability
  • Sense And Avoid Systems
  • Surveillance Radar
  • World Geodetic System

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  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.

Technology Areas

  • Space