Modeling ADS-B Position and Velocity Errors for Airborne Merging and Spacing in Interval Management Application

Abstract

As a part of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is developing an advanced airborne Merging and Spacing (M and S) concept utilizing satellite-based surveillance information provided by Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). The M and S concept is defined as Airborne Spacing-Flight deck Interval Management (ASPA-FIM), which includes both a ground component and an airborne component including a speed control algorithm as a part of the Interval Management (IM) capability. The ground based function establishes a sequence for an IM aircraft conducting ASPA-FIM procedure to merge behind another designated target aircraft at a waypoint with a desired spacing interval, and then maintain the desired spacing interval. The aircraft achieve the spacing requirement through speed commands generated by Interval Management (IM) equipment in the aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1125438

Entities

People

  • Ganghuai Wang
  • Satish C. Mohleji

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Transportation
  • Airborne
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Data Analysis
  • Flight Crews
  • Flight Decks
  • Flight Paths
  • Gaussian Distributions
  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Markov Processes
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Sense And Avoid Systems
  • Simulations

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers