Simulation Model for Air Traffic Control Communications.
Abstract
A computer simulation model designed to mimic second-by-second behavior of air/ground communications in an air traffic control sector is described. The model can be used to simulate any one of nine sector functions (e.g., high-altitude enroute, low-altitude transitional, radar-arrival control, etc.). The model exists as a computer program written in the GPSS V and FORTRAN IV languages. Input variables include aircraft arrival rate into sector, distribution of transmission length, distribution of number of transmissions in an air/ground exchange, etc. Response variables include sector aircraft loading, channel utilization, and communications delay. Model output can be obtained in the form of time series (e.g., minute-by-minute averages of channel utilization) exhibiting the dynamics of sector communications or simple averages of such series taken over several hours of simulated time. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA044256
Entities
People
- Robert Mulholland