The Impact of a Proposed Active BCAS on ATCRBS Performance in the Washington, D. C., 1981 Environment.

Abstract

A computer model of the proposed active Beacon Collision Avoidance System (BCAS) was developed to investigate the impact of BCAS on the Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System (ATCRBS) ground system. Predictions were made for the early 1981 Washington, D.C., environment. Two ground environments were simulated, an all-ATCRBS environment and a 25%/75% Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS)/ATCRBS mix. Airborne fruit rates and the effect of BCAS/DABS mode power programming on interference were also predicted. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA048589

Entities

People

  • Norman Theberge

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Traffic
  • Aircrafts
  • Antennas
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Collision Avoidance Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Dead Time
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Discrete Address Beacon Systems
  • Processing Equipment
  • Radar
  • Radar Beacons
  • Target Detection

Readers

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