Active BCAS Performance in a Garble Environment,

Abstract

A basic design tool has been developed which includes the principal BCAS design parameters, namely, transmitter power, receiver sensitivity, aircraft density, closure rate, degarble capability, and interrogation rate. This tool can be directly applied to the evaluation of alternative BCAS design concepts as well as for parametric design studies. Results of a comparison between an ATCRBS/DABS BCAS and an ATCRBS only BCAS are presented leaving little doubt concerning the performance advantage offered by the inclusion of the DABS link for evasive maneuver coordination. It must be emphasized that neither of the BCAS systems analyzed in this report are representative of the active BCAS defined in the draft National Standard for active BCAS. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 24, 1980
Accession Number
ADA086046

Entities

People

  • Edmund J. Koenke

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Collisions
  • Computer Simulations
  • Data Links
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Interrogation
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Systems Engineering
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transmitters

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  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design