Impact of the Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS) on Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System (ATCRBS) Performance in Selected Deployments.

Abstract

A computer analysis was conducted to investigate the effect of the proposed Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS) on the Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System (ATCRBS) in a future (1982) Los Angeles, CA, air traffic environment. The performance of ATCRBS was examined at two sites, both with (a) the existing all-ATCRBS ground environment and (b) a mixed ATCRBS/DABS ground environment (using various levels of DABS channel activity). It was observed that, in general, DABS operations will not affect the ability of ATCRBS interrogators to perform their air traffic control function of reliably detecting aircraft. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA089611

Entities

People

  • G. Fleming
  • T. Keech

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Radar
  • Aircrafts
  • Beacons
  • Data Links
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Discrete Address Beacon Systems
  • General Aviation Aircraft
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Navigation
  • Probability
  • Radar
  • Radar Beacons
  • Simulations

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management