En Route Discrete Address Beacon System/Air Traffic Control (Build I) Technical Testing.

Abstract

Tests of the Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS) in an air traffic control (ATC) en route National Airspace System (NAS) environment were conducted at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Center. These tests included: (1) surveillance performance in the areas of track initiation, track continuity, and track swap; and (2) surveillance related communication responses employing the Common International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Data Interchange Network (CIDIN) protocol for Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System (ATCRBS) identification (ID) requests. Test results indicate that the en route DABS/ATC Build I software successfully processed DABS sensor surveillance information. Although analyzed on a limited basis, the transmission of surveillance related communication messages between the DABS sensor and the en route DABs/ATC Build I system is considered to operate as expected. It is concluded that the DABS/ATC en route Build I system accepts, processes, tracks, and displays DABS and ATCRBS surveillance data from one DABS and multiple ATCRBS sensors with no degradation to the baseline function of the NAS software system A3d2.4. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA103894

Entities

People

  • Richard V. Dardano
  • Robert E. Copes Iii

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Aircrafts
  • Beacons
  • Computations
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Data Reduction
  • Discrete Address Beacon Systems
  • Front End Processors
  • Information Science
  • Navigational Aids
  • Radar
  • Radar Beacons
  • Simulations
  • Simulators

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects