Preliminary Analysis of LORAN-C System Reliability for Civil Aviation.

Abstract

This paper presents an analytical technique for evaluating the reliability of the LORAN-C system over the conterminous United States (CONUS). Emphasis is placed on the technique itself and not the specific reliability statistics. The technique is applicable to the analysis of the existing USCG ground station configuration, as well as any proposed full-CONUS coverage station configuration. The technique is based on the use of a Markov Chain model to provide a probabilistic measure of system unreliability and incorporates signal strength, relative geometry, and receiver configuration which define system coverage. A simplified analytic procedure is employed to bound the system unreliability and a numerical example is presented based on preliminary LORAN-C station reliability statistics for solid-state ground stations and a simple receiver model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA146656

Entities

People

  • G. A. Wong

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Civil Aviation
  • Continents
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Geographic Regions
  • Ground Stations
  • Loran
  • Markov Chains
  • Navigation
  • Probability
  • Radio Navigation
  • Radio Navigation Systems
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Time Intervals
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.