Mode S Beacon System: Functional Description. Revision D

Abstract

This document provides a functional description of the Mode S Beacon System, a combined secondary surveillance radar (beacon) and ground-air-ground data link system capable of providing the aircraft surveillance and communications necessary to support ATC automation in future traffic environments. Mode S is capable of common-channel interoperation with the current ATC beacon system, and may be implemented over an extended transition period. Mode S will provide the surveillance and communication performance required by ATC automation, the reliable communications needed to support data link services, and the capability of operating with a terminal or enroute, radar digitizer-equipped, ATC surveillance radar. The material contained in this document updates the information presented in Mode S Beacon System: Functional Description; DOT/FAA/PM-83.8, 15 July 1983. Keywords include: Air traffic control, Surveillance data link, Data link, Beacon, and Mode S.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 29, 1986
Accession Number
ADA174950

Entities

People

  • P. R. Drouilhet
  • V. A. Orlando

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Traffic
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Coding
  • Communications Protocols
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Measurement
  • Message Decoding
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Radar
  • Radar Beacons
  • United States
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management