Use of Path Objects for Air Traffic Control

A path object is a set of instructions plus the values of associated parameters that would be used by an aircraft’s flight management system (FMS) or area navigation (RNAV) computer to construct a flight trajectory on the basis of the values of the parameters provided by the pilot or air traffic control (ATC) system. The concept of path objects and its applicability for development of FMS- or RNAV-based flight paths for aircraft routes are described. The use of path objects requires only a small number of parameters for specification of an RNAV route, and the computer then calculates the resulting flight path. Because most RNAV routes are just variations of the same basic shapes, many RNAV routes can be generated from a single path object by changing just one or two parameters. This offers the capability to reduce the size of the navigation database by a significant amount. This also allows the dynamic alteration of three-dimensional FMS-RNAV routes instead of radar vectoring, which represents a significant improvement in ATC procedures. Because of the compact expressions for the path objects, these procedures could be used in a voice communications environment as well as a data link environment. A path object can be thought of as a high-level language with which aircraft and ATC systems communicate flight path intentions. The concept of FMS- or RNAV-stored path objects is a change in thinking about the role of avionics technology. It offers a means of including the precision of the FMS-RNAV technology in the ATC system during the transition from today’s system to the future’s fully automated control system. This is an enabling technology that improves the ability to use and maintain FMS-RNAV in its role as a vital component of the ATC system. It has the potential to enhance future air traffic management-communication navigation surveillance concepts and applications.

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Air Traffic Control by Programmed Navigation

Journal of Navigation ◽

10.1017/s0373463300022876 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 33-36

Author(s):

K. Ramsayer

Keyword(s):

Traffic Control ◽

Air Traffic Control ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Technical Conference ◽

Meteorological Conditions ◽

Air Traffic ◽

General Aviation ◽

Data Link ◽

Flight Plan ◽

And Control

This paper proposes that the navigation and control of all airliners should be automated from take-off to landing. Each aircraft will fly according to a prescribed flight plan, to be fulfilled in position, altitude and time within prescribed tolerances. The optimal flight plan is elaborated by a central air traffic control station and transmitted by data link to an airborne computer which monitors the navigation of the aircraft. The navigation itself is based on an integrated Inertial/DME/DME system. Separate airways are proposed for the general aviation. The paper was presented at the 19th Technical Conference of I.A.T.A., Dublin, October 1972.The permanent growth of air traffic demands rigorous regulation. The most efficient form of regulation is the careful elaboration of a flight plan, taking into account the total air traffic in the area and the rigorous fulfilment of this flight plan. The flight plan will be elaborated at a central air traffic control station by computer, taking into account both air traffic and the meteorological conditions, especially wind. This flight plan is transferred by radio to the computer in the aircraft and comprises essentially the three-dimensional coordinates of take-off point, destination and way points as well as the corresponding times; also the precomputed values of ground speed, rate of climb and rate of descent.

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Ensuring the implementation of the modernized structure and automation of air traffic control processes in the area of responsibility of the Moscow district of air traffic control

Informacionno-technologicheskij vestnik ◽

10.21499/2409-1650-2018-3-46-54 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 46-54

Author(s):

A. V. Strukova

Keyword(s):

Traffic Control ◽

Traffic Management ◽

Air Traffic Control ◽

Management System ◽

Air Traffic Management ◽

Air Traffic ◽

Security System ◽

System Description ◽

Functional Capabilities ◽

Traffic Management System

The article considers the new automated air traffic management system «Synthesis AR4», as well as a system description for ensuring the implementation of a modernized airspace structure, navigation and surveillance that provides technical capabilities. A number of functional capabilities and advantages of the airspace security system are presented.

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Key Aspects of Occupational Health and Safety towards Efficiency and Performance in Air Traffic Management

10.5772/intechopen.101086 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Dimitrios Dimitriou ◽

Stylianos Zantanidis

Keyword(s):

Quality Management ◽

Occupational Health ◽

Traffic Control ◽

Traffic Management ◽

Air Traffic Control ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Occupational Health And Safety ◽

Air Traffic Management ◽

Air Traffic ◽

Key Aspects

This paper/chapter deals with the key drivers for adopting and developing an Occupational Health and Safety System (OHS) with a special focus on air traffic management and traffic controller’s workplace. A such system includes regulation and legal compliance procedures, actions and monitoring for ensuring workplace safety, incentives and motivation for the air traffic controller and associate personnel health and wellbeing. By a systemic approach, the key characteristics of OHS towards air traffic management are presented, highlighting the key aspects for implementing a quality management system in air traffic control, which is the cornerstone of airport operation efficiency and productivity on one hand; and the nature of job and the intensive working environment is well recognised. Based on air traffic providers functional analysis the key occupational aspects for air traffic control are taken into consideration, providing the benefits for implementing quality management systems (QMS) and OHS is real business. Conventional wisdom is to highlight the importance for establishing and incorporating a modern custom-made OHS system in accordance with the requirements addressed by OHSAS 18001 to develop and implement a QMS for air traffic services. Contribution of this paper is to highlight the key priorities for managers and decision makers in field of air traffic services providers, depicting ways and recommendation for adopting an efficient path for implementing OHS in a QMS environment.

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Navigation of the S.S.T.

Journal of Navigation ◽

10.1017/s0373463300028824 ◽

1967 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 176-187

Author(s):

J. Villiers

Keyword(s):

Fuel Consumption ◽

Traffic Control ◽

Air Traffic Control ◽

General Rule ◽

Air Traffic ◽

Flight Path ◽

Point Of View ◽

Optimum Trajectory ◽

Flight System ◽

Actual Position

As a general rule the navigational function is aimed at determining the position of the aircraft in order to resolve three types of problem:(1) To subject the aircraft's flight path to an optimum trajectory calculated before departure or progressively adapted in course of flight to the circumstances encountered.(2) To choose at each point of the selected flight path the flight system best adapted to the safety and economy of the flight.(3) Taking into account the presence of other aircraft in the airspace, to know and make known the actual position and the information allowing provision to be made for future positions, so as to permit effective air traffic control.Departures of the actual from the chosen flight path penalize the flight by a lowering of economy (in flying time or fuel consumption). It does not seem, however, that the problems raised from this point of view by S.S.T. are by nature or in difficulty any different from those which affect conventional aircraft. Taking into account the present-day precision of navigational aids there is every reason to believe that departures of the actual flight path from the optimum flight path will introduce a penalization which it is possible to ignore when compared with the penalization due to the inaccuracy of the knowledge of the elements (winds, temperatures, pressures) which have, in fact, served to determine this optimum flight path.

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Reliability Model of Air Traffic Control with IMA Onboard Data Link System

Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems - Reliability and Statistics in Transportation and Communication ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-68476-1_25 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 267-275

Author(s):

Vadim Philippov

Keyword(s):

Traffic Control ◽

Air Traffic Control ◽

Air Traffic ◽

Reliability Model ◽

Data Link

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Selected Aspects of Using the Telemetry Method in Synthesis of RelNav System for Air Traffic Control

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17010213 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 213 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Milan Džunda ◽

Natália Kotianová ◽

Peter Dzurovčin ◽

Stanislav Szabo ◽

Edina Jenčová ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Computer Simulation ◽

Traffic Control ◽

Navigation System ◽

Traffic Management ◽

Air Traffic Control ◽

Air Traffic Management ◽

Air Traffic ◽

Relative Navigation ◽

Positioning Accuracy ◽

Satellite Navigation System

Accuracy is an important factor in air traffic management which is why high requirements are necessary for each navigation system. The aim of this article is to describe the principles of the RelNav system and telemetry and their accuracy. We present the algorithms of the relative navigation system, which could be used for air traffic control in the case of the unavailability of satellite navigation system signals. This article sums up the different positioning methods, and deals with the accuracy of the relative navigation system (RelNav). Furthermore, the article considers the factors that influence the positioning accuracy. For this task, a computer simulation was created to evaluate the accuracy of the telemetric method. Next, we discuss the principles of telemetry and algorithms for calculating the position of the flying object (FO).

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