Tracking of Aircrafts Using Software Defined Radio (SDR) With An Antenna

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is one in all the favoured technologies employed in air traffic surveillance. The ADS- B uses a band of 1090 MHz. ADS-B is attended with the prevailing radar-based technologies to locate aircraft. The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS) conflicts can be detected and resolved by the coexistence of radar systems and ADS-B. Here we tend to track the aircraft using Software Defined Radio, hence the complexness and the value of ADS-B system implementation is drastically reduced. SDR can receive multiple numbers of aircraft information like altitude, latitude, longitude, speed, and direction in real-time and displayed by using an appropriate antenna. The usage of SDR maximizes the coverage of data with accuracy and may accomplish timely.

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Application of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast in the Training for Air Traffic Controller

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.209-211.775 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 209-211 ◽

pp. 775-778 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Zheng Xiang ◽

Wei Jun Pan ◽

Jun Luo

Keyword(s):

Lower Cost ◽

Air Transportation ◽

Transportation System ◽

Air Traffic ◽

Next Generation ◽

Air Traffic Controller ◽

Surveillance Technology ◽

Surveillance Method ◽

Deployment Cost

The application of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in the training for air traffic controller is investigated in the presented work. ADS-B is a surveillance technology for tracking aircraft as part of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). Compared to radar, ADS-B system has many advantages such as lower deployment cost, higher accuracy and more frequently update. As surveillance method transits from radar surveillance to ADS-B surveillance, the training for air traffic controller should incorporate ADS-B system correspondingly. In the presented work, the features of ADS-B are introduced as well as the structure of ADS-B system is illustrated, and a novel framework for training air traffic controller with ADS-B system is proposed. It is seen that air traffic controller can be trained with lower cost, shorter period and more flexibility compared to that with radar surveillance.

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NextSim

Ergonomics in Design The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications ◽

10.1177/1064804615572624 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 23-27

Author(s):

Francis T. Durso ◽

Eric J. Stearman ◽

Scott Robertson

Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Situation Awareness ◽

Traffic Control ◽

Air Traffic Control ◽

Federal Aviation Administration ◽

Air Transportation ◽

Transportation System ◽

Air Traffic ◽

Next Generation ◽

The Way

The Federal Aviation Administration expects a large increase in air traffic over the next 15 to 20 years. In response, the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) has been proposed, which will use newer technologies and automation to shift the way air traffic is managed. Many of the proposed changes need to be tested before implantation begins, but it is difficult to conduct human factors tests on an environment that does not yet exist. We describe an air traffic control (ATC) simulator developed for this purpose. NextSim is an ATC research simulator that collects performance, workload, and situation awareness data to address human factors/ergonomics issues that might arise in NextGen.

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