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An assessment of the communications, navigation, surveillance (CNS) capabilities needed to support the future Air Traffic Management System

January 10, 2001
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Project Report
Author:
Steven D. Thompson
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Published in:
MIT Lincoln Laboratory Report ATC-295
Topic:
air traffic control
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Summary

The purpose of this study was to assess the Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) capabilities needed to support future Air Traffic Management (ATM) functionality in the National Airspace System (NAS). The goal was to determine the most effective areas for research and technical development in the CNS field and to make sure the decision support tools under development match future CNS capabilities. The requirements for future ATM functions were derived from high level operational concepts designed to provide more freedom and flexibility in flight operations and from the Joint Research Project Descriptions (JRPDs) that are listed in the Integrated Plan for Air Traffic Management Research and Technology Development. This work was performed for the FAA/NASA Interagency Air Traffic Management Integrated Product Team.
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The purpose of this study was to assess the Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) capabilities needed to support future Air Traffic Management (ATM) functionality in the National Airspace System (NAS). The goal was to determine the most effective areas for research and technical development in the CNS field and to...

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An assessment of the communications, navigation, surveillance (CNS) capabilities needed to support the future Air Traffic Management System

Applying artificial intelligence techniques to air traffic control automation

January 1, 1989
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Journal Article
Author:
David A. Spencer
Published in:
Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall 1989, pp. 537-554.
Topic:
air traffic control
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Summary

We have developed a computer program that automates rudimentary air traffic control (ATC) planning and decision-making functions. The ability to plan, make decisions, and act on them makes this experimental program qualitatively different from the more clerical ATC software currently in use. Encouraging results were obtained from tests involving simple scenarios used to train air traffic controllers.
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We have developed a computer program that automates rudimentary air traffic control (ATC) planning and decision-making functions. The ability to plan, make decisions, and act on them makes this experimental program qualitatively different from the more clerical ATC software currently in use. Encouraging results were obtained from tests involving simple...

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Applying artificial intelligence techniques to air traffic control automation

Experimental examination of the benefits of improved terminal air traffic control planning

January 1, 1989
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Journal Article
Author:
David A. Spencer
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Published in:
Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall 1989, pp. 527-536.
Topic:
air traffic control
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Summary

Airport capacity can be improved significantly-by precisely controlling the sequence and timing of traffic flow-even when airspace usage and procedures remain fixed. In a preliminary experiment, a plan for such sequencing and timing was applied in a simulation to a 70-min traffic sample observed at Boston's Logan Airport, and the result was a 13% increase in terminal throughput. A total of 2.2 aircraft flight hours were saved. Delays imposed upon arriving traffic in the simulation were much more equitably distributed than in the actual traffic sample. An even greater improvement may be possible if controllers are able to space aircraft more precisely on final approach than was achieved in the simulation. If the plan had been followed precisely, the throughput increase would have been 23%.
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Airport capacity can be improved significantly-by precisely controlling the sequence and timing of traffic flow-even when airspace usage and procedures remain fixed. In a preliminary experiment, a plan for such sequencing and timing was applied in a simulation to a 70-min traffic sample observed at Boston's Logan Airport, and the...

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Experimental examination of the benefits of improved terminal air traffic control planning

TCAS Experimental Unit (TEU) hardware description

June 6, 1986
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Project Report
Author:
Joseph DiBartolo Jr
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Published in:
MIT Lincoln Laboratory Report ATC-133
Topic:
collision avoidance
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Summary

This report describes the hardware design of the TCAS Experimental Units (TEU's) constructed by Lincoln Laboratory to support the design and validation of the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) for the FAA. Section 1.0 presents an overview of the operation of hte TEU's, in order to give some context for the hardware design. References are given to more extensive descriptions of the TCAS system operation and software design. Section 2.0 constitutes the bulk of the report, and is a detailed description of the TEU hardware design. The purpose of this description is to document the design details of the equipment which was used to develop and validate the signal processing techniques and algorithms which appear in the TCAS II Minimum Operational Performance Standard, the TCAS National Standard and various technical reports listed in the references. A second purpose is to provide design guidance to potential TCAS II manufacturers, in the form of a detailed description of a feasible design with documented performance. Finally, this document is a manual for future use and maintenance of the TEU's.
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This report describes the hardware design of the TCAS Experimental Units (TEU's) constructed by Lincoln Laboratory to support the design and validation of the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) for the FAA. Section 1.0 presents an overview of the operation of hte TEU's, in order to give some...

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TCAS Experimental Unit (TEU) hardware description

The Aircraft Reply and Interference Environment Simulator (ARIES) volume 1: principles of operation

March 22, 1979
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Project Report
Author:
Michael Goon
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Published in:
MIT Lincoln Laboratory Report ATC-87,I
Topic:
simulation
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Summary

The Aircraft Reply and Interference Environment Simulator (ARIES) makes possible the performance assessment of a Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS) sensor under its specified maximum aircraft load. To do this ARIES operates upon a taped traffic model to generate simulated aircraft replies and fruit, feeding them to the sensor at RF. Support documentation for ARIES, of which this is the first volume, consists of: Volume 1: Principles of Operation Volume 2: Appendices to the Principles of Operation Volume 3: Programmer's Manual The Principles of Operation details the operation of ARIES hardware and software. Descriptive information, supported by block diagrams, simplified schematic diagrams and flow diagrams, is provided sufficient to permit a thorough understanding of ARIES operation.
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The Aircraft Reply and Interference Environment Simulator (ARIES) makes possible the performance assessment of a Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS) sensor under its specified maximum aircraft load. To do this ARIES operates upon a taped traffic model to generate simulated aircraft replies and fruit, feeding them to the sensor at...

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The Aircraft Reply and Interference Environment Simulator (ARIES) volume 1: principles of operation

The Aircraft Reply and Interference Environment Simulator (ARIES) volume 3: programmer's manual

March 22, 1979
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Project Report
Author:
Michael Goon
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Published in:
MIT Lincoln Laboratory Report ATC-87,III
Topic:
air traffic control
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Summary

The Aircraft Reply and Interference Environment Simulator (ARIES) makes possible the performance assessment of a Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS) sensor under its specified maximum aircraft load. To do this ARIES operates upon a taped traffic model to generate simulated aircraft replies and fruit, feeding them to the sensor at RF. Support documentation for ARIES, of which this is the second volume, consists of: Volume 1: Principles of Operation Volume 2: Appendices to the Principles of Operation Volume 3: Programmer's Manual The ARIES Programmer's Manual describes the operation, signal formats and protocols of the Lincoln Laboratory built input/output devices controlled by the Eclipse computer. The descriptions are primarily concerned with the logic of the interface boards that reside in the computer chassis and the formats of the words transferred to and from the computer. The logic of the devices themselves is described only to the extent necessary to understand the interface protocols and data formats.
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Summary

The Aircraft Reply and Interference Environment Simulator (ARIES) makes possible the performance assessment of a Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS) sensor under its specified maximum aircraft load. To do this ARIES operates upon a taped traffic model to generate simulated aircraft replies and fruit, feeding them to the sensor at...

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The Aircraft Reply and Interference Environment Simulator (ARIES) volume 3: programmer's manual

The Aircraft Reply and Interference Environment Simulator (ARIES), volume 2: appendices to the principles of operation

March 22, 1979
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Project Report
Author:
Michael Goon
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Published in:
MIT Lincoln Laboratory Report ATC-87,II
Topic:
simulation
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Summary

The Aircraft Reply and Interference Environment Simulator (ARIES) makes possible the performance assessment of a Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS) sensor under its specified maximum aircraft load. To do this ARIES operates upon a taped traffic model to generate simulated aircraft replies and fruit, feeding them to the sensor at RF. Support documentation for ARIES, of which this is the second volume, consists of: Volume 1: Principles of Operation Volume 2: Appendices to the Principles of Operation Volume 3: Programmer's Manual The Appendices to the Principles of Operation is comprised of a set of technical articles providing (a) explanations of design and programming aspects of the ARIES system not covered in the main volume, (b) detailed data format and data structure definitions, (c) detailed explanations of the meaning of ARIES error messages, and (d) an analysis of certain effects to be expected when more than one ARIES simulator are interconnected.
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The Aircraft Reply and Interference Environment Simulator (ARIES) makes possible the performance assessment of a Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS) sensor under its specified maximum aircraft load. To do this ARIES operates upon a taped traffic model to generate simulated aircraft replies and fruit, feeding them to the sensor at...

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The Aircraft Reply and Interference Environment Simulator (ARIES), volume 2: appendices to the principles of operation
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