THE EFFECTS OF ATCRBS P SUB 2 PULSES ON DABS RELIABILITY

An analytical study was performed to determine the effects of ATCRBS P sub 2 pulses as interference to DABS uplink transmissions. These effects constitute a major component of all uplink error-producing mechanisms that are anticipated to occur in DABS operation. The study is formulated in a way that includes effects of both receiver noise P sub 2 pulse interference, where the interference can be received from any of a number of different transmitters at different distances from the receiving aircraft. The model includes the randomness associated with whether or not a particular DABS signal is overlapped by any interference pulse, and also the conditional randomness of error production given that an overlap does occur. In fact, a major portion of the study is the determination of the conditional error probability given the occurrence of an overlap with stated signal-to-interference ratio and stated signal-to-noise ratio. (Modified author abstract)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report on Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS).
• Corporate Authors:

  Lincoln Laboratory

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Lexington, MA  United States  02173
• Authors:
  • Harman, W H
  • Shnidman, D A
• Publication Date: 1974-1-28

Media Info

• Pagination: 68 p.

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054523
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: ATC-20 Proj Rpt
• Contract Numbers: F19628-73-C-0002, DOT-FA72WAI-261
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Jun 10 1974 12:00AM