A SIMULATION OF THE DABS SENSOR FOR EVALUATING REPLY PROCESSOR PERFORMANCE

In order to evaluate the effects of ATCRBS interference on the design of a Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS) sensor, a simulation program was developed. A detailed model of the sensor is presented that takes into account many of the antenna pattern and signal processing design parameters. A model for the fruit generator is developed so that reply processor performance in typical 1980 high density fruit environments can be evaluated. A particular reply processing algorithm is adopted as a baseline to decode DABS messages and produce a data edited azimuth estimate, so that the design methodology can be illustrated. Statistics characterizing the reliability of the processor are computed as a function of fruit rate and signalling conditions. The simulation is an invaluable tool for performing sensor/reply processor tradeoff studies. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Lincoln Laboratory

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Lexington, MA  United States  02173

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591

  Department of the Air Force

  Electronic Systems Division
  Hanscom AFB, MA  United States 
• Authors:
  • McAulay, R J
  • Vitto, V
• Publication Date: 1974-9-16

Media Info

• Pagination: 50 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Air traffic control radar beacon system; Algorithms; Antennas; Design methods; Mode S; Radar air traffic control; Signal processing; Simulation
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080173
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: ATC-28 Proj. Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA72WAI-261, F10628-73-C-0002
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 29 1975 12:00AM