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Active Beacon Collision Avoidance System (BCAS) functional overview
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The Active Beacon Collision Avoidance System (BCAS) is a beacon-based airborne collision avoidance system that provides for cooperative threat resolution between BCAS and conflicting aircraft and coordination with the ground ATC control function through the DABS data link. All beacon-equipped aircraft in the vicinity of the BCAS are detected. ATCRBS-equipped...
Registration errors in a netted air surveillance system
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Today's tactical military air surveillance radars generally operate in a stand-alone configuration. The many performance improvements that result when data from multiple radars of this type are merged have made such netted operations an attractive goal for many years. A major obstacle to achieving this goal has traditionally been the...
Comparison of various elevation angle estimation techniques
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The angular resolution and tracking of closely spaced targets is a classical radar problem which is receiving increased attention, and terrain multipath (e.g., reflections) has long been recognized to be a principal limitation on the achievable accuracy of radar elevation trackers at low elevation angles. A variety of techniques have...
Experimental measurement of the low angle terrain scattering interference environment
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This paper presents the results of an experimental program to obtain a better quantitative understanding of low angle microwave propagation phenomena needed to assess the potential for improved elevation tracking performance. It has long been recognized that terrain multipath (e.g., reflections and/or shadowing) are a principal limitation on the achievable...
The Transportable Measurements Facility (TMF) system description
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This report describes the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Transportable Measurements Facility (TMF), a special purpose beacon interrogator patterned after the Discrete Address Beacon Sensor. This van-mounted experimental beacon system includes all ATCRBS/DABS reply processing and monopulse processing, but not other DABS processing. It was developed to collect data at various locations...
Zoom antenna
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In current ATC radars, high altitude targets are at a disadvantage when competing with low altitude undesired returns such as ground clutter and birds. The "zoom antenna" technique is proposed as a means of virtually eliminating this problem. An implementation based on control of multiple elevation beams during each range...
DABS installation and siting criteria
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This paper provides information on site-associated phenomena that affect the proper operation of a DABS sensor and therefore warrant serious consideration when siting a radar. The DABS-related discussion is intended to be a supplement to the ATCRBS siting criteria presented in the FAA Primary/Secondary Terminal Radar Siting Handbook. The paper...
Evaluation of the MTD in a high-clutter environment
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The MTD (Moving Target Detector) is an automated radar signal and data processing system designed to improve the performance of air surveillance radars in various forms of clutter while providing a low output false alarm rate. This paper briefly describes the architecture of the MTD processor and presents the results...
Effects of common band (3500-3700 MHz) operation of geostationary satellites and the FAA limited-surveillance radar
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The study reported investigates the likelihood of interference by FDM/FM transmissions from geostationary satellites operating in the frequency range 3500-3700 MHz upon proposed FAA limited-surveillance radars operating in the same band. It is concluded, based upon the analysis, that the FAA limited-surveillance radars and the geostationary satellites can function in...
Air traffic density and distribution measurements
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Results of measurements to determine peak air traffic densities, the spatial distribution of air traffic, and its variation with time, in the Los Angeles Basin and at several locations from Boston to Washington, D.C. are reported. These measurements include only ATCRBS-transponder equipped aircraft. LA Basin traffic densities are shown to...