Accession Number:

ADA048589

Title:

The Impact of a Proposed Active BCAS on ATCRBS Performance in the Washington, D. C., 1981 Environment.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

IIT RESEARCH INST ANNAPOLIS MD

Personal Author(s):

• Theberge,Norman

Report Date:

1977-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

48.0

Abstract:

A computer model of the proposed active Beacon Collision Avoidance System BCAS was developed to investigate the impact of BCAS on the Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System ATCRBS ground system. Predictions were made for the early 1981 Washington, D.C., environment. Two ground environments were simulated, an all-ATCRBS environment and a 2575 Discrete Address Beacon System DABSATCRBS mix. Airborne fruit rates and the effect of BCASDABS mode power programming on interference were also predicted. Author

Descriptors:

• *AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
• *AVIATION SAFETY
• *RADAR BEACONS
• *DISCRETE ADDRESS BEACON SYSTEMS
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
• TARGET DETECTION
• FLIGHT MANEUVERS
• COMPUTER PROGRAM VERIFICATION
• COLLISION AVOIDANCE
• INTERROGATORS
• ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY
• TRANSPONDERS

Subject Categories:

• Terminal Flight Facilities
• Air Navigation and Guidance

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE