DABS: A System Description.

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Abstract:

The Discrete Address Beacon System DABS is a cooperative surveillance and communication system for air traffic control. It employs ground-based sensors interrogators and airborne transponders. Ground-to-air and air-to-ground data-link communications are accommodated integrally with the surveillance interrogations and replies. DABS has been designed as an evolutionary replacement for the current Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System ATCRBS to provide the enhanced surveillance and communication capability required for air traffic control in the 1980s and 1990s. Compatibility with ATCRBS has been emphasized to permit an extended, economical transition.

Author(s):
Drouilhet, P. R.
Author Organization(s):
MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH LEXINGTON LINCOLN LAB
Descriptive Note:
Project rept.,
Supplementary Note:
Report on Discrete Address Beacon System.
Pagination:
0096

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
ATC-42, FAA-RD-74-189
Contract/Grant Number(s):
F19628-73-C-0002, DOT-FA72WAI-261
Project Number(s):
FAA-034-24-012
Monitor Series:
74-189
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_6_Net Centric
Communities of Interest:
Sensors
Descriptor(s):
*AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, SIGNAL PROCESSING, AVIONICS, DETECTORS, PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING), DATA LINKS, SURVEILLANCE, TRANSPONDERS, BEACONS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Air Navigation and Guidance
Keyword(s):
DOT 4IZ ID, *Discrete address beacon systems, DABS(Discrete Address Beacon Systems)
Report Date:
1974 Nov 18