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An effective procedure to design the layout of standard and enhanced mode-S multilateration systems for airport surveillance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2012

Ivan A. Mantilla-Gaviria ,
Mauro Leonardi ,
Gaspare Galati ,
Juan V. Balbastre-Tejedor  and
Elías de los Reyes Davó
Ivan A. Mantilla-Gaviria*
Affiliation:
ITACA Research Institute, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
Mauro Leonardi
Affiliation:
DISP, “Tor Vergata” University, via del Politecnico 1, 00131 Rome, Italy.
Gaspare Galati
Affiliation:
DISP, “Tor Vergata” University, via del Politecnico 1, 00131 Rome, Italy.
Juan V. Balbastre-Tejedor
Affiliation:
ITACA Research Institute, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
Elías de los Reyes Davó
Affiliation:
ITACA Research Institute, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
*
Corresponding author: I.A. Mantilla-Gaviria Email: imantilla@itaca.upv.es
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Abstract

In this paper, an effective procedure to emplace standard and enhanced mode-S multilateration stations for airport surveillance is studied and developed. This procedure is based on meta-heuristic optimization techniques, such as genetic algorithm (GA), and is intended to obtain useful parameters for an optimal system configuration that provides acceptable performance levels. Furthermore, the procedure developed here is able to evaluate and improve previous system designs, as well as possible system enhancements. Additionally, the design strategies to be used along with the procedure proposed here are fully described. Parameters such as the number of stations, the system geometry, the kind of measurements to be used, and the system accuracy are obtained taking into account the basic requirements such as the Line of Sight, the probability of detection, and the accuracy levels.

Keywords

MultilaterationAirport SurveillanceOptimizationRadar Architecture and Systems
Type
Research Papers
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 4 , Special Issue 2: Special issue on Surveillance Systems for Air Navigation Services , April 2012 , pp. 199 - 207
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2012

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