Airfield Ground Lighting Automation System Realised With Power-Line Communication

摘要

The Airfield Ground Lighting Automation System (AGLAS~(TM)) is suitable for individual switching and monitoring of airfield lighting in order to meet latest ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) and FAA (Federal Aviation Authority) recommendations, to enhance safety of aircraft ground movement in particular areas of aerodrome (stopbars, lead in, lead on) and to built up the basis for an A-SMGCS (Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System). Many existing airports world-wide have the need to be updated with individual switching devices. Power-Line based systems which must be able to communicate reliably on different kinds of cables and isolating transformers power supplies using different kinds of thyristor controlled regulators are limiting at least infrastructure costs for the airports. AGLAS has been developed since conventional power line based communication systems have problems to prove outstanding reliability and availability under all circumstances as well as do not keep pace increasing requirements regarding overall performance.