AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SURVEILLANCE ACCURACYnAND UPDATE RATE STUDY

摘要

This report describes the results of the Air Traffic Control Surveillance Accuracy and Update Rate Study which TRW performed for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center. The objective of the ATC Surveillance Accuracy and Update Rate Study was to establish quantitative relationships between the surveillance accuracies, update rates, and the communications load associated with the tactical control of aircraft for conflict resolution. These relationships are established for typical types of aircraft, phases of flight, and types of airspace. The Surveillance Accuracy/Update Rate (SAUR) computer program developed to determine these relationships "flies" two aircraft towards one another under various realistic circum-stances, and analyzes the interaction between the two pilots and the controller. Ten specific cases are analyzed to determine relationships between the surveillance accuracies and update rates which will be required in order to prevent these aircraft from getting too close to each other.