Aircraft Transponder Signaling Concepts Using Multi-Mode Multi -Port Antenna

authored by: Nils L. Johannsen, Lukas Grundmann, Dirk Manteuffel, Peter A. Hoeher
Abstract: Flight transponder signaling standards must be continuously improved in light of increasing requirements for the safe integration of an increasing number of aircraft. Since the introduction of the airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS), transponders are not only a major part of the air surveillance systems of flight controls, but also communicating between each other. The purpose of this communication is the aforementioned collision avoidance. The most common current system is the traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) II. Towards the integration of unmanned aerial vehicles, the ACAS Xu standard is under investigation. However, interrogations between different airborne transmitters help to improve the mutual information exchange between the vehicles. Hybrid beamforming with multi-mode multi-port antennas (M3PAs) is proposed to reduce the effects of interference from other users as well as ambiguities in the directional domain. The performance of different hybrid beamforming variants is compared and an example pattern measured in an antenna measurement chamber is shown.
Organisation(s): Institute of Microwave and Wireless Systems
External Organisation(s): Kiel University
Type: Conference contribution
Pages: 1354-1358
No. of pages: 5
Publication date: 2022
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTC55196.2022.9952933 (Access: Closed)
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BibTeX

@inproceedings{7829a0ea64b1449a8bb76e4f189b0774,
title = "Aircraft Transponder Signaling Concepts Using Multi-Mode Multi -Port Antenna",
abstract = "Flight transponder signaling standards must be continuously improved in light of increasing requirements for the safe integration of an increasing number of aircraft. Since the introduction of the airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS), transponders are not only a major part of the air surveillance systems of flight controls, but also communicating between each other. The purpose of this communication is the aforementioned collision avoidance. The most common current system is the traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) II. Towards the integration of unmanned aerial vehicles, the ACAS Xu standard is under investigation. However, interrogations between different airborne transmitters help to improve the mutual information exchange between the vehicles. Hybrid beamforming with multi-mode multi-port antennas (M3PAs) is proposed to reduce the effects of interference from other users as well as ambiguities in the directional domain. The performance of different hybrid beamforming variants is compared and an example pattern measured in an antenna measurement chamber is shown.",
author = "Johannsen, {Nils L.} and Lukas Grundmann and Dirk Manteuffel and Hoeher, {Peter A.}",
note = "Funding Information: VI. ACKNOWLEDGMENT This project is part of the Master360 program under research grant 20D1905, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). The cooperative work with f.u.n.k.e. GmbH is highly appreciated. ; 13th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence, ICTC 2022 ; Conference date: 19-10-2022 Through 21-10-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1109/ICTC55196.2022.9952933",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-6654-9940-8",
series = "International Conference on ICT Convergence",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "1354--1358",
booktitle = "ICTC 2022 - 13th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence",
address = "United States",
}