Risk Analyses to Enhance GBAS Performance for NextGen Applications

The objective of the project is to address two open questions which are central to the development of CAT III Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS). The first of these questions is whether or not existing CAT I integrity monitors, such as the Excessive Acceleration and Signal Deformation Monitors, can be adapted for use with a CAT III system, given that CAT III integrity risk requirements are stricter by two orders of magnitude. To make such adaptation possible, the research will mitigate excess conservatism that exists in prior integrity analyses, specifically, in assumptions made regarding time-correlated random noise and its impact on monitor missed-detection probabilities. The research will also address a second key open question for CAT III GBAS implementation: how to make effective use of modernized, multi-constellation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal in GBAS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Aviation Grants

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $319946.00
• Contract Numbers:

  2010-G-006

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport
  Atlantic City, NJ  United States  08405
• Project Managers:

  Warburton, John

• Performing Organizations:

  Tufts University

  Medford, MA  United States 
• Start Date: 20100601
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20120829
• Source Data: RiP Project 30195

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Detection and identification systems; Noise (Communications); Risk analysis
• Identifier Terms: Global Navigation Satellite System; Next Generation Air Transportation System
• Uncontrolled Terms: Augmentation systems; Integrity
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01569534
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 2010-G-006
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Jul 15 2015 1:01AM