Wide Area Multilateration Demonstration System Radar Research Group Wide Area Multilateration Demonstration System Rudolf Seller, Ádám Szüllő Budapest University of Technology and Economics
WAMLAT Radar Research Group Passive distributed radar system to improve ATC reliability Wide-area coverage (>10km diameter) Multiple receivers Synchronization challenge GPS based synchronization
WAMLAT System Radar Research Group GPS based synchronization Data transfer via Ethernet Server
Geometry of the Receivers Radar Research Group Geometry of the Receivers Multilateration is nonlinear Location dependent position estimation accuracy Zone defined by the receivers
Synchronization Radar Research Group GPS Disciplined Oscillator (GPSDO) No physical clock distribution network Tens of nanosecond accuracy Long term time difference measurement between two GPSDOs:
Arrangement of the Receivers Radar Research Group Arrangement of the Receivers Across and around the city of Budapest Not optimal geometry
Results Radar Research Group Persistent displaying Fligth information from http://www.flightradar24.com
Results Radar Research Group Mode A and Mode C based multilateration has high false detection rate
Radar Research Group Results Only Mode S based multilateration
Radar Research Group Results „Invisible” aircraft
Location dependent accuracy Radar Research Group Location dependent accuracy Multilateration is nonlinear
Accuracy of the system Radar Research Group Multilateration compared to ADS-B ADS-B accuracy is questionable (eg. systematic error because of delay) Accuracy estimation based on longterm dataset Median error is 128 meters Estimated accuracy is 150 meters
Future work Develope tracking algorithm Expand the system nation-wide Radar Research Group Future work Develope tracking algorithm Expand the system nation-wide
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