Secondary surveillance radar system, ground equipment for use therein, and response signal checking method applied thereto
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01S-013/74
G01S-013/00
출원번호
US-0933210
(2004-09-03)
우선권정보
JP-2003-314331(2003-09-05)
발명자
/ 주소
Kuji,Yoshinori
Aoki,Yoshirou
Ootomo,Hisashi
출원인 / 주소
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
대리인 / 주소
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier &
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초록▼
A secondary surveillance radar system for use in surveillance of an airspace, which reliably achieves surveillance of the airspace even when an aircraft including a mode S transponder and an aircraft including an ATCRBS transponder are both located in the airspace, wherein both of a time interval be
A secondary surveillance radar system for use in surveillance of an airspace, which reliably achieves surveillance of the airspace even when an aircraft including a mode S transponder and an aircraft including an ATCRBS transponder are both located in the airspace, wherein both of a time interval between time when transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S is completed and time when the transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode A is started and a time interval between time when transmission of the all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S is completed and time when transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode C is started is varied in units of one all-call time period.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A secondary surveillance radar system for use in surveillance of an airspace, which reliably achieves surveillance of the airspace even when an aircraft including a mode S transponder and an aircraft including an ATCRBS transponder are both located in the airspace, wherein bo
What is claimed is: 1. A secondary surveillance radar system for use in surveillance of an airspace, which reliably achieves surveillance of the airspace even when an aircraft including a mode S transponder and an aircraft including an ATCRBS transponder are both located in the airspace, wherein both of a time interval between time when transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S is completed and time when the transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode A is started and a time interval between time when transmission of the all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S is completed and time when transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode C is started is varied in units of one all-call time period. 2. The secondary surveillance radar system according to claim 1, wherein each of the time intervals is longer than a dead time of the ATCRBS transponder. 3. A secondary surveillance radar system for use in surveillance of an airspace, which reliably achieves surveillance of the airspace even when an aircraft including a mode S transponder and an aircraft including an ATCRBS transponder are both located in the airspace, wherein both of a time interval between a sync phase reversal of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S and a pulse P3 of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode A and a time interval between the sync phase reversal of the all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S and a pulse P3 of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode C is varied in units of one all-call time period. 4. The secondary surveillance radar system according to claim 3, wherein each of the time intervals is longer than a dead time of the ATCRBS transponder. 5. A secondary surveillance radar system including a ground equipment which reliably surveils an airspace under surveillance, even when an aircraft including a mode S transponder and an aircraft including an ATCRBS transponder are both located in the airspace, wherein the ground equipment comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit a interrogation signal to the airspace; a receiver configured to receive a reply signal to the interrogation signal transmitted by the transmitter; a correlation processor configured to specify a mode S reply signal transmitted from the aircraft including the mode S transponder based on correlations between mode S reply signals of reply signals each of which is received by the receiver and all-call interrogation signals each of which is transmitted each time one sweep is carried out; and a determination processor configured to determine whether each of mode S reply signals respectively specified as mode S reply signals transmitted from a plurality of aircrafts is valid or invalid, based on a variance between a plurality of range data each obtained in units of one sweep with respect to an associated one of the plurality of aircrafts, wherein in units of one all-call time period, the transmitter varies both of a time interval between time when transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S is completed and time when transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode A is started and a time interval between time when the transmission of the all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S is completed and time when transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode C is started. 6. The secondary surveillance radar system according to claim 5, wherein each of the time intervals is longer than a dead time of the ATCRBS transponder. 7. A secondary surveillance radar system including a ground equipment which reliably surveils an airspace under surveillance, even when an aircraft including a mode S transponder and an aircraft including an ATCRBS transponder are both located in the airspace, wherein the ground equipment comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit a interrogation signal to the airspace; a receiver configured to receive a reply signal to the interrogation signal transmitted by the transmitter; a correlation processor configured to specify a mode S reply signal transmitted from the aircraft including the mode S transponder based on correlations between mode S reply signals of reply signals each of which is received by the receiver and all-call interrogation signals each of which is transmitted each time one sweep is carried out; and a determination processor configured to determine whether each of mode S reply signals respectively specified as mode S reply signals transmitted from a plurality of aircrafts is valid or invalid, based on a variance between a plurality of range data each obtained in units of one sweep with respect to an associated one of the plurality of aircrafts, wherein in units of one all-call time period, the transmitter varies both of a time interval between a sync phase reversal of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S and a pulse P3 of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode A and a time interval between the sync phase reversal of the all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S and a pulse P3 in an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode C. 8. The secondary surveillance radar system according to claim 7, wherein each of the time intervals is longer than a dead time of the ATCRBS transponder. 9. A ground equipment for use in a secondary surveillance radar system, which reliably surveils an airspace under surveillance even when an aircraft including a mode S transponder and an aircraft including an ATCRBS transponder are located in the airspace, the ground equipment comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit a interrogation signal to the airspace; a receiver configured to receive a reply signal to the interrogation signal transmitted by the transmitter; a correlation processor configured to specify an ATCRBS reply signal transmitted from the aircraft including the ATCRBS transponder based on correlations between ATCRBS reply signals of reply signals each of which is received by the receiver and all-call interrogation signals for mode A or mode C each of which is transmitted each time one sweep is carried out; and a determination processor configured to determine whether each of ATCRBS reply signals respectively specified as ATCRBS reply signals transmitted from a plurality of aircrafts is valid or invalid, based on a variance between a plurality of range data each obtained in units of one sweep with respect to an associated one of the plurality of aircrafts, wherein in units of one all-call time period, the transmitter varies both of a time interval between time when transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S is completed and time when transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode A is started and a time interval between the transmission of the all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S is completed and time when transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode C is started. 10. The ground equipment according to claim 9, wherein each of the time intervals is longer than a dead time of the ATCRBS transponder. 11. A ground equipment for use in a secondary surveillance radar system, which reliably surveils an airspace under surveillance even when an aircraft including a mode S transponder and an aircraft including an ATCRBS transponder are both located in the airspace, the ground equipment comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit a interrogation signal to the airspace; a receiver configured to receive a reply signal to the interrogation signal transmitted by the transmitter; a correlation processor configured to specify an ATCRBS reply signal transmitted from the aircraft including the ATCRBS transponder based on correlations between ATCRBS reply signals of reply signals each of which is received by the receiver and all-call interrogation signals for mode A or mode C each of which is transmitted each time one sweep is carried out; and a determination processor configured to determine whether each of ATCRBS reply signals respectively specified as ATCRBS reply signals transmitted from a plurality of aircrafts is valid or invalid, based on a variance between a plurality of range data each obtained in units of one sweep with respect to an associated one of the plurality of aircrafts, wherein in units of one all-call time period, the transmitter varies both of a time interval between a sync phase reversal of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S and a pulse P3 in an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode A and a time interval between the sync phase reversal of the all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S and a pulse P3 of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode C. 12. The ground equipment according to claim 11, wherein each of the time intervals is longer than a dead time of the ATCRBS transponder. 13. A reply-signal checking method for checking validity of a reply signal to a interrogation signal in an airspace under surveillance, which enables the airspace to be reliably surveilled even when an aircraft including a mode S transponder and an aircraft including an ATCRBS transponder are both located in the airspace, the reply-signal checking method comprising: transmitting a interrogation signal to the airspace; receiving a reply signal to the transmitted interrogation signal; specifying an ATCRBS reply signal transmitted from the aircraft including the ATCRBS transponder based on correlations between ATCRBS reply signals of received reply signals and all-call interrogation signals for mode A or mode C each of which is transmitted each time one sweep is carried out; and determining whether each of ATCRBS reply signals respectively specified as ATCRBS reply signals transmitted from a plurality of aircrafts is valid or invalid, based on a variance between a plurality of range data each obtained in units of one sweep with respect to an associated one of the plurality of aircrafts, wherein the transmitting the interrogation signal including varying, in units of one all-call time period, both of a time interval between time when transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S is completed and time when transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode A is started and a time interval between the transmission of the all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S is completed and time when transmission of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode C is started. 14. The reply-signal checking method according to claim 13, wherein the transmitting the interrogation signal makes each of the time intervals longer than a dead time of the ATCRBS transponder. 15. A reply-signal checking method for checking validity of a reply signal to a interrogation signal in an airspace under surveillance, in which enables the airspace to be reliably surveilled even when an aircraft including a mode S transponder and an aircraft including an ATCRBS transponder are both located in the airspace, the reply-signal checking method comprising: transmitting a interrogation signal to the airspace; receiving a reply signal to the transmitted interrogation signal; specifying an ATCRBS reply signal transmitted from the aircraft including the ATCRBS transponder based on correlations between ATCRBS reply signals of received reply signals and all-call interrogation signals for mode A or mode C each of which is transmitted each time one sweep is carried out; and determining whether each of ATCRBS reply signals respectively specified as ATCRBS reply signals transmitted from a plurality of aircrafts is valid or invalid, based on a variance between a plurality of range data each obtained in units of one sweep with respect to an associated one of the plurality of aircrafts, wherein the transmitting the interrogation signal including varying, in units of one all-call time period, both of a time interval between a sync phase reversal of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S and time when a pulse P3 of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode A and a time interval between the sync phase reversal of the all-call interrogation signal specific for mode S and a pulse P3 of an all-call interrogation signal specific for mode C. 16. The reply-signal checking method according to claim 15, wherein the transmitting the interrogation signal makes each of the time intervals longer than a dead time of the ATCRBS transponder.
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