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Error correction of messages by a passive radar system

US6778133B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 2003
Grant dateAug 17, 2004
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Expiry dateJun 24, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S13/782
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Receiving a message including bits corresponding to an identifier, the identifier including a unique address for a aircraft transponder, extracting the unique address from the identifier, comparing the unique address to a set of predetermined addresses, changing selected ones of the identifier bits when the unique address is not one of the set of predetermined addresses, wherein the changing of the identifier bits changes a value of the unique address in the identifier, read-comparing the updated unique address to the set of predetermined addresses and processing the message when the unique address matches one of the set of predetermined addresses.

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