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Virtual ADS-B for small aircraft

US9922571B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Rockwell Collins, Inc. · US

Inventors

William T. Greenleaf · Indialantic, US
Daniel J. Clark · Los Gatos, US
Phillip L. Ellery · Melbourne, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 8, 2015
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 5, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08G5/727
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A small aircraft includes a computer system configured to determine its own location, establish a datalink with a ground station and send the location information to the ground station in an ADS-B compliant format. The ground station then transmits the ADS-B compliant small aircraft information as a virtual ADS-B signal from the small aircraft to air traffic controllers and local ADS-B capable aircraft. Likewise, a ground station incorporates a virtual ADS-B In function to receive ADS-B information in a non-ADS-B datalink channel. The ground station performs ADS-B In applications without the burden of the small aircraft carrying the actual ADS-B equipment.

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