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Mode S Secondary Surveillance Radar
Normal course duration: 2 days This course introduces surveillance concepts in general, and Mode S in detail. Although historically aircraft surveillance for ANS provision has been based upon a combination of primary and secondary radar techniques, there are today a number of new technologies. The next generation of secondary surveillance, Mode S or Mode Select, is available to ANSPs. The course covers the technical characteristics of Mode S in detail including operating frequencies, message formats and protocols, selective addressing, ‘all call’ and acquisition procedures, clustering and SI-/II-code allocation; interrogator and transponder characteristics; and Mode S applications. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view itThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) & Multilateration (MLAT)Normal course duration: 3 days This course has been revised and updated for 2009.
It explains Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) and
Multilateration. ADS-B is a new surveillance concept relying on the
transmission of GNSS-based position reports, which fully supports cooperative
ATC and enables the potential delegation of some separation responsibility to
the aircrew. The agreed globally interoperable datalink for ADS-B is 1090MHz
Extended Squitter, which is taught in detail during the course. The course also
gives the student a technical overview of multilateration, a technique
attracting growing international interest. Initially LAM (Local Area
Multilateration) was rolled out as a way to derive secondary position and identity
for targets on or near the airport surface. LAM is a fundamental enabler for
ICAO's A-SMGCS (Advanced-Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems). More
recently, multilateration techniques have been developed to provide a
‘radar-like’ service in terminal and en-route areas: WAM (Wide Area
Multilateration) has been implemented as an alternative to SSR and its roll-out
is set to increase in coming years.
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