Airport surface vehicle identification

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G01S 13/78 (2006.01) B64D 47/06 (2006.01) G01S 13/76 (2006.01) G01S 13/91 (2006.01)

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CA 2163642

An airport vehicle identification system includes a ground surveillance radar system which radiates both a conventional radar signal and a beacon interrogation signal. The radar receives i) a backscatter signal from the skin returns of a target and ii) an encoded ID signal indicative of the target identity. The encoded ID signal is transmitted by a vehicle (e.g., an aircraft) mounted transponder in response to receiving the beacon interrogation signal. The transponder can be located within an external vehicle light housing such as an aircraft collision avoidance light. This invention fills the critical void in airport traffic control of providing ground controllers with electronic airport surface surveillance data which includes both vehicle position and identity.

Système d'identification de véhicules au sol dans un aéroport qui comprend un système radar de surveillance au sol émettant à la fois un signal radar classique et un signal d'interrogation de balises. Le radar reçoit i) un signal rétrodiffusé provenant des retours de peau d'une cible et ii) un signal d'identification codé indiquant l'identité de la cible. Le signal d'identification codé est transmis par un transpondeur monté sur un véhicule (par ex. un avion) en réponse à la réception du signal d'interrogation des balises. Ledit transpondeur peut être placé au sein du boîtier externe de feux d'un véhicule tels qu'un feu anticollision pour avion. La présente invention comble le vide critique du contrôle aérien dans les aéroports en fournissant aux contrôleurs au sol des données de surveillance électronique du sol de l'aéroport qui comprennent à la fois la position des véhicules et leur identité.

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