Operational Research and Development-The Process Leading to a Change in Air Traffic Control Separation Standards

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry Bradley ◽  
Kimberly T. Joyce
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Operational Research ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Separation Standards

Operational Research into Air Traffic Control

1949 ◽  
Vol 53 (466) ◽  
pp. 965-978 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Operational Research ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Traffic Pattern ◽  
Precise Knowledge ◽  
Effective System ◽  
Technical Interest

With the return of British civil aviation to normal operating conditions after the war it was found that several problems which had previously given little cause for concern had become acute. More especially, the increase in the volume of traffic, particularly under instrument flying conditions, together with certain indirect consequences of the greater sizes and weights of aircraft, had brought about greatly increased congestion around major airports, and there was, therefore, an urgent requirement for an effective system of close air traffic control to ensure the safety and rapid movement of the traffic.The Ministry of Civil Aviation immediately gave much attention to this problem of air traffic control, but at once found itself in serious difficulties on account of lack of sufficiently precise knowledge of the traffic and the traffic pattern. The then Controller of Technical and. Operational Services, Sir Conrad Collier, realised that the obtaining of the necessary data concerning air traffic control and other matters of technical interest was essentially a matter of operational research, and in 1947 a small operational research section was established which began work in the autumn of that year.

Mathematical Studies on Separation Standards

1971 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 456-458
Author(s):  
D. E. Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Mathematical Theory ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Control Environment ◽  
Collision Risk ◽  
Separation Standards ◽  
Navigation Accuracy ◽  
Mathematics Department ◽  
The Way

In a procedural Air Traffic Control environment, navigation standards are related to separation standards because of the way they both affect the collision risk. The Air Traffic Studies division of the Mathematics Department at R.A.E. has developed methods of estimating the collision risk procedural systems and these provide rational grounds for decisions on separation standards. In a radar-monitored system navigation accuracy and separation standards both affect the workload of the controller on the ground and it is necessary to study these effects to ensure that he is not overloaded. In addition the problems of estimating the collision risk will become more complicated. I shall very briefly describe the mathematical theory of collision risk for parallel tracks. A fuller description has been published in the Journal.

Costing Air Traffic Control Deviations

1966 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. W. Attwooll
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Weather Prediction ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Transport Aircraft ◽  
Traffic Control System ◽  
Separation Standards

1. Introduction. An air traffic control system maintains adequate separation between aircraft by requiring some aircraft to deviate from the paths which they would otherwise follow. In the absence of such deviations it must be assumed that civil transport aircraft would choose to operate at the most economical combination of airspeed, track and altitude (within the limits set by inaccuracies of weather prediction); A.T.C. deviations therefore involve economic penalty to the operator. It is important to assess the magnitude of such penalties for two reasons:(a) To provide a yardstick by which to compare different A.T.C. systems.(b) To give a measure of how much might justifiably be spent on new systems and equipment, to enable separation standards (and hence the penalty of deviations) to be reduced without reduction in safety.

Evaluation of the Capability of Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast to Meet the Requirements of Future Airborne Surveillance Applications

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Busyairah Syd Ali ◽  
Wolfgang Schuster ◽  
Washington Yotto Ochieng
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
System Performance ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Management ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Mapping Exercise ◽  
Surveillance Applications

Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Out supports various ground applications including Air Traffic Control (ATC) surveillance in radar airspace, non-radar airspace and on the airport surface. In addition, the capability of aircraft to receive ADS-B Out messages from other aircraft within their coverage (ADS-B In) enables enhanced airborne surveillance applications. The requirements of the application vary depending on its safety-criticality. More stringent applications will require higher levels of performance. It is therefore critical that the ADS-B system performance is measured against the most stringent application it is designed for. This paper reviews the various enhanced airborne surveillance applications and the required ADS-B information to support them. It identifies the ADS-B based applications required for Air Traffic Management (ATM) modernisation under the SESAR/NextGen programs. It discusses existing ADS-B Out versions and their capabilities. A mapping exercise is undertaken to assess the credibility of the ADS-B system performance to support the functionalities and requirements of the various enhanced airborne surveillance applications and establish those that require further research and development, highlighting some of the key challenges.

The Parallel-route System for North Atlantic Subsonic Jet Traffic

1966 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. W. Attwooll
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Traffic Intensity ◽  
Optimum System ◽  
Separation Standards ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Subsonic Jet

In the first of this series of papers, the general principles of costing the effect of air traffic control deviation were discussed. This paper discusses the application of these principles to a model route structure for North Atlantic subsonic jet traffic. It is shown how the, design of an optimum system is related to cost considerations and how the cost depends on variations in traffic intensity and on the level of separation standards in all three dimensions. The work on which the paper is based was carried out at the Royal Aircraft Establishment.

scholarly journals Air Traffic Control Tools Assessment

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Noskievič ◽  
Jakub Kraus
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Control Service

<p align="LEFT">Undoubtedly air transport in today’s world wouldn’t be able to exist without any air traffic control service. As the air transport has been coming through major changes and it has been expanding, it is assumed that its volume will be doubled in the next 15 years. Air traffic control uses strictly organised procedures to ensure safe course of air operations. With the skies covered with more airplanes every year, new tools must be introduced to allow the controllers to manage this rising amount of flying aircraft and to keep the air transport safe. This paper provides a comprehensive and organized material, which describes the newest tools and systems used by air traffic control officers. It proposes improvements for further research and development of ATC tools.</p>

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