United States
Patent 9,465,104
ADS-B Radar
Application Number 14/146,202
Filed 1/2/2014
Issued October 11, 2016
Jed Margolin
Abstract
The reliability and safety of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) are improved by using the signals transmitted from an ADS-B unit as a radar transmitter with a receiver used to receive reflections.
Jed Margolin
Virginia City Highlands, NV
October 11, 2016
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Ref. 1: U.S. Patent Application 13/594,815 System for sensing aircraft and other objects, published July 11, 2013 as Patent Publication 2013/0176163
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Ref. 2: 14 CFR § 91.113(b) Right-of-way rules: Except water operations.
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=4f09aa904bfbb808de07eada6cb86e5a&rgn=div8&view= text&node=14:2.0.1.3.10.2.4.7&idno=14
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Ref. 3: 14 CFR § 91.115(a) Right-of-way rules: Water operations. http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=4f09aa904bfbb808de07eada6cb86e5a&rgn=div8&view= text&node=14:2.0.1.3.10.2.4.8&idno=14
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Ref. 5: Gulf of Mexico Helo Ops Ready for ADS-B, Aviation Week & Space Technology, Francis Fiorino, 02/26/2007, page 56.
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Ref. 6: U.S. Patent 7,414,567 ADS-B radar system issued August 19, 2008 to Zhang et al.
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Ref. 10: Presentation entitled, Developing Sense & Avoid Requirements for Meeting an Equivalent Level of Safety (6MB | ppt), given by Russ Wolfe, Technology IPT Lead, Access 5 Project at UVS Tech 2006. 18 January 2006.
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Ref. 11: Presentation Integration into the National Airspace System (NAS) given by John Timmerman of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (July 12, 2005)
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Ref. 12: Zone Ready for Drone, April 7, 2006, on the web site for the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization Employees, http://www.ato.faa.gov/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=4&tabid=17&itemid=937&mid=103
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Ref. 13: Quadrennial Roles and Missions Review Report, Department of Defense, January 2009. Page 29 (PDF page 37) www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2009/QRMFinalReport_v26Jan.pdf
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Ref 14: Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Surveillance Development for Air Traffic Management, PDF Page 5 www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/files/brochures_publications/FAST_magazine/FAST47_5-adsb.pdf
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Ref 15: Exploiting the Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast System Via False Target Injection; Thesis by Domenic Magazu III, Captain, USAF; AFIT/GCO/ENG/12-07; Department of the Air Force, Air University; Air Force Institute of Technology; March 2012. PDF Pages 49-54. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA561697
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Ref 16: Security of ADS-B: State of the Art and Beyond, MARTIN STROHMEIER (University of Oxford, United Kingdom), VINCENT LENDERS (armasuisse, Switzerland), IVAN MARTINOVIC (Univervisty of Oxford, United Kingdom); 7/13/2013 http://arxiv-web3.library.cornell.edu/pdf/1307.3664
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References cited by Examiner
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U.S. Patent Publication 2010/0090882, Bi-static radar processing for ADS-B sensors, Donovan, published 4/2010
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U.S. Patent Publication 2011/0156878, System and method for providing timing services and DME aided multilateration for ground surveillance, Wu et al, published 6/2011
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U.S. Patent Publication 2011/0169684, System for sensing aircraft and other objects, Margolin, published 7/2011
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U.S. Patent 8,643,534 System for sensing aircraft and other objects, Margolin, issued February 4, 2014
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