Resilient enhancement of trajectory-based operations in aviation
First Claim
1. A method for determining flight trajectories for respective flights, the method comprising:
- determining, by a computing device, a probable flight trajectory for each respective flight based on one or more of;
(i) information indicative of weather conditions, (ii) information indicative of airspace and airport constraints, (iii) information indicative of performance parameters of a respective aircraft assigned to perform the respective flight, and (iv) information indicative of a starting point and an ending point of the respective flight;
receiving, at the computing device, trajectory exchange information indicating that two aircraft operators have exchanged two respective flight trajectories associated with two respective flights operated by the two aircraft operators;
based on the trajectory exchange information, modifying, by the computing device, the two respective flight trajectories to generate modified two respective flight trajectories; and
transmitting, by the computing device, the modified two respective flight trajectories to respective flight management computing devices of respective aircraft to execute the modified two respective flight trajectories.
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Abstract
An example method includes determining a probable flight trajectory for each respective flight; modifying the probable flight trajectory based on constraints imposed by Air Traffic Controller (ATC) rules to generate a modified flight trajectory; assigning respective arrival slots for modified flight trajectories; receiving trajectory exchange information indicating that two aircraft operators have exchanged two respective flight trajectories associated with two respective flights operated by the two aircraft operators; based on the trajectory exchange information, modifying: (i) the two respective flight trajectories, and (ii) respective arrival slots assigned to the two respective flight trajectories; and transmitting, by the computing device, the modified two respective flight trajectories to respective aircraft assigned to perform the two respective flights.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for determining flight trajectories for respective flights, the method comprising:
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determining, by a computing device, a probable flight trajectory for each respective flight based on one or more of;
(i) information indicative of weather conditions, (ii) information indicative of airspace and airport constraints, (iii) information indicative of performance parameters of a respective aircraft assigned to perform the respective flight, and (iv) information indicative of a starting point and an ending point of the respective flight;receiving, at the computing device, trajectory exchange information indicating that two aircraft operators have exchanged two respective flight trajectories associated with two respective flights operated by the two aircraft operators; based on the trajectory exchange information, modifying, by the computing device, the two respective flight trajectories to generate modified two respective flight trajectories; and transmitting, by the computing device, the modified two respective flight trajectories to respective flight management computing devices of respective aircraft to execute the modified two respective flight trajectories. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions that, in response to execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations to determine flight trajectories for respective flights, the operations comprising:
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determining a probable flight trajectory for each respective flight based on one or more of;
(i) information indicative of weather conditions, (ii) information indicative of airspace and airport constraints, (iii) information indicative of performance parameters of a respective aircraft assigned to perform the respective flight, and (iv) information indicative of a starting point and an ending point of the respective flight;receiving trajectory exchange information indicating that two aircraft operators have exchanged two respective flight trajectories associated with two respective flights operated by the two aircraft operators; based on the trajectory exchange information, modifying the two respective flight trajectories to generate modified two respective flight trajectories; and transmitting the modified two respective flight trajectories to respective flight management computing devices of respective aircraft to execute the modified two respective flight trajectories. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for determining flight trajectories for respective flights, comprising:
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a flight management computing device coupled to a first aircraft and having one or more processors configured to send thrust and attitude commands for the first aircraft to follow an assigned flight trajectory; one or more databases including information indicative of (i) weather conditions, (ii) airspace and airport constraints, and (iii) performance parameters of a respective aircraft assigned to perform a respective flight; and a trajectory management module that is ground-based and in communication with the one or more databases and in communication with the flight management computing device via an air-ground data link, wherein the trajectory management module comprises; one or more processors, and memory storing thereon instructions, that when executed by the one or more processors of the trajectory management module, cause the trajectory management module to perform operations comprising; determining a probable flight trajectory for each respective flight based on the information of the one or more databases and information indicative of a starting point and an ending point of the respective flight, receiving trajectory exchange information indicating that a first aircraft operator of the first aircraft and a second aircraft operator of a second aircraft have exchanged two respective flight trajectories associated with the first and second aircraft, based on the trajectory exchange information, modifying the two respective flight trajectories to generate modified two respective flight trajectories, and transmitting a respective flight trajectory of the modified two respective flight trajectories to the flight management computing device to execute the respective flight trajectory by the first aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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