TRANSPONDER DECODER
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1. A transponder decoder for an aircraft comprising:
- an input adapted to receive a mode A/C transponder transmission from a transponder positioned aboard the aircraft;
a decoder adapted to decode the mode A/C transponder transmission; and
an output for outputting the decoded mode A/C transponder transmission.
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Abstract
An Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system for an aircraft and method of automatically harmonizing a transponder squawk code and an ADS-B system such that a squawk code broadcast by the ADS-B system matches the transponder squawk code, includes transmitting the transponder squawk code from a transponder positioned onboard an aircraft and receiving the transmitted transponder squawk code with a device positioned onboard the aircraft. The ADS-B system is updated with the received transmitter squawk code. The squawk code is transmitted using the ADS-B system.
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1. A transponder decoder for an aircraft comprising:
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an input adapted to receive a mode A/C transponder transmission from a transponder positioned aboard the aircraft; a decoder adapted to decode the mode A/C transponder transmission; and an output for outputting the decoded mode A/C transponder transmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system for an aircraft comprising:
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a transponder decoder comprising an input adapted to receive a mode A/C transponder transmission from a transponder positioned aboard the aircraft, a decoder adapted to decode the mode A/C transponder transmission and an output for outputting the decoded mode A/C transponder transmission; a message formatter adapted to generate a message based on data received from said transponder decoder output, the message including data identifying the squawk code; and a wireless transmitter in communication with said message formatter, said wireless transmitter adapted to wirelessly broadcast said message. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of automatically harmonizing a transponder squawk code and an ADS-B system such that a squawk code broadcast by the ADS-B system matches the transponder squawk code, said method comprising:
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transmitting said transponder squawk code from a transponder positioned onboard an aircraft; receiving the transmitted transponder squawk code with a device positioned onboard the aircraft; updating the ADS-B system with the received transmitter squawk code; and broadcasting the squawk code using the ADS-B system. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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