EFFICIENT AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION DOWNLOAD COUPLED WITH ADS-B FUNCTION
First Claim
1. A method for downloading aeronautical data using an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), the method comprising:
- creating a first data sequence structure that includes a receive time for each of one or more received ADS-B messages;
creating a second data sequence structure that includes a packet time for each of one or more received aeronautical data packets that are without position information;
mapping the one or more received aeronautical data packets respectively to the one or more ADS-B messages by comparing the receive time for each of one or more received ADS-B messages with the packet time for each of one or more received aeronautical data packets to produce a correlation between the one or more ADS-B messages and the one or more aeronautical data packets; and
deriving position information for each of the one or more received aeronautical data packets from each correlation between an ADS-B message and an aeronautical data packet.
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Abstract
A method and system for downloading aeronautical data using an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) is provided. The method comprises creating a first data sequence structure that includes a receive time for each of one or more received ADS-B messages; creating a second data sequence structure that includes a packet time for each of one or more received aeronautical data packets that are without position information; mapping the received aeronautical data packets respectively to the ADS-B messages by comparing the receive time for each of the received ADS-B messages with the packet time for each of the received aeronautical data packets to produce a correlation between the ADS-B messages and the aeronautical data packets; and deriving position information for each of the received aeronautical data packets from each correlation between an ADS-B message and an aeronautical data packet.
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1. A method for downloading aeronautical data using an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), the method comprising:
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creating a first data sequence structure that includes a receive time for each of one or more received ADS-B messages; creating a second data sequence structure that includes a packet time for each of one or more received aeronautical data packets that are without position information; mapping the one or more received aeronautical data packets respectively to the one or more ADS-B messages by comparing the receive time for each of one or more received ADS-B messages with the packet time for each of one or more received aeronautical data packets to produce a correlation between the one or more ADS-B messages and the one or more aeronautical data packets; and deriving position information for each of the one or more received aeronautical data packets from each correlation between an ADS-B message and an aeronautical data packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer system, comprising:
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at least one processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon executable by the processor to perform a method for downloading aeronautical data using an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), the method comprising; creating a first data sequence structure that includes a receive time for each of one or more ADS-B messages received from an aircraft; creating a second data sequence structure that includes a packet time for each of one or more weather data packets received from the aircraft and that are without aircraft position information; mapping the one or more weather data packets respectively to the one or more ADS-B messages by comparing the receive time for each of one or more ADS-B messages with the packet time for each of one or more weather data packets to produce a correlation between the one or more ADS-B messages and the one or more weather data packets; and deriving aircraft position information for each of the one or more weather data packets from each correlation between an ADS-B message and a weather data packet. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for downloading aeronautical data from an aircraft, the method comprising:
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determining whether automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) messages are receivable from an aircraft; wherein when ADS-B messages are receivable from the aircraft, the method comprises; sending a message to the aircraft to stop transmission of aircraft position information with one or more aeronautical data packets; receiving one or more ADS-B messages, and one or more aeronautical data packets without aircraft position information and each with a packet time; storing a receive time for the one or more ADS-B messages, and the packet time for each of the one or more aeronautical data packets; and mapping the one or more aeronautical data packets respectively to the one or more ADS-B messages. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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