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SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD USING ADS-B AND TCAS DATA FOR DETERMINING NAVIGATION SOLUTIONS FOR A VEHICLE

  • US 20180061252A1
  • Filed: 08/24/2016
  • Published: 03/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system using automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data and traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) data for determining one or more navigation solutions for a vehicle, the system comprising:

  • a communal position system (CPS) comprising;

    a communal position system (CPS) sensor located in the vehicle, the CPS sensor configured to receive automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data and traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) data from each of one or more proximate vehicles;

    a computer system coupled to the CPS, the computer system configured to perform the steps of;

    checking the ADS-B data and the TCAS data for data reasonableness;

    performing data synchronization of the ADS-B data and the TCAS data; and

    computing a communal position system (CPS) position and a position accuracy based on the ADS-B data and the TCAS data,wherein the CPS is used in determining one or more navigation solutions for the vehicle, the one or more navigation solutions comprising one or more of, an alternate navigation solution, an independent navigation solution, and a complementary navigation solution.

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