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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
May. 08, 2015
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
William T. Greenleaf, Indialantic, FL (US);
Daniel J. Clark, Melbourne, FL (US);
Phillip L. Ellery, Melbourne, FL (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A small aircraft includes a computer system configured to determine its own location, establish a datalink with a ground station and send the location information to the ground station in an ADS-B compliant format. The ground station then transmits the ADS-B compliant small aircraft information as a virtual ADS-B signal from the small aircraft to air traffic controllers and local ADS-B capable aircraft. Likewise, a ground station incorporates a virtual ADS-B In function to receive ADS-B information in a non-ADS-B datalink channel. The ground station performs ADS-B In applications without the burden of the small aircraft carrying the actual ADS-B equipment.