Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for managing air traffic
- Patent Title (中): 管理空中交通的方法和系统
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Application No.: US13032176Application Date: 2011-02-22
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Publication No.: US08942914B2Publication Date: 2015-01-27
- Inventor: Rajesh Venkat Subbu , Feng Xue , Mauricio Castillo-Effen , Joel Kenneth Klooster , Joachim Karl Hochwarth , Sergio Torres , Weiwei Chen
- Applicant: Rajesh Venkat Subbu , Feng Xue , Mauricio Castillo-Effen , Joel Kenneth Klooster , Joachim Karl Hochwarth , Sergio Torres , Weiwei Chen
- Applicant Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Agent Scott J. Asmus
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; G08G5/00 ; G08G5/02

Abstract:
Methods and system are provided for scheduling and negotiating air traffic within an airspace surrounding an airport and scheduled to land at the airport. An air traffic control (ATC) system is used to monitor the altitudes, speeds and lateral routes of aircraft. The ATC system generates a scheduled time-of-arrival (STA) at one or more meter fix points associated with the airport, the STA is stored, and data is received or inferred with the ATC system for at least a first of the aircraft, including a minimum fuel-cost speed and predicted trajectory parameters of the first aircraft based on current values of its existing trajectory parameters. Auxiliary data, including earliest and latest estimated time-of-arrival (ETAmin) and (ETAmax) at the meter fix point, STA being within/ outside ETAmin, ETAmax are generated, instructions are transmitted to the first aircraft, and the STA is updated for each aircraft stored in a queue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120215435A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AIR TRAFFIC Public/Granted day:2012-08-23
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