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Títol: ACIS (ADS-B receivers efficiency)

Estudiants que han llegit aquest projecte:

Director/a: GELONCH BOSCH, ANTONI

Departament: TSC

Títol: ACIS (ADS-B receivers efficiency)

Data inici oferta: 18-03-2020     Data finalització oferta: 18-03-2020


Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
    DG ENG AERO/SIS TEL
Tipus: Individual
 
Lloc de realització: Fora UPC    
 
        Supervisor/a extern: Josep Pino Guimerà
        Institució/Empresa: Aistech Space Sl.
        Titulació del Director/a: Msc
 
Paraules clau:
ADS-B, receiver, efficiency, Python
 
Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats:
Performance study based on real ADSB data obtained from our space
and ground receivers.
Understand the efficiency of GOMSPACE (space receiver) compared
to other competitors (Firefox) and also the PLANEVISION (ground
receiver) with the FR24 data.
Perform satellite and ground campaigns to perform the study.
Produce a report showing the results, highlighling the
improvements to be done to both receivers to increase the
performance, deliver recommendations for future developments,
etc.
 
Overview (resum en anglès):
The surveillance technology Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast, also known as ADS-B, is one of the keys regarding the improvements on this type of system during the last decade. It makes possible the periodical information diffusion from aircrafts as their identity, speed or position, derived from on-board systems, allowing the tracking of said aircraft from the ground for surveillance.

Its main advantage compared to similar systems, as the secondary surveillance radar, is the broadcast characteristic, that allows transmitting signals to all receivers to be found within an adequate range without the need of previous interrogation by these receivers. This advantage is the one allowing companies as Aistech Space to collect ADS-B data from aircrafts in order to develop different applications that may reduce ATC workload or allow the design of more efficient routes, among others. In order to do so, they use their nano-satellite fleet, that nowadays is formed by two cubesats in orbit, and their deployed infrastructure of ground receivers in several locations.

During the development of this project, an efficiency study for Aistech Space's satellite and ground receivers is carried out. Different configurations for both types of receivers have been designed and proved, with not very positive results regarding the satellites but acceptable results for the ground station.

Furthermore, recommendations on possible upgrades on the systems are exposed at the end of this project with the objective of contributing with added value to the study and that allowed me to properly advise the company about the performance and efficiency of their data.

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