RF front end for UAS-aided flight inspection of airport surveillance radars

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Autoren

  • Jürgen Fitschen
  • Sebastian Koj
  • Jochen Bredemeyer
  • Heyno Garbe

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  • FCS Flight Calibration Services GmbH
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des Sammelwerks2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017
Herausgeber (Verlag)Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Seiten268-272
Seitenumfang5
ISBN (elektronisch)9788890701870
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 15 Mai 2017
Veranstaltung11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017 - Paris, Frankreich
Dauer: 19 März 201724 März 2017

Abstract

Flight inspection of radio-based terrestrial navigation systems is crucial for sufficient accuracy. Especially in proximity of wind turbines (WT), which have arisen in recent years due to government subsidies for renewable energies, flight inspections must be carried out. This causes problems that hinder the usage of conventional aircraft: Even rotorcraft (e.g. helicopters) require a certain amount of clearance to WTs and cannot measure within wind farms. To solve this problem, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), such as multicopters, are a promising approach. Beside the solution of the clearance problem, they also provide further benefits in terms of cost effectiveness and flexibility; but on the downside they have limited payload. Since commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) test receivers exceed the UAS's loading capabilities, we developed a weight- and size-optimized test receiver that can compete with full-compliance measurement COTS devices. This has been achieved by focusing on the demands regarding carrier frequency and bandwidth of the system under test (SUT). In this paper we describe the RF front end for the reception of the forward scatter emitted by the airport surveillance radar (ASR) and show the first measurement results.

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RF front end for UAS-aided flight inspection of airport surveillance radars. / Fitschen, Jürgen; Koj, Sebastian; Bredemeyer, Jochen et al.
2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. S. 268-272 7928328.

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandAufsatz in KonferenzbandForschungPeer-Review

Fitschen, J, Koj, S, Bredemeyer, J & Garbe, H 2017, RF front end for UAS-aided flight inspection of airport surveillance radars. in 2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017., 7928328, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., S. 268-272, 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017, Paris, Frankreich, 19 März 2017. https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP.2017.7928328
Fitschen, J., Koj, S., Bredemeyer, J., & Garbe, H. (2017). RF front end for UAS-aided flight inspection of airport surveillance radars. In 2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017 (S. 268-272). Artikel 7928328 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP.2017.7928328
Fitschen J, Koj S, Bredemeyer J, Garbe H. RF front end for UAS-aided flight inspection of airport surveillance radars. in 2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. S. 268-272. 7928328 doi: 10.23919/EuCAP.2017.7928328
Fitschen, Jürgen ; Koj, Sebastian ; Bredemeyer, Jochen et al. / RF front end for UAS-aided flight inspection of airport surveillance radars. 2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. S. 268-272
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