Patent ID: 8498803
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: G08G,H04B,H04H

Abstract:
1. An air traffic management and/or flight control arrangement for aircraft, comprising; at least one transmitting station in an aircraft to be managed; and a number of receiving stations spaced apart from one another which are connected to an air traffic management and/or a flight control center; wherein the at least one transmitting station of the aircraft to be managed and/or to be controlled transmits a broadcast signal, at least one of the receiving stations receives the broadcast signal and forwards at least a part of the data contained in the broadcast signal to the air traffic management and/or the flight control center or other organizations, characterized in that at least some of the receiving stations are configured as satellite receiving stations in such a manner that they receive a 1090 MHz broadcast signal of a transmitting station, configured as Mode S Extended Squitter, of the aircraft to be managed, and forward at least a part of the data contained in the broadcast signal via a radio transmission link to a satellite ground control station and onward to the air traffic management and/or the flight control center or other organizations.