Patent ID: 6826476
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
A ground based augmentation system (GBAS) network, comprising:a navigation satellite; an interconnecting system communication network; at least a first GBAS and a second GBAS, each GBAS comprising: a GBAS receiver that is configured to receive navigation satellite data from the navigation satellite and covert it into GBAS raw augmentation data; a GBAS processor that is configured to receive GBAS raw augmentation data from the GBAS receiver and to format it into formatted GBAS differential correction and integrity data; and a GBAS transmitter configured to send GBAS differential correction and integrity data to the interconnecting system communication network; the GBAS processor of the first GBAS being configured to receive GBAS differential correction and integrity data produced by the second GBAS and to include this data in its own formatted GBAS differential correction and integrity data.