Patent ID: 8321186

Claim:
A computer-based method of providing a closed-loop air traffic management simulation gateway between a decision support tool (DST) and an airspace modeler, the method comprising: receiving, in the simulation gateway, one or more simulation parameters for clock synchronization; receiving, in the simulation gateway, one or more configuration parameters for one or more synthetic actors; receiving, in the simulation gateway, airspace simulation data from the airspace modeler, wherein the airspace simulation data is updated at a first frequency; converting, in the simulation gateway, the airspace simulation data to emulated radar signals at an update interval at a second frequency, wherein the emulated radar signals comprise a time stamp to facilitate synchronizing the second frequency with the first frequency in accordance with the simulation parameters for clock synchronization; transmitting the emulated radar signals from the simulation gateway to the DST for analysis; receiving, in the simulation gateway, a recommendation from the decision support tool based on the emulated radar signals; generating, in the simulation gateway, a synthetic actor response based on the recommendation and the one or more configuration parameters; and transmitting the synthetic actor response from the simulation gateway to the airspace modeler.