Experimental Testing of Data Fusion in A Distributed Ground-Based Sensing Network for Advanced Air Mobility

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Experimental Testing of Data Fusion in A Distributed Ground-Based Sensing Network for Advanced Air Mobility

Federica Vitiello / Flavia Causa / Roberto Opromolla / Giancarmine Fasano / Chester Dolph / Todd Ferrante / Thomas Lombaerts / Corey Ippolito

Abstract

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is an active area of development which foresees the integration of autonomous uncrewed aircraft into the civil airspace for air transportation of people and cargo. Safe integration requires significant technological developments and extensive testing phases of sensing and surveillance strategies in dense airspace. Compared to well-assessed manned aviation systems scenarios, surveillance strategies in the AAM and small Uncrewed Aircraft Vehicles(UAVs) context need to detect smaller platforms flying at lower altitude against cluttered backgrounds in dense airspace. Fusion of data provided by a network of distributed sensing nodes is a powerful tool to enable detection and tracking in such complex conditions. This paper contributes to this research direction by proposing a surveillance strategy for the AAM environment based on sensor fusion of data acquired by distributed ground-based radars. Specifically, experimental data collected with two independent radars, observing the flight of two small UAVs, are used. Data fusion at tracking level is based on a leader-helper strategy where the leader radar uses the helper’s measurements to increase the lifespan of its generated tracks. This solution shows promising results with a 10%increase in track coverage with respect to the standalone leader radar tracking solution. The paper also proposes an interference removal processing method which is applied on the data collected by one of the two radars.

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Title :

Experimental Testing of Data Fusion in A Distributed Ground-Based Sensing Network for Advanced Air Mobility

Contributors:

Federica Vitiello (author) / Flavia Causa (author) / Roberto Opromolla (author) / Giancarmine Fasano (author) / Chester Dolph (author) / Todd Ferrante (author) / Thomas Lombaerts (author) / Corey Ippolito (author)

Conference:

2024 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (AIAA SciTech Forum) ; 2024 ; Orlando, FL, US

Type of media :

Conference paper

Type of material :

No indication

Language :

English

Keywords :

Air Transportation and Safety