Generation of Conflict Resolution Maneuvers for Air Traffic Management
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1997-01-01
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Abstract:We explore the use of distributed on-line motion planning algorithms for multiple mobile agents, in Air Traffic Management Systems (ATMS). The work is motivated by current trends in ATMS to move towards decentralized air traffic management, in which the aircraft operate in "free flight" mode instead of following prespecified "sky freeways". Conflict resolution strategies are an integral part of the free flight setting. In [TPS96], a set of predefined coordination maneuvers has been proposed. The purpose of this paper is to extend this set of maneuvers to cover all possible conflict scenarios involving multiple agents. A distributed motion planning algorithm based on potential and vortex fields is used. While the algorithm is not always guaranteed to generate flyable trajectories, the obtained trajectories can serve as qualitative prototypes for coordination maneuvers between multiple aircraft. The actual maneuvers are generated by approximating these prototypes with trajectories made up of straight lines and arcs of circles.
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