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US 2024/0257645 A1Published application
Airspace surveillance using a satellite network
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsJeff Apcar, Thomas Szigeti, David John Zacks, Robert Edgar Barton
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Abstract
This disclosure describes techniques for tracking aircraft using a satellite network. An example method includes receiving ADS-B messages from multiple aircraft; determining that at least one of the ADS-B messages satisfies at least one condition; and in response to determining that at least one of the ADS-B messages satisfies the at least one condition, transmitting an alert. In some cases, a system transmits an instruction to perform the example method to at least one satellite and receives the alert.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- transmitting, to at least one low earth orbit (LEO) satellite in a satellite network, an instruction to:
- receive ADS-B messages from multiple aircraft;
- determine that at least one of the ADS-B messages satisfies at least one condition;
- and
- in response to determining that at least one of the ADS-B messages satisfies the at least one condition, transmit an alert;
- and
- receiving, from the at least one satellite, the alert.
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A system, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- at least one transceiver;
- and
- one or more non-transitory media storing first instructions that, when executed by the system, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- cause the at least one transceiver to transmit, to at least one low earth orbit (LEO) satellite in a satellite network, a second instruction to:
- receive ADS-B messages from multiple aircraft;
- determine that at least one of the ADS-B messages satisfies at least one condition;
- and
- in response to determining that at least one of the ADS-B messages satisfies the at least one condition, transmit an alert;
- and
- receive, from the at least one satellite via the at least one transceiver, the alert.
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A system, comprising:
- a ground station comprising:
- a first transceiver configured to transmit a first instruction and to receive an alert;
- and
- a LEO satellite comprising:
- at least one second transceiver configured to receive the first instruction, to receive ADS-B messages from multiple aircraft;
- and to transmit the alert;
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory storing second instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- identifying at least one condition based on the first instruction;
- determining that at least one of the ADS-B messages satisfies the at least one condition;
- and
- in response to determining that at least one of the ADS-B messages satisfies the at least one condition, causing the second transceiver to transmit the alert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.