Methods and systems for determining required interval management performance (RIMP)
OwnerLesley A. Weitz, Ian Levittinventors
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Abstract
One embodiment provides a method of characterizing an airborne spacing operation. The method includes determining, using a computer, a spacing tolerance based on a performance objective for the airborne spacing operation, determining, using a computer, a minimum state data performance level and a minimum speed performance level based on the spacing tolerance, and providing, using a computer, a required interval management performance (RIMP) category for the airborne spacing operation, the RIMP category specifying the spacing tolerance, the minimum state data performance level, and the minimum speed performance level.
Claims27
A method of characterizing an airborne spacing operation, comprising:
- determining, using a computer, a spacing tolerance based on a performance objective for the airborne spacing operation;
- determining, using a computer, a minimum state data performance level and a minimum speed performance level based on the spacing tolerance;
- and
- providing, using a computer, a required interval management performance (RIMP) category for the airborne spacing operation, the RIMP category specifying the spacing tolerance, the minimum state data performance level, and the minimum speed performance level.
A system for characterizing an airborne spacing operation, comprising:
- a spacing tolerance module configured to determine a spacing tolerance based on a performance objective for the airborne spacing operation;
- an allocation module configured to determine a minimum state data performance level and a minimum speed performance level based on the spacing tolerance;
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- a required interval management performance (RIMP) provider configured to provide a RIMP category for the airborne spacing operation, the RIMP category specifying the spacing tolerance, the minimum state data performance level, and the minimum speed performance level.
A tangible computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having control logic embodied in the medium that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform operations to characterize an airborne spacing operation, the operations comprising:
- determining a spacing tolerance based on a performance objective for the airborne spacing operation;
- determining a minimum state data performance level and a minimum speed performance level based on the spacing tolerance;
- determining a minimum state data performance level based on the performance objective;
- and
- providing a required interval management performance (RIMP) category for the airborne spacing operation, the RIMP category specifying the spacing tolerance, the minimum state data performance level, and the minimum speed performance level.
A method of characterizing an airborne spacing operation, comprising:
- determining, using a computer, an airborne functionality required to meet a performance objective for the airborne spacing operation, and
- providing, using a computer, a required interval management performance (RIMP) category for the airborne spacing operation, the RIMP category specifying the airborne functionality.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.