| 摘要 |
An integrated full duplex radio data link for aircraft capable of a sustained 4 to 8 Mb/sec raw data transfer rate communicates on newly proposed dedicated digital channels (DDC) for radio communications between the existing analog VHF amplitude modulated (AM) voice channels, and causes no perceptible interference to the remaining AM voice channels. While the present invention is intended primarily for terminal areas and airport surface applications, it may be employed with enroute applications. The present invention transmits AM encoded digital aircraft identification information appended to AM voice transmissions. An ground unit strips off the aircraft identification and assigns a DDC frequency to that aircraft unit over a control uplink channel (CUC) for further data communication. Downlink information, such as acknowledgement of the DDC assigned is transmitted over a digital control downlink channel (CDC). Data communication then proceeds on the DDC. The data is transmitted as a low power encoded signal having a constant envelope, and narrow bandwidth. Any interference from the DDC into the AM voice channel appears as background "white noise" to the AM receiver. The channel assignment scheme allows the present invention to function at an acceptable bit error rate.
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