Reply rate limiting in air traffic control
CA 1338803 C · Owner: Honeywell Inc. · Inventors: Lehman, Robert G.
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Aircraft transponder reply rate limiting in air traffic control employing a circular memory queue to store the times of prior responses up to the limits of circular memory queue capacity. Separate circular memory queues contain the times of (1) long replies, and both (2) long or short replies. Each circular memory queue has a pointer and several offset indicators which are spaced from the pointer to the time entry positions at predetermined intervals according to corresponding preestablished criteria. After each transponder reply the, time of the reply is entered in the circular memory queue at a next pointer location. EARtimes, i.e. earliest allowable response times, are repeatedly …
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- Granted December 17, 1996. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 17, 2013.
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