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A Well Clear Recommendation For Small Uas In High-Density, Ads-B-Enabled Airspace, Timothy Mclain, Matthew O. Duffield
A Well Clear Recommendation For Small Uas In High-Density, Ads-B-Enabled Airspace, Timothy Mclain, Matthew O. Duffield
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With the growing popularity of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), there is a significant need to enable small UAS to detect and avoid collisions with both manned and unmanned aircraft. The capabilities of ADS-B make it an attractive sensor for detect and avoid (DAA), but it is susceptible to frequency congestion. This paper quantitatively analyzes the frequency limitations of 978 MHz ADS-B. It then uses these limitations to make a recommendation for well clear in ADS-B-equipped airspace that has a high density of small UAS operations.