Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method to protect the privacy of ADS-B messages
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Application No.: US15478417Application Date: 2017-04-04
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Publication No.: US10573185B2Publication Date: 2020-02-25
- Inventor: David Scarlatti , Enrique Casado , David Esteban-Campillo
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Parsons Behle & Latimer
- Priority: EP16382272 20160614
- Main IPC: G08G5/00
- IPC: G08G5/00 ; G01S19/01 ; G01S19/02

Abstract:
System and method to protect the privacy of ADS-B messages transmitted by aircraft. The system includes one or more ground stations with a ground station control unit and a ground ADS-B transponder for receiving an ADS-B message. The ground station control unit includes an aircraft position determination module for retrieving an aircraft position included in the ADS-B message; an operating conditions module for determining the fulfillment of operating conditions including determining if the aircraft position is an actual aircraft position; and a fake aircraft position generator for computing one or more fake aircraft positions. The ground station control unit broadcasts one or more fake ADS-B messages including the fake aircraft positions if the operating conditions are met. With this system only trusted receivers can obtain the real position of the aircraft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170358214A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF ADS-B MESSAGES Public/Granted day:2017-12-14
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