Title: Fault tolerant triangulation in distributed aircraft networks with Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B)

Authors: Daniel Uhlig, Negar Kiyavash, Natasha Neogi

Addresses: Coordinated Science Laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA. ' Coordinated Science Laboratory, Industrial and Enterprise System Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA. ' Coordinated Science Laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA

Abstract: In this work, we present a novel framework for a fault tolerant triangulation algorithm for aircraft in the presence of Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcasts (ADS-B). We propose a practical randomized algorithm in this framework that efficiently detects incorrect measurement broadcasts. Theoretical bounds necessary for correct termination are developed for both faulty and collusive (Byzantine) aircraft. An optimal ratio approaching 1 : 1 of correct to collusive aircraft in order to successfully terminate is derived, which is a novel result in the field of collusive fault tolerance in a distributed setting. The performance of the proposed algorithm is compared to robust positioning algorithms.

Keywords: fault tolerance; triangulation; Byzantine; ADS-B; automatic dependent surveillance broadcasts; collusion attacks; distributed networks; aircraft networks; consensus.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSCC.2010.031168

International Journal of Systems, Control and Communications, 2010 Vol.2 No.1/2/3, pp.298 - 324

Published online: 23 Jan 2010 *

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