An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising: an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) receiver configured to receive ADS B data representative of ADS-B 5 messages broadcast by traffic within a reception range of the ADS-B receiver during a first period of time; and a controller coupled to the ADS-B receiver and a machine readable storage medium, the machine readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by the UAV cause the UAV to perform operations, comprising: receiving additional traffic data different from the ADS-B data, the additional traffic data 10 representative, at least in part, of the traffic within the first period of time; estimating a traffic environment for a service area spanning, at least in part, a first operating area of the UAV during the first period of time, wherein the traffic environment is estimated based, at least in part, on the ADS-B data obtained by the UAV and the additional traffic data; determining an expected observed traffic of the UAV during the first period of time based 15 on the estimated traffic environment; comparing the expected observed traffic of the UAV with the traffic associated with the ADS-B data received by the ADS-B receiver of the UAV; and instructing the UAV to perform an action when the expected observed traffic of the UAV is different from the traffic associated with the ADS-B data obtained by the


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    Title :

    Verification of unmanned aerial vehicle ADS-B receiver operability


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2024-10-31


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS



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