Increasing airport security with the development of high accuracy location algorithms based on ray-tracing techniques over WLAN networks

Abstract

Airport security focuses on providing a cost effective and efficient operation to deliver high-quality and secure service to customers. For this, different technologies are deployed. For example, primary radar is used to detect airplanes during flight approach. Cameras, surface radar, and triangulation systems are deployed for ground surveillance. The ultimate goal of these systems is to improve the efficiency and safety of airport operations. However, airport areas where aircraft are parked, loaded, refueled, and boarded, present a high risk due to the large number of vehicles, goods and people involved in the aircraft handling activity. We propose different algorithms to improve location accuracy of vehicles and goods in critical airport areas where GPS satellite and radar coverage does not provide adequate target localization resolution.