A Multipath Mitigation Based on Metallic Reflective Structure for
Aircraft ILS Landing on Complex Obstacles
Abstract
The aircraft’s landing is guided by the instrument landing system (ILS).
However, the guidance information may be disturbed by reflections from
irregular terrain and obstacles. A sketch which restrains the multipath
effect from irregular terrain and obstacles, is then required. This
paper proposes a metallic reflective structure which aims at blocking
the radio wave directly radiating to the terrain. The design of the
structure size and location is based on the location of the obstacles
and the radiation pattern of the antenna. Due to the fact that the
scattering effect of the structure should be accurately simulated, the
finite difference time domain - parabolic equation method (FDTD-PE) is
applied in ILS and used to simulate the interaction of the scattering
effect between the structure and the terrain. The experimental results
show that the proposed method improves the multipath effect mitigation.