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GSM Based Airport Automation (GAA) GSM based Airport Automation (GAA)

Every one seems to be busy and going somewhere Well to think about it, Yes with the advancements in the technology the world is becoming smaller and smaller day by day. Every nook and corner of the world seems to be reachable in no time. Thanks to the technology advancements in the filed of Aviation. They say with the Power comes the responsibility. This facility to make us reach anywhere also needs to be controlled properly. These thoughts lead us to believe, design and automate some areas of the airport facility.

In a normal scenario, during the landing of aircraft there is only a verbal confirmation issued from the ATC (Air Traffic Controller) to the pilot. The plane after

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landing is then directed to a gate where it is parked and the passengers can come to the lounge to collect their baggage. Typically all the electric devices in the lounges are controlled manually and when a flight arrives they are activated and then later on they are deactivated. Also the baggage collection belts are always running. All these things lead to a lot of wastage of power and wrong happenings (considering accidents) owing to the human errors. Also, at the time of the departure of the flight there are many things that needs to be taken care of, for e.g. there is a need to know the status of the fueling, servicing, crew boarding, catering, security check clearance, passenger boarding, preliminary checks etc. Considering all these factors we propose to make a prototype of an airport with the following features: 1. Centralized control using GSM authentication 2. Maintaining the Logs of events with timings 3. Automatic gate number selection and informing. 4. Automatic door opening and closing in the zones 5. Display of flight numbers on the LCDs 6. Zone lighting control 7. Automatic belt control. 8. Status display of departure flights. 9. Automatic announcements at the airport and in the ATC. Explaining all these points one at a time in detail: In the centralized control, messages from all points are sent to a common place and all the decisions are taken from that single base point. Clearance to the pilot from the ATC is automatically sent if the runway is clear. If there is any plane already present on the runway the clearance will not be sent. The next clearance will be sent only when the cleared plane has landed. The timings of the SMS sent and received are all maintained in a log form, which can be retrieved for later use. This log can be viewed as a .txt file or a .xls file. The sensors will inform as to which gates are empty or which gates are filled i.e on which of the ports the planes are already parked after arrival or before departure, depending

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on this information the centralized control system can decide as to where the next landed plane can be parked after arrival. When the planes are allotted a particular gate then the doors for that zone are automatically opened and when the planes are removed the gates are closed for security reasons automatically. The pilot sends the flight number at the time of sending request to land. This number is extracted from the message and then sent to the Micro-controller of the specified gate and then is displayed on the LCDs in the zone marking the directions where the passengers need to go to collect their baggage. The arrival lounge is divided in to the same number of zones as the number of gates and the lighting and other electrical items in the selected zones are also automatically controlled. This saves the unnecessary wastage of power in the zone. The baggage collection belts (using set of motors) are also activated only when the particular zone is selected and otherwise switched off. This also helps in conserving the power. At the departure lounge and in ATC, the status of various things being controlled and being operated on is displayed and can be monitored using a display board where the activities are displayed as and when a particular message informing the completion of the status is informed. To add in the security and authenticity we propose that the message also contain a password and this password can then be compared for the authenticity and security and also the messages will be accepted only from the known numbers. Appropriate message announcements can be delivered at the arrival/ departure lounges and also in the ATC. This project will definitely be able to show a way to conserve the power and also to automate many things at the airport. (Optional) Incase we are unable to arrange the GSM MODEM/ signal strength in the vicinity, and then we will be using the RF transmitter and receiver pair to give the demo.

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Block Diagram: -

GSM Modem / RF Receiver Comm Port

ZONE 1 LCD 1 ZONE 1 LCD 2

Relay MAX 232


Parallel Port

Personnel Computer

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DC Motor For Belt Sliding Door Control Zone Lighting Control

Controlling Mechanism

Parallel Port

MAX 232

ZONE 1 LCD 2

Clear Runway Detection


ZONE 1 LCD 1

Gate Empty Sensor G1

Gate Empty Sensor G2

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Relay Controlling Mechanism

DC Motor For Belt

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Sliding Door Control Zone Lighting Control

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