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Sumber :
http://adsb-decode-guide.readthedocs.org/en/latest/introduction.html
IntroductionMode S
Mode S is the signal carrying the ADS-B data from aircrafts. Modulation and
demodulation of Mode S signal is out of scope of this guide. From our antenna and
A/D converter, we are ale to receive the encoded messages to a !inu" agent. #ur
focuses are from this point on$ wor%ing with those data.
&f you are interested on digging deeper on the Mode S signal, a good starting point is
to have a loo% at this 'i%ipedia page, and follow the references(
https(//en.wi%ipedia.org/wi%i/Secondary)surveillance)radar*Mode)S
ADS-B
An ADS-B message is + its long, following is an e"ample(
BIN format:1000110101001000010000001101011000100000001011001100001101110001110000110010110011100000010101110110000010011000
HEX format:8D4840D6202CC371C32CE0576098
his tale lists the %ey its of a message(
Bit from Bit to Abbr. Name
1 5 DF Downlin Format
6 8 C! "#$$a%# &'(t)*#
9 32 IC!+24 IC!+ air,raft a--r#$$
33 88 D!.! Data fram#
89 112 /C /arit) ,#,
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he type of the message can e identified y chec%ing its Downlin% Format DF0, it
+ to 1. For ADS-B message, we need( DF 2 +3 in decimal0, or ++ in inary0,
'ithin the data frame, another import value is the ype 4ode. it tells what is inside of
the data frame, it is located from it 55 to 53 1 its0
Bit from Bit to Abbr. Name
33 37 .C .)*# Co-#
ADS-B message types
By loo%ing at the DF and 4 we can 6uic%ly understand what %ind of information is
contained in the data frame. he relations are listed as following(
DF TC Content
17 1 to 4 !ir,raft i-#nti,ation
17 9 to 18 !ir,raft *o$ition
17 19 !ir,raft #lo,iti#$
7ote that within different type of the messages, the configurations of the its in data
frame are different. &n ne"t chapter, those will e e"plained in detail.
Decoding
&n this section we will e"plain how to read its in different types of ADS-B messages,
decode and calculate information, such as aircraft &D, position, speed, and heading.
Aircraft Identification
An aircraft identification message has DF: 17, and .C: 1 to 4.
For e"ample(
8D4840D6202CC371C32CE0576098
he structure of the message is(
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IC!+24 D!.! 8D 4840D6 202CC371C32CE0 576098
DF C! IC!+24 !DDE&& .C Data 10001 101 010010000100000011010110 00100 000
001011001100001101110001110000110010110011100000 010101110110000010011000
7ote that 4 is inside of the DAA frame. DF and 4 can e easily calculated(
DF: 10001 17.C: 00010 4
hose two values confirm that the message is good for decoding aircraft
identification.
7e"t, we are decoding the data frame containing the aircraft callsign identification0.
&n order to get the callsign, a loo%-up tale is needed for mapping inde" numers to
letters(
!BCDEFHI;
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,all$i%n+=,ar$#t (in2int,$(in12:18 ,all$i%n+=,ar$#t (in2int,$(in18:24 ,all$i%n+=,ar$#t (in2int,$(in24:30 ,all$i%n+=,ar$#t (in2int,$(in30:36 ,all$i%n+=,ar$#t (in2int,$(in36:42 ,all$i%n+=,ar$#t (in2int,$(in42:48
# clean string, remove spaces and marks, if any.,$=,$.r#*la,#G ,$=,$.r#*la,#G
print,all$i%n
Aircraft Positions
Decoding the positions of the aircraft is a it more complicated. 7aturally, we would
assume to read latitude and longitude directly from the data frame. 9nfortunately its
not that simple...
&n fact, two different types of the position messages odd and even frames0 are
needed to find out the !A and !#7 of the aircraft. he position is descried in so
called 4ompact 8osition :eporting 48:0 format, which is hard to understand, and
not well documented.
he advantage of 48: is that it uses less its to encode the position information.
he dis-advantage is oviously the comple"ity of calculation.
An aircraft position message has DF: 17, and .C: from 9 to 18.
Determine an odd and een frame
For e"ample, two following messages are received(
8D40621D58C382D690C8!C2863!78D40621D58C386435CC412692!D6
IC!+24 D!.! 8D 40621D 58C382D690C8!C 2863!7
8D 40621D 58C386435CC412 692!D6
4onvert oth messages to inary strings(
DF C! IC!+24 !DDE&& .C !ltit'-# F C/
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&n oth message we can find( DFK17and .CK11, with the same &4A#;
address 40621D. So those two frames are valid for decoding the positions of this
aircraft.
At each frame, Bit-1; title F0 determine whether it is odd or even(
0 E#n fram#1 +-- fram#
!alculate latitude and longitude
here are a few documents e"plain in detail the math ehind the 48:. for
e"ample(A document from
+5+3 is >+3 since 48: latitude and longitude are encoded in +3 its. he values
represent the percentages.
Step 2: Calculate the Latitude Inde !" using #ollo$ing e%uation
=Ooor(59P
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m={Ooor[
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el"e: ni=,*rNlato--G 1 m=mat.Ooor ,*rlon##n*,*rNAircraft speed and heading
An aircraft velocity message has DF: 17, .C: 19.
For e"ample, following message is received(
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8D40621D99454F9E0004!7715C19
IC!+24 D!.! 8D 40621D 99454F9E0004!7 715C19
DF C! IC!+24 !DDE&& .C MMMMMM
10001 101 010000000110001000011101 10011 MMMMMM
'e can confirm the DF2+3 and 42+E. ood to decode the velocity. 7e"t, let=s
e"tract the DAA frame part(
HEX: 99454F9E0004!7
.C &. IC IF ?> &E@ ?E@ &N& ?N& ?rat# $i%n $o'r,# .I HD $i%n 10011 001 0 1 000 1 0101001111 1 0011110000 000000000 0 1 00 1010011 1
here are many parameters in the the velocity message. From left to rights, the
numer of its indicate the following contents(
No. of bit" Content
5 .)*# ,o-#
3 &'(t)*#
1 Int#nt ,an%# Oa%
1 IF ,a*a(ilit) Oa%
3 ?#lo,it) 'n,#rtaint)
1 Ea$t@#$t #lo,it) $i%n
10 Ea$t@#$t #lo,it)
1 Nort&o't #lo,it) $i%n
10 Nort&o't #lo,it)
9 ?#rti,al rat#
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No. of bit" Content
1 ?#rti,al rat# $i%n
1 ?#rti,al rat# $o'r,#
2 .'rn in-i,ator
7 S 1 #om#tri, #i%t -iT#r#n,# from (arom#tri, S $i%n
NO#E: $f you are also referin% an interenet docuent called &'D* for Duies+
!y Euro,ontrol- !e .ery aware- the inforation ta!le in that docuent is NO#correct // #he !its for .elocities and si%n were ordered wron% in that docuent"
For calculating the speed and heading we need four values,
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?n$: 0011110000 240&n$: 1
?w# K 335?$n K 240
K 412M0983 n
K 234M3815 -#%
"ips on ADS-B
&f you have to write every line of code from scratch, reading and decoding ADS-B
messages can e difficult at some point. @ere we have some tips for those who
might encounter the same challenges as we had.
"he message structure
All the ADSB messages have a similar structure. otal of ++ its, started 1 its of
Downlin% Format, followed y 5 its of the Message ype, then ; its of uni6ue ;
its of &4A# address, after that, is the 1? its of data frame, and finished y ; its
of parity chec%.
ype 4ode it 55 to 530 in located in inside, at the eginning of the data frame.
For computing the desired aircraft status, we need to have the right type of the data
frame. he type is determined y Downlin% Format and ype 4ode.
hen you can go ahead and decode each message different into correct values.
"he !P# positions
he most cray part is to compute the lat/lon from the 4ompact 8osition :eporting
format data. :ememer that we need to have two data frame one odd, and one
even0 to calculate one position. Heep timestamps of those data frames, as at one
point you will need to %now the newest frame to have a etter position calculation.
'ithing the calculation process, an loo%up tale of so called !atitude Ione is used.
chec% out our code too see how the earth latitudes are divided into ? ones, of
which are not e6ually distriuted.
Aircraft Identification
After the aircraft &D a%a. 4allsign0 is decoded, there are sometimes spaces in the
4allsign.
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using it in your program. Sometimes a tailing space in a string can cause
une"ceptionale ehaviors.
More than $ust ADS-B data
9sually the ADS-B data are presented live through a stream from a server receiver0.
&n order to have a good roust program, you will also need to do some low level
networ%ing programming to ma%e sure the date are correctly received. 8ython - of
course - has a great Soc%et lirary that can e used easily.
%hat&s ne't(
#ur research goes far eyond the decoding the ADS-B messages. he goal of this
research of Juni is to collect large amount of aircraft data from ADS-B signals, and
then using data mining methods to understand, improve, and maye even create
aircraft performance models.
&f you are interested, or you have any 6uestion regarding the decoding process,
please feel free to contact Juni Sun K.sun-+Lattudelft.nl0
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