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The 1090 Megahertz Riddle: A Guide to Decoding Mode S and ADS-B Signals


1090 Megahertz Riddle: A Guide to Decoding Mode S and ADS-B Signals Keywords:Aircraft Surveillance, Decoding, Mode S, ADS-B, Open data, pyModeS Synopsis In the last twenty years, aircraft surveillance has moved from controller-based interrogation to automatic broadcast. The Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is one of the most common methods for aircraft to report their state information like identity, position, and speed.

The Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is one of the most common methods for aircraft to report their state information like identity, position, and speed. "Minimum operational performance standards for 1090MHz extended squitter automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) and traffic information services-broadcast (TIS-B)[J]". Sun, J., Vû, H., Ellerbroek, J., and Hoekstra, J. M. "pymodes: Decoding Mode S Surveillance Data for Open Air Transportation Research".

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