Asterix category 011 - Transmission of A-SMGCS Data

category: 011

edition: 1.2

date: 2008-05-01

Preamble

Surveillance data exchange.

Description of standard data items

I011/000 - Message Type

Definition: This Data Item allows for a more convenient handling of the messages at the receiver side by further defining the type of transaction.

Structure:

I011/010 - Data Source Identifier

Definition: Identification of the radar station from which the data are received.

Structure:

I011/010/SAC - System Area Code Fixed to Zero

I011/010/SIC - System Identification Code

Note:

The SAC is fixed to zero to indicate a data flow local to the airport.

I011/015 - Service Identification

Definition: Identification of the service provided to one or more users.

Structure:

Note:

The service identification is allocated by the A-SMGCS

I011/041 - Position in WGS-84 Coordinates

Definition: Position of a target in WGS-84 Coordinates.

Structure:

I011/041/LAT - Latitude in WGS-84 in Two’s Complement

I011/041/LON - Longitude in WGS-84 in Two’s Complement

I011/042 - Calculated Position in Cartesian Co-ordinates

Definition: Calculated position of a target in Cartesian co-ordinates (two’s complement form).

Structure:

I011/042/X - X-Component

I011/042/Y - Y-Component

I011/060 - Mode-3/A Code in Octal Representation

Definition: Track Mode-3/A code converted into octal representation.

Structure:

I011/060/(spare)

I011/060/MOD3A - Mode-3/A Reply in Octal Representation

I011/090 - Measured Flight Level

Definition: Last valid and credible flight level used to update the track, in two’s complement representation.

Structure:

Note:

The criteria to determine the credibility of the flight level are Tracker dependent. Credible means: within reasonable range of change with respect to the previous detection.

I011/092 - Calculated Track Geometric Altitude

Definition: Calculated geometric vertical distance above mean sea level, not related to barometric pressure.

Structure:

Note:

The source of altitude is identified in bits (SRC) of item I011/170 Track Status.

I011/093 - Calculated Track Barometric Altitude

Definition: Calculated Barometric Altitude of the track.

Structure:

I011/093/QNH - QNH Correction Applied

I011/093/CTBA - Calculated Track Barometric Altitude

I011/140 - Time of Track Information

Definition: Absolute time stamping expressed as UTC.

Structure:

Note:

The time of day value is reset to zero each day at midnight.

I011/161 - Track Number

Definition: Identification of a fusion track (single track number).

Structure:

I011/161/(spare)

I011/161/FTN - Fusion Track Number

I011/170 - Track Status

Definition: Status of track.

Structure:

Extended item.

I011/170/MON

I011/170/GBS

I011/170/MRH

I011/170/SRC

I011/170/CNF

(FX)

I011/170/SIM

I011/170/TSE

I011/170/TSB

I011/170/FRIFOE

I011/170/ME

I011/170/MI

(FX)

I011/170/AMA

I011/170/SPI

I011/170/CST

I011/170/FPC

I011/170/AFF

I011/170/(spare)

(FX)

I011/202 - Calculated Track Velocity in Cartesian Coordinates

Definition: Calculated track velocity expressed in Cartesian co-ordinates.

Structure:

I011/202/VX - Vx

I011/202/VY - Vy

I011/210 - Calculated Acceleration

Definition: Calculated Acceleration of the target, in two’s complement form.

Structure:

I011/210/AX - Ax

I011/210/AY - Ay

I011/215 - Calculated Rate Of Climb/Descent

Definition: Calculated rate of Climb/Descent of an aircraft, in two’s complement form.

Structure:

I011/245 - Target Identification

Definition: Target (aircraft or vehicle) identification in 8 characters.

Structure:

I011/245/STI

I011/245/(spare)

I011/245/TID - Target Identification

Note:

Characters 1-8 (coded on 6 bits each) defining target identification

I011/270 - Target Size and Orientation

Definition: Target size defined as length and with of the detected target, and orientation.

Structure:

Extended item.

I011/270/LENGTH - Length

(FX)

I011/270/ORIENTATION - Orientation

(FX)

I011/270/WIDTH - Width

(FX)

Note:

The orientation gives the direction which the aircraft nose is pointing, relative to the Geographical North.

I011/290 - System Track Update Ages

Definition: Ages of the last plot/local track, or the last valid mode-A/mode-C, used to update the system track.

Structure:

Compound item (FX)

I011/290/PSR - Age of The Last Primary Detection Used to Update the Track

I011/290/SSR - Age of the Last Secondary Detection Used to Update the Track

I011/290/MDA - Age of the Last Mode A Detection Used to Update the Track

I011/290/MFL - Age of the Last Mode C Detection Used to Update the Track

I011/290/MDS - Age of the Last Mode S Detection Used to Update the Track

I011/290/ADS - Age of the Last ADS Report Used to Update the Track

I011/290/ADB - Age of the Last ADS-B Report Used to Update the Track

I011/290/MD1 - Age of the Last Valid Mode 1 Used to Update the Track

I011/290/MD2 - Age of the Last Mode 2 Used to Update the Track

I011/290/LOP - Age of the Last Magentic Loop Detection

I011/290/TRK - Actual Track Age Since First Occurrence

I011/290/MUL - Age of the Last Multilateration Detection

Note:

The ages are counted from Data Item I011/140, Time Of Track Information, using the following formula: Age = Time of track information - Time of last (valid) update If the computed age is greater than the maximum value or if the data has never been received, then the corresponding subfield is not sent.

I011/300 - Vehicle Fleet Identification

Definition: Vehicle fleet identification number.

Structure:

I011/310 - Pre-programmed Message

Definition: Number related to a pre-programmed message that can be transmitted by a vehicle.

Structure:

I011/310/TRB - In Trouble

I011/310/MSG - Message

Definition: Data specific to Mode-S ADS-B.

Structure:

Compound item (FX)

I011/380/MB - BDS

Repetitive item, repetition factor 8 bits.

  • 64 bits [... 64 bits ...]
  • BDS register with address

I011/380/ADR - 24 Bits Aircraft Address

(empty subitem)

I011/380/COMACAS - Communications/ACAS Capability and Flight Status

I011/380/COMACAS/COM - Communications Capability of the Transponder

  • 3 bits [...]

  • values:

    0: No communications capability (surveillance only)
    1: Comm. A and Comm. B capability
    2: Comm. A, Comm. B and Uplink ELM
    3: Comm. A, Comm. B, Uplink ELM and Downlink ELM
    4: Level 5 Transponder capability
    5: Not assigned
    6: Not assigned
    7: Not assigned

I011/380/COMACAS/STAT - Flight Status

  • 4 bits [....]

  • values:

    0: No alert, no SPI, aircraft airborne
    1: No alert, no SPI, aircraft on ground
    2: Alert, no SPI, aircraft airborne
    3: Alert, no SPI, aircraft on ground
    4: Alert, SPI, aircraft airborne or on ground
    5: No alert, SPI, aircraft airborne or on ground
    6: General Emergency
    7: Lifeguard / medical
    8: Minimum fuel
    9: No communications
    10: Unlawful

I011/380/COMACAS/(spare)

  • 1 bit [.]

I011/380/COMACAS/SSC - Specific Service Capability

  • 1 bit [.]

  • values:

    0: No
    1: Yes

I011/380/COMACAS/ARC - Altitude Reporting Capability

  • 1 bit [.]

  • values:

    0: 100 ft resolution
    1: 25 ft resolution

I011/380/COMACAS/AIC - Aircraft Identification Capability

  • 1 bit [.]

  • values:

    0: No
    1: Yes

I011/380/COMACAS/B1A - BDS 1,0 Bit 16

  • 1 bit [.]
  • raw value

I011/380/COMACAS/B1B - BDS 1,0 Bit 37/40

  • 4 bits [....]
  • raw value

I011/380/COMACAS/AC - ACAS Operational

  • 1 bit [.]

  • values:

    0: No
    1: Yes

I011/380/COMACAS/MN - Multiple Navigational Aids Operating

  • 1 bit [.]

  • values:

    0: No
    1: Yes

I011/380/COMACAS/DC - Differential Correction

  • 1 bit [.]

  • values:

    0: Yes
    1: No

I011/380/COMACAS/(spare)

  • 5 bits [.....]

(empty subitem)

(empty subitem)

(empty subitem)

I011/380/ACT - Aircraft Derived Aircraft Type

I011/380/ECAT - Emitter Category

(empty subitem)

I011/380/AVTECH - Available Technologies

I011/380/AVTECH/VDL - VDL Mode 4

  • 1 bit [.]

  • values:

    0: VDL Mode 4 available
    1: VDL Mode 4 not available

I011/380/AVTECH/MDS - Mode S

  • 1 bit [.]

  • values:

    0: Mode S available
    1: Mode S not available

I011/380/AVTECH/UAT - UAT

  • 1 bit [.]

  • values:

    0: UAT available
    1: UAT not available

I011/380/AVTECH/(spare)

  • 5 bits [.....]

Definition: All flight plan related information.

Structure:

Compound item (FX)

I011/390/FPPSID - FPPS Identification Tag

I011/390/FPPSID/SAC - System Area Code

  • 8 bits [........]
  • raw value

I011/390/FPPSID/SIC - System Identity Code

  • 8 bits [........]
  • raw value

I011/390/CSN - Callsign

I011/390/IFPSFLIGHTID - IFPS_FLIGHT_ID

I011/390/IFPSFLIGHTID/TYP - IFPS Flight ID Type

  • 2 bits [..]

  • values:

    0: Plan number
    1: Unit 1 internal flight number
    2: Unit 2 internal flight number
    3: Unit 3 internal flight number

I011/390/IFPSFLIGHTID/(spare)

  • 3 bits [...]

I011/390/IFPSFLIGHTID/NBR - IFPS Flight ID Number

  • 27 bits [...........................]
  • raw value

I011/390/FLIGHTCAT - Flight Category

I011/390/FLIGHTCAT/GATOAT - Flight Type

  • 2 bits [..]

  • values:

    0: Unknown
    1: General Air Traffic
    2: Operational Air Traffic
    3: Not applicable

I011/390/FLIGHTCAT/FR1FR2 - Flight Rules

  • 2 bits [..]

  • values:

    0: Instrument Flight Rules
    1: Visual Flight rules
    2: Not applicable
    3: Controlled Visual Flight Rules

I011/390/FLIGHTCAT/RVSM - RVSM

  • 2 bits [..]

  • values:

    0: Unknown
    1: Approved
    2: Exempt
    3: Not Approved

I011/390/FLIGHTCAT/HPR - Flight Priority

  • 1 bit [.]

  • values:

    0: Normal Priority Flight
    1: High Priority Flight

I011/390/FLIGHTCAT/(spare)

  • 1 bit [.]

I011/390/TOA - Type of Aircraft

I011/390/WTC - Wake Turbulence Category

I011/390/ADEP - Departure Airport

I011/390/ADES - Destination Airport

I011/390/RWY - Runway Designation

I011/390/CFL - Current Cleared Flight Level

I011/390/CCP - Current Control Position

I011/390/CCP/CENTRE - 8-bit Group Identification Code

  • 8 bits [........]
  • raw value

I011/390/CCP/POSITION - 8-bit Control Position Identification Code

  • 8 bits [........]
  • raw value

I011/390/TOD - Time of Departure

Repetitive item, repetition factor 8 bits.

I011/390/TOD/TYP - Time Type

  • 5 bits [.....]

  • values:

    0: Scheduled off-block time
    1: Estimated off-block time
    2: Estimated take-off time
    3: Actual off-block time
    4: Predicted time at runway hold
    5: Actual time at runway hold
    6: Actual line-up time
    7: Actual take-off time
    8: Estimated time of arrival
    9: Predicted landing time
    10: Actual landing time
    11: Actual time off runway
    12: Predicted time to gate
    13: Actual on-block time

I011/390/TOD/DAY - Day

  • 2 bits [..]

  • values:

    0: Today
    1: Yesterday
    2: Tomorrow

I011/390/TOD/(spare)

  • 4 bits [....]

I011/390/TOD/HOR - Hours, from 0 to 23

  • 5 bits [.....]
  • unsigned integer
  • value  >  = 0
  • value  <  = 23

I011/390/TOD/(spare)

  • 2 bits [..]

I011/390/TOD/MIN - Minutes, from 0 to 59

  • 6 bits [......]
  • unsigned integer
  • value  >  = 0
  • value  <  = 59

I011/390/TOD/AVS - Seconds Available

  • 1 bit [.]

  • values:

    0: Seconds available
    1: Seconds not available

I011/390/TOD/(spare)

  • 1 bit [.]

I011/390/TOD/SEC - Seconds, from 0 to 59

  • 6 bits [......]
  • unsigned integer
  • value  >  = 0
  • value  <  = 59

I011/390/AST - Aircraft Stand

I011/390/STS - Stand Status

I011/390/STS/EMP - Stand Empty

  • 2 bits [..]

  • values:

    0: Empty
    1: Occupied
    2: Unknown

I011/390/STS/AVL - Stand Available

  • 2 bits [..]

  • values:

    0: Available
    1: Not available
    2: Unknown

I011/390/STS/(spare)

  • 4 bits [....]

I011/430 - Phase of Flight

Definition: Current phase of the flight.

Structure:

I011/500 - Estimated Accuracies

Definition: Overview of all important accuracies (standard deviations).

Structure:

Compound item (FX)

I011/500/APC - Estimated Accuracy Of Track Position (Cartesian)

I011/500/APC/X - Estimated Accuracy of the Calculated Position of X Component

  • 8 bits [........]
  • unsigned quantity
  • unit: “m”
  • LSB = 1/22 m  ≈ 0.25 m

I011/500/APC/Y - Estimated Accuracy of the Calculated Position of Y Component

  • 8 bits [........]
  • unsigned quantity
  • unit: “m”
  • LSB = 1/22 m  ≈ 0.25 m

I011/500/APW - Estimated Accuracy Of Track Position (WGS84)

I011/500/APW/LAT - APW Latitude Component Accuracy

  • 16 bits [................]
  • signed quantity
  • unit: “°”
  • LSB = 180/231 °  ≈ 8.38e − 8 °

I011/500/APW/LON - APW Longitude Component Accuracy

  • 16 bits [................]
  • signed quantity
  • unit: “°”
  • LSB = 180/231 °  ≈ 8.38e − 8 °

I011/500/ATH - Estimated Accuracy Of Track Height

I011/500/AVC - Estimated Accuracy Of Track Velocity (Cartesian)

I011/500/AVC/X - Estimated Accuracy of the Calculated Velocity of X Component

  • 8 bits [........]
  • unsigned quantity
  • unit: “m/s”
  • LSB = 1/10 m/s  ≈ 0.10 m/s

I011/500/AVC/Y - Estimated Accuracy of the Calculated Velocity of Y Component

  • 8 bits [........]
  • unsigned quantity
  • unit: “m/s”
  • LSB = 1/10 m/s  ≈ 0.10 m/s

I011/500/ARC - Estimated Accuracy Of Rate Of Climb / Descent

I011/500/AAC - Estimated Accuracy Of Acceleration (Cartesian)

I011/500/AAC/X - Estimated Accuracy Of Acceleration of X Component

  • 8 bits [........]
  • unsigned quantity
  • unit: “m/s²”
  • LSB = 1/100 m/s²  ≈ 1.00e − 2 m/s²

I011/500/AAC/Y - Estimated Accuracy Of Acceleration of Y Component

  • 8 bits [........]
  • unsigned quantity
  • unit: “m/s²”
  • LSB = 1/100 m/s²  ≈ 1.00e − 2 m/s²

I011/600 - Alert Messages

Definition: Alert involving the targets indicated in I011/605.

Structure:

I011/600/ACK - Alert Acknowleged

I011/600/SVR - Alert Severity

I011/600/(spare)

I011/600/AT - Alert Type

I011/600/AN - Alert Number

I011/605 - Tracks in Alert

Definition: List of track numbers of the targets concerned by the alert described in I011/600.

Structure:

Repetitive item, repetition factor 8 bits.

I011/605/(spare)

I011/605/FTN - Fusion Track Number

I011/610 - Holdbar Status

Definition: Status of up to sixteen banks of twelve indicators.

Structure:

Repetitive item, repetition factor 8 bits.

I011/610/BKN - Bank Number

I011/610/I1 - Indicator 1

I011/610/I2 - Indicator 2

I011/610/I3 - Indicator 3

I011/610/I4 - Indicator 4

I011/610/I5 - Indicator 5

I011/610/I6 - Indicator 6

I011/610/I7 - Indicator 7

I011/610/I8 - Indicator 8

I011/610/I9 - Indicator 9

I011/610/I10 - Indicator 10

I011/610/I11 - Indicator 11

I011/610/I12 - Indicator 12

I011/SP - Special Purpose Field

Definition: Special Purpose Field

Structure:

Explicit item (SP)

I011/RE - Reserved Expansion Field

Definition: Expansion

Structure:

Explicit item (RE)

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