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Technical Provisions for Mode S Services and Extended Squitter

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DRAFT - Working Paper ASP TSGWP11-01 <strong>for</strong> review by the TSG during the meeting in June 2011 in Paris<br />

B-14 <strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Provisions</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Mode</strong> S <strong>Services</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Extended</strong> <strong>Squitter</strong><br />

Coding<br />

(Binary) (Decimal) Meaning<br />

0 0000 0000 0 Target heading/track = Zero degrees<br />

0 0000 0001 1 Target heading/track = 1 degree<br />

0 0000 0010 2 Target heading/track = 2 degrees<br />

*** *** ***<br />

1 0110 0111 359 Target heading/track = 359 degrees<br />

1 0110 1000 through<br />

1 1111 1111<br />

360 through 511<br />

Invalid<br />

B.2.3.9.10 TARGET HEADING/TRACK INDICATOR<br />

This 1-bit (ME bit 37, message bit 69) subfield shall be used to indicate whether a Heading Angle or a track angle is<br />

being reported in the target heading/track angle subfield. A value of ZERO (0) shall indicate the Target Heading Angle is<br />

being reported. A value of ONE (1) shall indicate that Track Angle is being reported.<br />

B.2.3.9.11 HORIZONTAL MODE INDICATOR<br />

This 2-bit (ME bits 38 — 39, Message bits 70 — 71) subfield shall be used to indicate whether the target heading/track is<br />

being acquired (i.e. lateral transition toward the target direction is in progress) or whether the target heading/track has<br />

been acquired <strong>and</strong> is currently being maintained. The horizontal mode Indicator subfield shall be encoded as specified<br />

in the following table.<br />

Coding<br />

(Binary) (Decimal) Meaning<br />

00 0 Unknown mode or in<strong>for</strong>mation unavailable<br />

01 1 “Acquiring” mode<br />

Draft<br />

10 2 “Capturing” or “Maintaining” mode<br />

11 3 Reserved<br />

B.2.3.9.12 NAVIGATION ACCURACY CATEGORY FOR POSITION (NACP)<br />

This 4-bit (ME bits 40 — 43, message bits 72 — 75) subfield shall be used to indicate the navigational accuracy<br />

category of the navigation in<strong>for</strong>mation used as the basis <strong>for</strong> the aircraft reported position. The NACP subfield shall be<br />

encoded as specified in the following table. If an update has not been received from an on-board data source <strong>for</strong> NACP<br />

within the past 5 seconds, then the NACP subfield shall be encoded as a value indicating unknown accuracy.<br />

DRAFT - Working Paper ASP TSGWP11-01 <strong>for</strong> review by the TSG during the meeting in June 2011 in Paris

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