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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 />

Appendix C C-3<br />

C.2.2.3 RESERVED FIELDS<br />

Unless specified in this Manual, these bit fields shall be reserved <strong>for</strong> future allocation by ICAO.<br />

C.2.3 EXTENDED SQUITTER FORMATS<br />

This section defines the <strong>for</strong>mats <strong>and</strong> coding that shall be used <strong>for</strong> extended squitter ADS-B messages.<br />

The convention <strong>for</strong> register numbering shall not be required <strong>for</strong> an extended squitter/non-transponder device (ES/NT,<br />

§3.1.2.8.7 of Annex 10, Volume IV). The data content <strong>and</strong> the transmit times shall be the same as specified <strong>for</strong> the<br />

transponder case.<br />

C.2.3.1 FORMAT TYPE CODES<br />

The first 5-bit (“ME” bits 1 – 5, Message bits 33 – 37) field in every <strong>Mode</strong> S <strong>Extended</strong> <strong>Squitter</strong> message shall contain<br />

the <strong>for</strong>mat TYPE Code. The <strong>for</strong>mat TYPE Code differentiates the messages into several classes: Airborne Position,<br />

Airborne Velocity, Surface Position, Identification, Aircraft Intent, Aircraft State, etc. In addition, the <strong>for</strong>mat TYPE<br />

Code encodes the Navigation Integrity Category (NIC) of the source used <strong>for</strong> the position report. The <strong>for</strong>mat TYPE<br />

Code also differentiates the Airborne Messages as to the type of their altitude measurements: barometric pressure<br />

altitude or GNSS height (HAE). The 5-bit encoding <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong>mat TYPE shall con<strong>for</strong>m to the definition contained in Table<br />

C-2.<br />

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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

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