/// <summary>
/// Get ICAO from the Address/Parity.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rawFrame">Mode S frame.</param>
/// <returns>ICAO or 0 if something is wrong.</returns>
public static uint GetICAOAddressFromAddressParity(byte[] rawFrame)
{
// Get the DF.
var df = GetDownlinkFormat(rawFrame);
// DF11, DF17 and DF18 do not have AP, they have PI.
if (df == ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF11 ||
df == ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF17 ||
df == ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF18)
{
return(0);
}
// Compute checksum of the frame.
var checksum = ModeSParity.Checksum(rawFrame);
// Store the frame's length.
var length = rawFrame.Length;
// Recover the ICAO from the AP field.
// Formula: (ICAO ^ CRC) ^ CRC = ICAO
rawFrame[length - 1] = (byte)(rawFrame[length - 1] ^ ((checksum >> 0) & 0xff));
rawFrame[length - 2] = (byte)(rawFrame[length - 2] ^ ((checksum >> 8) & 0xff));
rawFrame[length - 3] = (byte)(rawFrame[length - 3] ^ ((checksum >> 16) & 0xff));
// Return the ICAO.
return(rawFrame[length - 1] | (uint)rawFrame[length - 2] << 8 | (uint)rawFrame[length - 3] << 16);
}
/// <summary>
/// Get the ICAO from the Mode S frame.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rawFrame">Mode S frame.</param>
/// <returns>ICAO or 0 if something is wrong.</returns>
public static uint GetICAOAddress(byte[] rawFrame)
{
// Get the DF.
var df = GetDownlinkFormat(rawFrame);
// Calculate the frame's syndrome.
var syndrome = ModeSParity.Syndrome(rawFrame);
// Local variable to store the information: do the frame have ICAO address field or not.
bool hasAddress;
// Assign the "hasAddress" variable.
switch (df)
{
// DF11 has ICAO address field.
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF11:
syndrome &= 0xFFFF80;
hasAddress = true;
break;
// DF17 has ICAO address field.
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF17:
hasAddress = true;
break;
// DF18 can have ICAO address field, if the Control Field is 0.
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF18:
// Get the control field.
var cf = rawFrame[0] & 0x07;
// If the CF is 0, DF18 has ICAO address field (AA).
if (cf == 0)
{
hasAddress = true;
break;
}
// If the CF is not 0, DF18 does not have ICAO address field.
hasAddress = false;
break;
// DF0, DF4, DF5, DF16, DF20, DF21, DF24 do not have ICAO address field.
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF0:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF4:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF5:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF16:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF20:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF21:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF24:
hasAddress = false;
break;
// Other DFs are invalid.
default:
return(0);
}
// If the frame does not have address, return the syndrome which is the ICAO itself.
if (!hasAddress)
{
return(syndrome);
}
// If the syndrome is 0, return the ICAO (9-32 bit).
if (syndrome == 0x000000)
{
return((uint)(rawFrame[1] << 16) | (uint)(rawFrame[2] << 8) | rawFrame[3]);
}
// If the syndrome is not 0, try to fix.
var errorBit = ModeSParity.ErrorBit(rawFrame.Length, syndrome);
// If the faulty bit's position less than 5, fix is not possible.
if (errorBit < 5)
{
return(0);
}
// Return fixed ICAO.
rawFrame[errorBit / 8] = (byte)(rawFrame[errorBit / 8] ^ (1 << (7 - errorBit % 8)));
return((uint)(rawFrame[1] << 16) | (uint)(rawFrame[2] << 8) | rawFrame[3]);
}
/// <summary>
/// Process the data. Will be invoked after preamble validation.
/// </summary>
private void ProcessSample()
{
// Reset the frame buffer.
Array.Clear(_frameBuffer, 0, _frameBuffer.Length);
// Set the initial helper variables.
var frameBitLength = 0;
var lastMagnitude = 0f;
var lastAverageMagnitude = 0f;
// Get the actual pointer and skips the preamble.
var pointer = (_candidateFramePointer + PreambleBitLength) % _candidateFrameBuffer.Length;
// Go through on the candidate frame, and creates a final one.
for (var i = 0; i < LongFrameBitLength * 2; i++)
{
// Get the magnitude from the action pointer and steps forward.
var magnitude = (float)_candidateFrameBuffer[pointer];
pointer = (pointer + 1) % _candidateFrameBuffer.Length;
// If the bit is even, does other tasks.
if (i % 2 != 0)
{
// Calculate the new average of magnitude.
var averageMagnitude = (magnitude + lastMagnitude) * 0.5f;
// Apply correction, if the last average is higher than 0.
if (lastAverageMagnitude > 0f)
{
// Calculate correction.
var correction = -CorrectionFactor * (averageMagnitude - lastAverageMagnitude) /
averageMagnitude;
// If the correction is higher than 0, apply correction on the magnitude value,
// and calculate the new average.
if (correction > 0)
{
magnitude += correction;
averageMagnitude = (magnitude + lastMagnitude) * 0.5f;
}
}
// Save the average as "previous" for further usage.
lastAverageMagnitude = averageMagnitude;
// Decide about the value of the bit based on the magnitude.
var bit = lastMagnitude > magnitude ? 1 : 0;
// Get bit position from sample position.
var frameBitPosition = i / 2;
// Store the bit, if the bit's value is 1,
// Remark: previously the frame buffer was filled with zeros.
if (bit == 1)
{
var index = frameBitPosition / 8;
var shift = 7 - (frameBitPosition % 8);
_frameBuffer[index] += (byte)(1 << shift);
}
// Decide about the downlink format (DF), if the frame's bit position is 7.
if (frameBitPosition == 7)
{
// Return, if the first byte is zero (the frame is not valid).
if (_frameBuffer[0] == 0)
{
return;
}
// Get the downlink format of the frame.
var df = ModeSHelper.GetDownlinkFormat(_frameBuffer);
// Assign the good length to the frame.
switch (df)
{
// Short DFs.
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF0:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF4:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF5:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF11:
frameBitLength = ShortFrameBitLength;
break;
// Long DFs.
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF16:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF17:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF18:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF20:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF21:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF24:
frameBitLength = LongFrameBitLength;
break;
// Any other number is not valid.
default:
return;
}
}
// Approach the final bit of the frame.
if (frameBitLength > 0 &&
frameBitPosition == frameBitLength - 1)
{
// Get length of the frame in byte.
var frameByteLength = frameBitLength / 8;
// If the last three bits are 0, the frame is not valid.
if (_frameBuffer[frameByteLength - 1] == 0 &&
_frameBuffer[frameByteLength - 2] == 0 &&
_frameBuffer[frameByteLength - 3] == 0)
{
return;
}
// Create the final frame buffer with valid length.
var finalFrameBuffer = _frameBuffer.Take(frameByteLength).ToArray();
// Local variable to store ICAO of the frame.
uint icao;
// Check the parity.
var df = ModeSHelper.GetDownlinkFormat(finalFrameBuffer);
switch (df)
{
// Check the frames which have Parity/Interrogator.
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF11:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF17:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF18:
// The syndrome must be zero, this means that the frame is valid.
if (ModeSParity.Syndrome(finalFrameBuffer) != 0)
{
return;
}
// Get the ICAO from the frame.
icao = ModeSHelper.GetICAOAddress(finalFrameBuffer);
// Break.
break;
// Check the frames which have Address/Parity.
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF0:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF4:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF5:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF16:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF20:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF21:
case ModeSDownlinkFormats.DF24:
// Get the ICAO from the Address/Parity.
icao = ModeSHelper.GetICAOAddress(finalFrameBuffer);
// If this ICAO is in the trusted list, we assume that the frame is valid.
if (!_trustedICAOList.ContainsKey(icao))
{
return;
}
// Break.
break;
// Invalid DF.
default:
return;
}
// Return, if the the ICAO is not trusted and the candidate's confidence is not enough.
if (!_trustedICAOList.ContainsKey(icao) &&
!GetCandidateICAOConfidence(icao))
{
UpdateCandidateICAOList(icao);
return;
}
// Update trusted ICAOs "last seen" value and remove the ICAO from the candidate list.
_trustedICAOList[icao] = DateTime.UtcNow;
_candidateICAOList.TryRemove(icao, out _);
// Raise the ModeSFrameAvailable event.
var args = new ModeSFrameAvailableEventArgs(
new ModeSRawFrame(finalFrameBuffer, icao, df));
OnFrameAvailable(args);
// Return.
return;
}
}
// Save the current magnitude as "previous" for the future.
lastMagnitude = magnitude;
}
}