SD Group 24 Mode-S receiver

UCF EECS Senior Design

Fall 2014 & Spring 2015

Group 24

 
Mike Vose: CpE;                                  Long Lam: CpE;                      Sean Koceski: CpE

National airspace systems around the world are undergoing infrastructure upgrades to aging systems. New technologies like the Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) are a part of these upgrades. By using ADS-B, an aircraft broadcasts its position by Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates which in turn allow it to by tracked by air traffic control stations. However, the ADS-B data is not encrypted and represents an exposure of aircraft tracking information. The objective of this project is to show a possible solution to this issue by developoing a system to obtain the ADS-B data and using encryption methods on incoming signals.