Paper Info
Title
Demonstration abstract: OpenSky: a large-scale ADS-B sensor network for research
Abstract
The future of air traffic control (ATC) will heavily depend on the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) protocol as a crucial component. ADS-B marks a paradigm change in airspace monitoring as global ATC is switching from an independent, radar-based approach to dependent, satellite-supported surveillance. With ADS-B, aircraft broadcast their own position and other information in short periodic messages to other aircraft and control stations on the ground. As the protocol is becoming mandatory in most airspaces over the next years, it is important that its characteristics and challenges are thoroughly investigated. The large-scale ADS-B data required to do this has not been openly accessible until now, as specialized and expensive infrastructure was needed. We demonstrate OpenSky, a sensor network based on low-cost hardware connected over the Internet, which enables real-world experimental studies. OpenSky works with off-the-shelf sensors run by volunteers distributed over Central Europe. Currently comprising 11 sensors, the sensor network covers an area of 720,000km2 km. We capture more than 30% of Europe's commercial air traffic, offering access to billions of ADS-B messages.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/IPSN.2014.6846779
Berlin
Keywords
Field
DocType
ads b,global positioning system,sensor networks,internet,satellite communication,air traffic control,protocols
Broadcasting,Air traffic control,Computer science,Computer network,Airspace class,Real-time computing,Wireless sensor network,Wide area multilateration,Free flight,Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast,The Internet
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4799-3146-0
1
0.35
References 
Authors
1
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Matthias Schäfer111416.20
Martin Strohmeier216922.87
Vincent Lenders373772.53
Ivan Martinovic493082.51
Matthias Wilhelm523113.49