adsbCategory

Enumeration of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast categories

Description

The adsbCategory enumeration class implements the list of categories used by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and described in ICAO Document 9871.

Creation

Description

cat = adsbCategory(category) creates an adsbCategory enumeration object with the specified category. category argument must be a valid category name, specified as a character vector or a string scalar. For example, adsbCategory('Obstacle') creates an Obstacle category. For a list of valid category names, see ADS-B Categories and Category Indices.

cat = adsbCategory(categoryIndex) creates an adsbCategory enumeration object using the specified category index. A valid categoryIndex is an integer from 0 to 15. For details, see ADS-B Categories and Category Indices.

The table lists the valid category names and their corresponding categoryIndex values. The argument values in the same row result in equivalent adsbCategory object creation.

ADS-B Categories and Category Indices

Category Name	Category Index Value
No_Category_Information	0
Light	1
Small	2
Large	3
High_Vortex_Large	4
Heavy	5
High_Performance	6
Rotorcraft	7
Glider_Sailplane	8
Lighter_than_air	9
Parachutist_Skydiver	10
Ultralight	11
Unmanned_Aerial_Vehicle	12
Space_Vehicle	13
Surface_Vehicle	14
Obstacle	15

Examples

Create ADS-B Categories

Create a UAV category using its category name.

uavCat = adsbCategory('Unmanned_Aerial_Vehicle')

uavCat = 
  adsbCategory enumeration

    Unmanned_Aerial_Vehicle

Create a UAV category using its category index.

uavCatByIndex = adsbCategory(12)

uavCatByIndex = 
  adsbCategory enumeration

    Unmanned_Aerial_Vehicle

References

[1] International Civil Aviation Organization, editor. Technical Provisions for Mode S Services and Extended Squitter. 1. ed APPENDIX C, p. C-65, International Civil Aviation Organization, 2008.

Extended Capabilities

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Version History

Introduced in R2021a