gr-air-modes/lib/slicer_impl.cc

/*
# Copyright 2010 Nick Foster
# Copyright 2013 Nicholas Corgan
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#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
#endif

#include <ciso646>
#include "slicer_impl.h"
#include <gnuradio/io_signature.h>
#include <gr_air_modes/types.h>
#include <sstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <gr_air_modes/modes_crc.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <gnuradio/tags.h>

extern "C"
{
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
}

namespace gr {

air_modes::slicer::sptr air_modes::slicer::make(gr::msg_queue::sptr queue) {
    return gnuradio::get_initial_sptr(new air_modes::slicer_impl(queue));
}

air_modes::slicer_impl::slicer_impl(gr::msg_queue::sptr queue) :
  gr::sync_block ("slicer",
                  gr::io_signature::make (1, 1, sizeof(float)),
                  gr::io_signature::make (0, 0, 0) )
{
    //initialize private data here
    d_chip_rate = 2000000; //2Mchips per second
    d_samples_per_chip = 2;//FIXME this is constant now channel_rate / d_chip_rate;
    d_samples_per_symbol = d_samples_per_chip * 2;
    d_check_width = 120 * d_samples_per_symbol; //how far you will have to look ahead
    d_queue = queue;

    set_output_multiple(d_check_width*2); //how do you specify buffer size for sinks?
}

//this slicer is courtesy of Lincoln Labs. supposedly it is more resistant to mode A/C FRUIT.
//see http://adsb.tc.faa.gov/WG3_Meetings/Meeting8/Squitter-Lon.pdf
static slice_result_t llslicer(const float bit0, const float bit1, const float ref) {
    slice_result_t result;

    //3dB limits for bit slicing and confidence measurement
    float highlimit=ref*1.414;
    float lowlimit=ref*0.707;

    bool firstchip_inref  = ((bit0 > lowlimit) && (bit0 < highlimit));
    bool secondchip_inref = ((bit1 > lowlimit) && (bit1 < highlimit));

    if(firstchip_inref && !secondchip_inref) {
        result.decision = 1;
        result.confidence = 1;
    }
    else if(secondchip_inref && !firstchip_inref) {
        result.decision = 0;
        result.confidence = 1;
    } 
    else if(firstchip_inref && secondchip_inref) {
        result.decision = bit0 > bit1;
        result.confidence = 0;
    }
    else {//if(!firstchip_inref && !secondchip_inref) {
        result.decision = bit0 > bit1;
        if(result.decision) {
            if(bit1 < lowlimit * 0.5) result.confidence = 1;
            else result.confidence = 0;
        } else {
            if(bit0 < lowlimit * 0.5) result.confidence = 1;
            else result.confidence = 0;
        }
    }
    return result;
}

int air_modes::slicer_impl::work(int noutput_items,
                          gr_vector_const_void_star &input_items,
                          gr_vector_void_star &output_items)
{
    const float *in = (const float *) input_items[0];
    int size = noutput_items - d_check_width; //since it's a sync block, i assume that it runs with ninput_items = noutput_items

    if(0) std::cout << "Slicer called with " << size << " samples" << std::endl;

    std::vector<gr::tag_t> tags;
    uint64_t abs_sample_cnt = nitems_read(0);
    get_tags_in_range(tags, 0, abs_sample_cnt, abs_sample_cnt + size, pmt::string_to_symbol("preamble_found"));
    std::vector<gr::tag_t>::iterator tag_iter;

    for(tag_iter = tags.begin(); tag_iter != tags.end(); tag_iter++) {
        uint64_t i = tag_iter->offset - abs_sample_cnt;
        modes_packet rx_packet;

        memset(&rx_packet.data, 0x00, 14 * sizeof(unsigned char));
        memset(&rx_packet.lowconfbits, 0x00, 24 * sizeof(unsigned char));
        rx_packet.numlowconf = 0;

        //let's use the preamble to get a reference level for the packet
        //fixme: a better thing to do is create a bi-level avg 1 and avg 0
        //through simple statistics, then take the median for your slice level
        //this won't improve decoding but will improve confidence
        rx_packet.reference_level = (in[i]
                                   + in[i+2]
                                   + in[i+7]
                                   + in[i+9]) / 4.0;

        i += 16; //move on up to the first bit of the packet data
        //now let's slice the header so we can determine if it's a short pkt or a long pkt
        unsigned char pkt_hdr = 0;
        for(int j=0; j < 5; j++) {
            slice_result_t slice_result = llslicer(in[i+j*2], in[i+j*2+1], rx_packet.reference_level);
            if(slice_result.decision) pkt_hdr += 1 << (4-j);
        }
        if(pkt_hdr == 16 or pkt_hdr == 17 or pkt_hdr == 20 or pkt_hdr == 21) rx_packet.type = Long_Packet;
        else rx_packet.type = Short_Packet;
        int packet_length = (rx_packet.type == framer_packet_type(Short_Packet)) ? 56 : 112;

        //it's slice time!
        //TODO: don't repeat your work here, you already have the first 5 bits
        for(int j = 0; j < packet_length; j++) {
            slice_result_t slice_result = llslicer(in[i+j*2], in[i+j*2+1], rx_packet.reference_level);

            //put the data into the packet
            if(slice_result.decision) {
                rx_packet.data[j/8] += 1 << (7-(j%8));
            }
            //put the confidence decision into the packet
            if(slice_result.confidence) {
                //rx_packet.confidence[j/8] += 1 << (7-(j%8));
            } else {
                if(rx_packet.numlowconf < 24) rx_packet.lowconfbits[rx_packet.numlowconf++] = j;
            }
        }

        rx_packet.timestamp = pmt::to_double(tag_iter->value);

        //here you might want to traverse the whole packet and if you find all 0's, just toss it. don't know why these packets turn up, but they pass ECC.
        bool zeroes = 1;
        for(int m = 0; m < 14; m++) {
            if(rx_packet.data[m]) zeroes = 0;
        }
        if(zeroes) {continue;} //toss it

        rx_packet.message_type = (rx_packet.data[0] >> 3) & 0x1F; //get the message type to make decisions on ECC methods

        if(rx_packet.type == Short_Packet && rx_packet.message_type != 11 && rx_packet.numlowconf > 0) {continue;}
        if(rx_packet.message_type == 11 && rx_packet.numlowconf >= 10) {continue;}

        rx_packet.crc = modes_check_crc(rx_packet.data, (packet_length/8)-3);
        unsigned int ap = rx_packet.data[packet_length/8-3] << 16
                        | rx_packet.data[packet_length/8-2] << 8
                        | rx_packet.data[packet_length/8-1] << 0;
        rx_packet.crc ^= ap;

        //crc for packets that aren't type 11 or type 17 is encoded with the transponder ID, which we don't know
        //therefore we toss 'em if there's syndrome
        //crc for the other short packets is usually nonzero, so they can't really be trusted that far
        if(rx_packet.crc && (rx_packet.message_type == 11 || rx_packet.message_type == 17)) {continue;}

        d_payload.str("");
        for(int m = 0; m < packet_length/8; m++) {
            d_payload << std::hex << std::setw(2) << std::setfill('0') << unsigned(rx_packet.data[m]);
        }

        d_payload << " " << std::setw(6) << rx_packet.crc << " " << std::dec << rx_packet.reference_level
                  << " " << std::setprecision(10) << std::setw(10) << rx_packet.timestamp;
        gr::message::sptr msg = gr::message::make_from_string(std::string(d_payload.str()));
        d_queue->handle(msg);
    }
    if(0) std::cout << "Slicer consumed " << size << ", returned " << size << std::endl;
    return size;
}

} //namespace gr