N900 GPS Reverse Engineering

2022-02-11T06:57:16Z

156.220.133.251: /* Packet Graph */

acquire packets like:
strace -p $(pidof location-daemon) -e read=6 2>&1|grep '| 000'

alternatively you can capture them from the network interface, but this will include other modem information:
tcpdump -i phonet0 -s 0 -w phonet.cap

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== Packet Analysis ==
*??? = mode: The mode of the fix
*??? = fields: A bitfield representing which items of this tuple contain valid data
*00 = ISI sequence ID (seems to be always 0 for GPS)
*01 = GPS Data Opcode (0x92)
*10,11 = time year
*12 = time month
*13 = time day
*15 = time hour
*16 = time minute
*18,19 = time seconds and milliseconds (in milliseconds)
*1a,1b = *probably* ept: Time accuracy, but *always* 0, so no way to verify
*20,21,22,23 = latitude / 360 * 256*256*256*256
*24,25,26,27 = longitude / 360 * 256*256*256*256
*28 =
*2b,2c = 0590-12a9 (hex)
*2e,2f = eph (cm)
*30 =
*32,33,,36,37 = altitude; ((p32;33) - (p36;37)) / 2 = meters
*(34?,)35 = (double epv: Vertical position accuracy) * 2
*3c,3d = track: Direction of motion in hundredths of a degree
*3e,3f = epd: Track accuracy (in hundredths?)
*42,43 = speed, in centimetres per second
*44,45 = eps: speed accuracy, in centimetres per second
*46,47 = climb: Current rate of climb in cm/s
*48,4a = epc: Climb accuracy, in cm/s

== Protocol Details ==

NOTE: I am counting octets based on zero.

The actual packets are comprised of "sub-packets".
The overall packet has a 12 byte header.
The number of sub-packets is located at octet 8 (and possibly little-endian extended to octet 11).

Each subpacket has a 4 byte header:
* Octet 0 is always 9
* Octet 1 is the subpacket type
* Octet 2 is always 0
* Octet 3 is the length of the subpacket (which includes the subpacket header itself)

Subpacket 2 contains position information:
* Octets 0-3 are the latitude
* Octets 4-7 are the longitude
* Octets 12-15 are "eph" (in centimetres)
* Octets 18-23 are the altitude (and accuracy information)

Subpacket 3 contains date and time information:
* Octets 0-1 are the year
* Octet 2 is the month
* Octet 3 is the day of month
* Octet 5 is the hour
* Octet 6 is the minute
* Octets 8-9 are milliseconds (including seconds)
* Octets 10-11 are the time accuracy

Subpacket 4 contains information on track, speed, and climb:
* Octets 0-1 are track (direction of motion) in cm/sec
* Octets 2-3 are the track accuracy
* Octets 6-7 are the speed in cm/sec
* Octets 8-9 are speed accuracy
* Octets 8-11 are climb in cm/sec
* Octets 12-13 are climb accuracy

Subpacket 5 contains satellite information:
* Octet 0 is the number of sats visible
* Beginning with octet 8, there are series of 12-octet info for each sat visible:
** Octet 1 is the PRN
** Octet 2 is 1 if the sat is being used, and 0 otherwise
** Octets 3-4 are the signal strength
** Octets 6-7 are the elevation
** Octets 8-9 are the azimuth

Subpacket 7 contains information on the GSM cellular network:
** Octets 0-1 contain the Mobile Country Code
** Octets 2-3 contain the Mobile Network Code
** Octets 4-5 contain the Location Area Code
** Octets 6-7 contain the Cell ID

Subpacket 8 contains information on the WCDMA cellular network:
** Octets 0-1 contain the Mobile Country Code
** Octets 2-3 contain the Mobile Network Code
** Octets 4-7 contain the UC ID

== Wireshark ==

[[User:sre|Sebastian Reichel]] writes a lowlevel library to access the N900's modem features and a wireshark plugin to analyze the packages. The information from above is currently only included in the Wireshark Plugin:

* [http://elektranox.org/n900/images/wireshark/04.png Screenshot]
* [https://git.ring0.de/isi-wireshark-plugin/ Plugin]

[http://maemo.org/profile/view/luke-jr Luke Dashjr] wrote small program in C which show GPS data from phonet modem stack.

* [http://luke.dashjr.org/tmp/code/gps2.c gps2.c]

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