Triple frequency GPS signal tracking during strong ionospheric scintillations over Ascension Island

Author

Carroll, Mariana ; Morton, Yu Jade ; Vinande, Eric

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Miami Univ., Oxford, OH, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

5-8 May 2014

Firstpage

43

Lastpage

49

Abstract

This paper presents software receiver processing results of GPS L1, L2C, and L5 signals undergoing strong ionosphere scintillation. The data used in this study were obtained from a multi-GNSS multi-band IF data collection system at Ascension Island in March 2013. Detailed signal processing algorithms and scintillation indices calculated from carrier tracking loop output such as S4 and σ_φ are presented and the results are compared with the output of a co-located Septentrio PolaRxS receiver.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; radio receivers; radio tracking; radiowave propagation; signal processing; software radio; Ascension island; GPS L1; L2C; L5 signals; Septentrio PolaRxS receiver; carrier tracking loop output; multiGNSS multiband IF data collection system; scintillation indices; signal processing algorithms; software receiver processing; strong ionospheric scintillations; triple frequency GPS signal tracking; Global Positioning System; Indexes; Phase locked loops; Receivers; Satellite broadcasting; Signal processing algorithms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Position, Location and Navigation Symposium - PLANS 2014, 2014 IEEE/ION

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3319-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLANS.2014.6851356

Filename

6851356