• DocumentCode
    1318620
  • Title

    New Fast GPS code-acquisition technique using FFT

  • Author

    van Nee, D.J.R. ; Coenen, A.J.R.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1991
  • Firstpage
    158
  • Lastpage
    160
  • Abstract
    A new spread-spectrum code-acquisition technique for the navigation systems Navstar/GPS and Glonass is introduced. This technique uses the FFT to compute the correlation function, thereby eliminating the time-consuming code phase shift process. Comparisons with existing systems show a theoretical reduction in acquisition time of about 2000 times.
  • Keywords
    correlators; encoding; fast Fourier transforms; radionavigation; spread spectrum communication; FFT; Glonass navigation system; acquisition time; correlation function; fast Fourier transforms; navigation systems Navstar/GPS; spread-spectrum code-acquisition technique;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19910102
  • Filename
    83178