GPS receiver architectures and measurements

Author

Braasch, Michael S. ; van Dierendonck, A.J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr, Eng. & Comput. Sci., Ohio Univ., Athens, OH, USA

Volume

87

Issue

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

64

Abstract

Although originally developed for the military, the Global Positioning System (GPS) has proven invaluable for a multitude of civilian applications. Each application demands specific performance from the GPS receiver and the associated requirements often vary widely. This paper describes the architectures and functions of civilian GPS receivers and then focuses on performance considerations. The fundamental receiver measurements are described and the quality of these measurements are related to the aforementioned receiver architectures

Keywords

Global Positioning System; radio receivers; signal processing; spread spectrum communication; telecommunication equipment testing; GPS receiver architectures; Global Positioning System; civilian GPS receivers; civilian applications; data rates; interference tolerance; military application; performance; range measurement; range-rate measurement; receiver measurements; signal processing; spread-spectrum communication; Aircraft navigation; Application software; Distance measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geophysical measurements; Global Positioning System; Phase locked loops; Satellite navigation systems; Signal processing; Spread spectrum communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.736341

Filename

736341