• DocumentCode
    2678864
  • Title

    GPS receiver sensitivity enhancement in wireless applications

  • Author

    Soliman, S. ; Glazko, S. ; Agashe, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    21-24 Feb. 1999
  • Firstpage
    181
  • Lastpage
    186
  • Abstract
    A major concern in using GPS is satellite visibility, especially in urban canyons and indoor applications. We demonstrate techniques to use the communication link to enhance the sensitivity of GPS receivers in wireless applications. We analyze the performance of the different sensitivity enhancement schemes. Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) and improvements in sensitivity are presented and discussed.
  • Keywords
    Global Positioning System; land mobile radio; radio receivers; signal processing; GPS receiver sensitivity enhancement; communication link; frequency domain processing; indoor applications; mobile stations; performance; receiver operating characteristics; satellite visibility; terrestrial mobile communications; time domain processing; urban canyons; wireless applications; Frequency domain analysis; Global Positioning System; Mobile communication; Multiaccess communication; Satellites; Sensitivity; Signal processing; Signal to noise ratio; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless sensor networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Technologies for Wireless Applications, 1999. Digest. 1999 IEEE MTT-S Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5152-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MTTTWA.1999.755159
  • Filename
    755159