Title :
The Magnavox 4800 product family: a modular design for GPS user equipment
Author :
Sharpe, Richard T. ; Galyean, Paul H. ; Perga, Albert W.
fDate :
29 Nov-2 Dec 1988
Abstract :
The architecture of a family of GPS (Global Positioning System) user equipment is discussed. Hardware and software design issues are examined including partitioning of the receiver electronics, system bus structure, processing algorithms, and receiver channel management strategies. A design is presented that is based on a small set of common hardware modules. The architecture described is extended to support receivers with 2 to 16 channels. This modular design approach is shown to meet a range of user equipment needs including differential GPS reference stations, pseudolites, navigators, and time recovery units
Keywords :
radar equipment; radionavigation; GPS user equipment; Magnavox 4800 product family; modular design; navigators; processing algorithms; pseudolites; receiver channel management strategies; receiver electronics; reference stations; system bus structure; time recovery units; Automatic control; Communication system control; Computer architecture; Fires; Frequency synchronization; Global Positioning System; Hardware; Packaging; Satellite navigation systems; Software design;
Conference_Titel :
Position Location and Navigation Symposium, 1988. Record. Navigation into the 21st Century. IEEE PLANS '88., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
DOI :
10.1109/PLANS.1988.195501
