• DocumentCode
    3265921
  • Title

    Signal acquisition and tracking for software GPS receivers

  • Author

    Wu, Lingjuan ; Cui, Yingying ; Yu, Dunshan

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Microelectron., Peking Univ., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    19-21 Jan. 2009
  • Firstpage
    384
  • Lastpage
    387
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the signal acquisition and tracking design and implementation for a software GPS receiver. Compared to conventional hardware GPS receivers, software GPS receivers provide flexibility and low cost for algorithms redesign. FFT parallel search is used in acquisition, DLL and Costas PLL are used for C/A code and carrier Doppler tracking. Simulation results prove that our software GPS receiver performs reliable acquisition and tracking.
  • Keywords
    Global Positioning System; microwave receivers; signal detection; software radio; target tracking; C/A code; Costas PLL; DLL; FFT parallel search; carrier Doppler tracking; signal acquisition; signal tracking design; software GPS receivers; Computer architecture; Global Positioning System; Hardware; Noise figure; Radio frequency; Satellite navigation systems; Signal processing algorithms; Software algorithms; Software performance; Tracking loops;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microelectronics & Electronics, 2009. PrimeAsia 2009. Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4668-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4669-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PRIMEASIA.2009.5397366
  • Filename
    5397366