Low-cost USRP SDR receiver for the investigation of multipath influence on GNSS systems

Author

Liso Nicolas, Marcos ; Artamonov, I. ; Kurner, Thomas

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Nachrichtentechnik, Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

2300

Lastpage

2304

Abstract

In this paper, a software-defined radio (SDR) receiver used for the investigation of multipath propagation effects on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) is presented. The receiver is based on the low-cost Universal Software Radio Pheripheral (USRP) and a set of free-available MATLAB programs. Moreover, the software has been enhanced by implementing a method to estimate the carrier-to-noise density ratio, a key parameter when investigating multipath. In order to test the approach, a GNSS measurement campaign was conducted and the results are presented here.

Keywords

radio receivers; satellite navigation; software radio; GNSS measurement campaign; GNSS systems; Global Navigation Satellite Systems; SDR receiver; free-available Matlab programs; low-cost USRP SDR receiver; multipath influence; software-defined radio receiver; universal software radio pheripheral; Antenna measurements; Concrete; Global Positioning System; Hardware; Patch antennas; Receivers; Standards; GNSS; GPS; USRP; multipath propagation; software-defined radio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546702