Global Navigation Satellite System Software Defined Radio

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Abstract:

There are two major trends that are driving the nature of GNSS receiver development today. First, there is a growing numberofGlobalNavigationSatelliteSystemsGNSS thatexistorareunderdevelopment,sothat inthenearfuture, users will potentially have access to many more satellites and systems than they do today. The second major trend is the growth in computing power and 64258exible signal processing capability. These two factors, combined together, point to the value of having a software-de64257ned radio that is able to acquire and track as many GNSS signals, from various systems, as possible. This research describes the development of a GNSS software receiver at the Advanced Navigation Technology ANTCenter at AFIT. This software receiver uses data collected by a high-quality receiver front end developed by Ohio University, which has a 24 MHz bandwidth and a 12-bit sampler operating at 57M samples per second. The ANT Center Software Receiver currently runs in a post-processing mode, and is able to simultaneously acquire and track signals from multiple GNSS systems.

Author(s):
Mcginthy, Jason
Author Organization(s):
AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
Descriptive Note:
Master's thesis
Supplementary Note:
The original document contains color images.
Pagination:
0099

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Approved For Public Release
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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
AFIT/GE/ENG/10-17
Monitor Series:
AFIT/GMS/ENY
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_2_Battlespace Awareness; JCA_2.2.1_Signals Collection; JCA_2.2_Collection; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_1.4.2_Health Service Delivery; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_6.3.3_Spectrum Management; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_6.3_Net Management; JCA_4.5.4_Requirements Definition
Communities of Interest:
Space
Descriptor(s):
*NAVIGATION SATELLITES, *RADIO SIGNALS, *GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM, RECEIVERS, NAVIGATION, SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, SIGNALS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Navigation and Guidance, Radio Communications
Keyword(s):
GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM, GPS, SOFTWARE DE 64257 NED RADIO, SOFTWARE RECEIVER
Report Date:
2010 Mar 01
Creation Date:
2010 Oct 06