Adaptive GNSS carrier tracking under ionospheric scintillation: Estimation vs. mitigation

This letter deals with carrier synchronization in Global Navigation Satellite Systems. The main goals are to design robust methods and to obtain accurate phase estimates under ionospheric scintillation conditions, being of paramount importance in safety critical applications and advanced receivers....

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Autores: Fernandez-Prades, C, Lopez-Salcedo, JA, Seco-Granados, G
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
Repositorio:r-CTTC. Repositorio Institucional Producción Científica del Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
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Palavra-chave:Design
Ionospheric measurement
Kalman filters
Scintillation
Synchronization
Adaptive kalman filter
Carrier phase synchronization
Carrier synchronization
Global Navigation Satellite Systems
GNSS
Ionospheric scintillation
Safety critical applications
State-of-the-art techniques
Global positioning system
Descrição
Resumo:This letter deals with carrier synchronization in Global Navigation Satellite Systems. The main goals are to design robust methods and to obtain accurate phase estimates under ionospheric scintillation conditions, being of paramount importance in safety critical applications and advanced receivers. Within this framework, the estimation versus mitigation paradigm is discussed together with a new adaptive Kalman filter-based carrier phase synchronization architecture that copes with signals corrupted by ionospheric scintillation. A key point is to model the time-varying correlated scintillation phase as an AR(p) process, which can be embedded into the filter formulation, avoiding possible loss of lock due to scintillation. Simulation results are provided to show the enhanced robustness and improved accuracy with respect to state-of-the-art techniques. © 1997-2012 IEEE.