Implementation of a testbed for GNSS-R payload performance evaluation

The functional performance of space-borne instruments must be validated on ground before and after satellite integration. The effects of radio-frequency interference are also becoming more important, even in protected bands for earth observation. In this article, a GNSS and GNSS-R signal simulator i...

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Authors: Pérez Portero, Adrián|||0000-0003-2736-1028, Muñoz Martin, Joan Francesc|||0000-0002-6441-6676, Querol, Jorge, Hyuk, Park|||0000-0003-0031-0802, Camps Carmona, Adriano José|||0000-0002-9514-4992
Format: article
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/329874
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/329874
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.2997717
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Global system for mobile communications
Global Positioning System
Earth Observation (EO)
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
GNSS-Reflectometry (GNSS-R)
radio-frequency interference (RFI)
Simulation
Software-defined radio (SDR)
Sistema de posicionament global
Sistema global per a comunicacions mòbils
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació
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Summary:The functional performance of space-borne instruments must be validated on ground before and after satellite integration. The effects of radio-frequency interference are also becoming more important, even in protected bands for earth observation. In this article, a GNSS and GNSS-R signal simulator is developed as part of a testbed of GNSS receivers and GNSS-R payloads’ performance in high dynamics, and to study the effects of RFI in the GNSS-R observables. This article describes the different concepts and key enabling techniques that have been developed to support this project.