ML estimator and hybrid beamformer for multipath and interference mitigation in GNSS receivers

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1194-1208

  Seco Granados, Gonzalo ^a   Fernández Rubio, Juan A ^b   Fernández Prades, Carles ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive arrays; Adaptive estimation; Array signal processing; Beam steering; Beamforming; Bias; Calibration; Code division multiaccess; Cram r Rao bounds; Delay estimation; Early late estimator; Global positioning system; Gold codes; GPS; GPS positioning; GPS receiver; GPS signal; Interference suppression; Iterative methods; Low complexity constraint; Maximum likelihood estimation; Maximum likelihood estimator; MLE

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DIRECT SEQUENCE SYSTEMS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; RADIO NAVIGATION; RADIO RECEIVERS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE ARRAYS; BEAM STEERING; BEAMFORMING; CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS; DELAY ESTIMATION; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; PSEUDO RANDOM CODES; SINGLE PATH ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME-OF-ARRIVAL ESTIMATION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 14844358749     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2004.842193     Document Type: Article

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