Model analysis on the performance for an inertial aided FLL-assisted-PLL carrier-tracking loop in the presence of ionospheric scintillation

Proceedings of the Institute of Navigation, National Technical Meeting

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1276-1295

  Chiou, Tsung Yu ^a,c   Gebre Egziabher, Demoz ^b,d   Walter, Todd ^a,e   Enge, Per ^a,c,f,g,h  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c 496 Lomita Mall

^d University of Minnesota

^e WAAS Integrity Performance Panel ^*

^f Division of Biomedical Engineering School of Engineering Rankine Building   (United Kingdom)

^g GPS Research Laboratory

^h IEEE

Author keywords

Frequency locked loop (FLL); Ionospheric scintillation; Phase locked loop (PLL)

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

FREQUENCY LOCKED LOOPS (FLL); IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION; WIDE AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (WAAS);

PHASE LOCKED LOOPS;

EID: 34547967529     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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