Simulating ionosphere-induced scintillation for testing GPS receiver phase tracking loops

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 707-715

  Humphreys, Todd E ^a   Psiaki, Mark L ^a   Hinks, Joanna C ^a   O'Hanlon, Brady ^a   Kintner Jr , Paul M ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Fading channels; Global Positioning System (GPS); Ionosphere; Scintillation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BUTTERWORTH FILTER; DECORRELATIONS; GPS RECEIVERS; HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP TESTS; INPUT PARAMETER; LOW-PASS; PHASE TRACKING; RADIO WAVE SCINTILLATIONS; RICE DISTRIBUTION; SCINTILLATION INDEX; SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES; SECOND ORDERS; SIMPLE MODEL; SIMULATION; TRACKING LOOP;

FADING (RADIO); FADING CHANNELS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IIR FILTERS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; LUMINESCENCE; SIMULATORS; TESTING;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 68249160055     PISSN: 19324553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTSP.2009.2024130     Document Type: Article

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