Ultra-stable oscillators: Limits of GNSS coherent integration

21st International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, ION GNSS 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 101-111

  Gaggero, Pascal O ^a   Borio, Daniele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED GPS; COHERENT INTEGRATION; DOPPLER FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ERRORS; FREQUENCY REFERENCE; FREQUENCY SOURCE; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GPS SIGNALS; HARDWARE COMPONENTS; HIGH QUALITY; INDOOR POSITIONING; INTEGRATION TIME; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; PRECISE POSITIONING; RF-CIRCUITS; SIGNAL CONDITION; ULTRA-STABLE OSCILLATORS; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; ERRORS; INTEGRATION; NAVIGATION; SATELLITES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 70249116823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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