Determination of global positioning system (GPS) receiver clock errors: Impact on positioning accuracy

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Yeh, Ta Kang ^a   Hwang, Cheinway ^b   Xu, Guochang ^c   Wang, Chuan Sheng ^d   Lee, Chien Chih ^a  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allan deviation; Clock errors; Frequency stability; Geodetic GPS receiver; Positioning precision; Relative frequency offset

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; ERRORS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; FREQUENCY STABILITY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; QUARTZ; RUBIDIUM; SIGNAL ENCODING; STABILITY; TRACKING (POSITION);

ALLAN DEVIATION; CLOCK ERRORS; GPS RECEIVERS; POSITIONING PRECISION; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 70350672554     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/7/075105     Document Type: Article

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