Enhanced detection performance of indoor GNSS signals based on synthetic aperture

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2711-2724

  Broumandan, Ali ^a   Nielsen, John ^a   Lachapelle, Grard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detection performance; equal gain combiner; estimatorcorrelator (EC); fading; indoor global navigation satellite system (GNSS); moving receiver; synthetic aperture (SA)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA MOTION; COHERENT INTEGRATION; DECORRELATIONS; DENSE MULTIPATH ENVIRONMENT; DETECTION PERFORMANCE; DIVERSITY GAIN; EQUAL-GAIN COMBINER; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GNSS SIGNALS; HAND HELD DEVICE; MEAN ACQUISITION TIME; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; PROBABILITY OF FALSE ALARM; RAYLEIGH; RAYLEIGH-FADING CHANNEL; URBAN CANYONS;

ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; FADING CHANNELS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; RAYLEIGH FADING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 77954599871     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2010.2049040     Document Type: Article

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