A new differential positioning method using modulation correlation of signals of opportunity

Record - IEEE PLANS, Position Location and Navigation Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 972-981

  Webb, Toby A ^a   Groves, Paul D ^a   Cross, Paul A ^a   Mason, Robert J ^b   Harrison, Joseph H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Terrafix Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Correlation; Signals of opportunity

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE POSITION; CARRIER PHASE; CARRIER-PHASE MEASUREMENT; CORRELATION; CORRELATION TECHNIQUES; DIFFERENTIAL POSITIONING; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; GENERALIZED CROSS CORRELATIONS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GNSS SIGNALS; HIGHER-FREQUENCY SIGNALS; MEDIUM FREQUENCIES; MODULATION INFORMATION; POSITION DETERMINATION; POSITIONING SYSTEM; POSITIONING TECHNOLOGIES; RADIO BROADCASTS; REMOTE AREAS; SIGNALS OF OPPORTUNITIES; TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL MEASUREMENTS; USER-RECEIVER;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NAVIGATION; PHASE MEASUREMENT; RADIO BROADCASTING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 77955042628     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PLANS.2010.5507270     Document Type: Conference Paper

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