Indoor GNSS signal acquisition performance using a synthetic antenna array

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1337-1350

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FADING MARGIN; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GNSS RECEIVERS; GNSS SIGNALS; HANDHELDS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; PROBABILITY OF FALSE ALARM; PROCESSING GAIN; SIGNAL ATTENUATION; SIGNAL RECEPTION; SINGLE ANTENNA; SPATIAL DIVERSITY; SPATIAL FADING; SPATIAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 79955366220     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2011.5751262     Document Type: Article

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