Channel context detection and signal quality monitoring for vector-based tracking loops

23rd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation 2010, ION GNSS 2010

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 1875-1888

  Lin, Tao ^a   O'Driscoll, Cillian ^a   Lachapelle, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT DETECTION; FADING PARAMETERS; GNSS RECEIVERS; GNSS SIGNALS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LITTLE RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; RICEAN K FACTOR; SIGNAL COMPRESSION; SIGNAL MONITORING; SIGNAL QUALITY MONITORING; TRACKING LOOP; URBAN CANYONS; WEAK SIGNALS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NAVIGATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 79959973872     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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