Novel multipath mitigation methods using a dual-polarization antenna

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 140-151

  Groves, Paul D ^a   Jiang, Ziyi ^a   Skelton, Benjamin ^a   Cross, Paul A ^a   Lau, Lawrence ^b   Adane, Yacine ^c   Kale, Izzet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institut de Geomatica   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA CALIBRATION; CARRIER POWER; DIRECT SIGNAL; DUAL-POLARIZATION ANTENNAS; ELEVATION ANGLE; ELLIPTICAL POLARIZATION; FRONT END; GNSS RECEIVERS; GNSS SIGNALS; LINE OF SIGHT; MULTI-PATH; MULTI-PATH INTERFERENCE; MULTI-PATH MITIGATION; MULTIPATH DETECTION; MULTIPATH ERROR; MULTIPATH MITIGATION TECHNIQUES; NAVIGATION PROCESSORS; NOISE DENSITY; POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY; REFLECTED SIGNAL; RF SAMPLING; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRACKING ALGORITHM; TRACKING CHANNELS;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; ERRORS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; NAVIGATION; POLARIZATION; SOFTWARE TESTING;

SATELLITE ANTENNAS;

EID: 79960001830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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