Enhanced DME carrier phase: Concepts, implementation, and flight-test results

Navigation, Journal of the Institute of Navigation

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 209-220

  Li, Kuangmin ^a   Pelgrum, Wouter ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PHASE; CARRIER PHASE TRACKING; DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENTS; FLIGHT TEST DATA; NOISE PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE POTENTIALS; RADIO-FREQUENCY DATUM; THEORETICAL LIMITS;

EID: 84884669066     PISSN: 00281522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/navi.42     Document Type: Article

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