An open source GPS multipath simulator in Matlab/Octave

GPS Solutions

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 473-481

  Nievinski, Felipe G ^a   Larson, Kristine M ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent; GNSS; GPS; Multipath; Reflectometry; Simulation; Simulator

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SIMULATORS; SITE SELECTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

COHERENT; GNSS; MULTIPATH; REFLECTOMETRY; SIMULATION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GPS; PARAMETERIZATION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION;

EID: 84902384185     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-014-0370-z     Document Type: Article

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