GPS软件接收机跟踪通道信号统计分析

传统的基于硬件的接收机由于芯片的封装性很难用来进行通道信号的分析研究,而基于软件无线电技术的软件接收机则很容易做到.软件接收机的跟踪通道信号统计分析可用于接收机算法的测试与比对以及卫星信号性能的分析与评估.这里搭建了GPS软件接收机L1中频数字信号处理平台,对跟踪通道输出的I、Q支路信号进行了均值、标准方差以及均方根(RMS)统计.分析了各统计值与通道对应卫星的高度角、信号强度以及噪声之间的关系.基于统计结果提出了一种估计信道信噪比的方法.最后比较了不同信号采样频率对相关三角形和导航定位解算精度的影响.     

GPS软件接收机系统设计及仿真实验研究

软件接收机通道模块设计体现着软件算法的核心,接收机运行控制设计决定着整个软件系统的循环。在接收机通道状态分析的基础上设计实现了GPS单频软件接收机,并对自行开发的C/A码信号仿真器产生的数字中频信号进行了实验,分析了捕获和跟踪状态中通道重要参数的时间序列关系,验证了时域串行搜索捕获策略、超前—滞后非相干码跟踪环路以及直方图位同步算法的正确性和通道模块结构设计的合理性。     

GPS软件接收机仿真实验及算法验证

在分析基于软件无线电GPS接收机结构的基础上,在基于PC软件接收机信号处理系统上采用模拟的数字中频信号,对软件接收机信号捕获、跟踪算法进行了分析和验证。信号捕获阶段给出了基于快速傅利叶变换FFT的快速搜索原理和结果,并采用跟踪阶段Q支路信号的统计特性分析了捕获门限和误警概率的关系,给出了一种捕获门限的优化方法;跟踪阶段对系统采用的数字锁相环(PLL)进行了分析,并对I/Q解调原理进行了解析和验证。     

GPS软件接收机仿真实验及算法验证

在分析基于软件无线电GPS接收机结构的基础上,在基于PC软件接收机信号处理系统上采用模拟的数字中频信号,对软件接收机信号捕获、跟踪算法进行了分析和验证.信号捕获阶段给出了基于快速傅利叶变换FFT的快速搜索原理和结果,并采用跟踪阶段Q支路信号的统计特性分析了捕获门限和误警概率的关系,给出了一种捕获门限的优化方法;跟踪阶段对系统采用的数字锁相环(PLL)进行了分析,并对I/Q解调原理进行了解析和验证.     

基于矢量跟踪的GNSS／SINS相干深组合系统研究

为满足组合导航系统在高动态环境下的性能要求,设计基于矢量跟踪的GNSS／SINS相干深组合导航方法。利用矢量跟踪环路将所有可视卫星的跟踪和导航解算融为一体,增强通道间的辅助;高动态对载波跟踪影响更大,在通道预滤波中将码环载波环分别用独立的滤波器处理,组合滤波中采用通道间差分降低滤波状态维数,提高计算效率。引入惯导的加速度辅助本地信号参数预测,较精确地测量卫星视线方向的加速度,减小接收机在高动态时段的剩余动态,提高本地信号参数的预测精度。基于矢量跟踪软件接收机搭建相干深组合仿真系统,实验表明该方法在高动态等环境下能提高信号跟踪性能,改善系统的精度、可靠性。      

一种SINS/GPS深组合导航系统技术问题分析

为了满足高动态用户及强干扰条件下的应用需求,提出了一种基于卫星信号矢量跟踪的SINS/GPS深组合导航方法,设计了基于FPGA硬件平台的实施方案。利用组合卡尔曼滤波器反馈回路取代了传统接收机中独立、并行的跟踪环路,能够同时完成所有可视卫星信号的跟踪和导航信息处理;通过矢量跟踪算法对所有可视卫星信号进行集中处理,能够增强跟踪通道对信号载噪比变化的适应能力,从而提高接收机在强干扰或信号中断条件下的跟踪性能;根据SINS导航参数和星历信息推测GPS伪码相位和多普勒频移等参数,用以辅助卫星信号的捕获和跟踪,能够大大缩短接收机的搜索捕获时间,并增强接收机在高动态条件下的跟踪性能。基于矢量跟踪的深组合方法不仅在GPS信号短暂中断期间,能够保证系统的导航精度和可靠性,而且在强干扰环境中能够维持较好的伪码相位和载波频率跟踪性能。     

基于GPS单频软件接收机的捕获与跟踪算法实现

在分析基于软件无线电全球定位系统（GPS）接收机结构的基础上,研究了GPS单频软件接收机的捕获和跟踪算法,并基于MATLAB平台在PC上仿真了GPS单频软件接收机样机。信号捕获采用基于快速傅里叶变换（FFT）的并行码相位搜捕算法;信号跟踪联合使用超前滞后非相干延迟锁定环和科斯塔斯环的跟踪环结构。采用实测数据对信号捕获、跟踪算法进行了分析和验证。结果表明：仿真的GPS单频软件接收机具备基本的基带信号处理功能。     

BDS/GPS单频软件接收机算法研究与实现

随着卫星导航定位技术及接收机的发展,软件接收机已成为当前研究的热点之一。根据北斗卫星导航定位系统（BDS）的接口控制文档（ICD）,分析了BDS B1I信号,提出了一种基于并行码相位和并行频率捕获的算法,实现了对BDS-B1I/GPS信号的捕获跟踪、导航电文解码。利用HG-SOFTGPS02采集器采集的数据进行BDS/GPS定位,验证了该算法的可行性与合理性。     

利用GNSS-R信号进行交通车流检测

为了有效检测交通状况,提出了一种使用GNSS-R （导航卫星反射）信号进行车流检测的方法。该方法利用两种天线分别接收导航卫星直射信号和反射信号,使用通用接收机进行信号采集后,在软件接收机中进行信号处理解算,获得直射通道和反射通道的相关功率,以及卫星的高度角。然后使用反演介电常数的方法对车辆进行探测,获得交通车流状况。通过试验验证,该方法能够有效地对探测区域内的车辆进行检测,证明了使用GNSS-R进行交通车流检测的可行性。     

高性能GNSS软件接收机总体设计及关键技术研究

本文对高性能GNSS软件接收机技术进行了研究,首先给出了其总体结构设计,并对其关键技术进行了讨论;然后采用Matlab语言实现了一个12通道的GNSS软件接收机;最后利用采集的36秒钟数字中频信号验证了该软件接收机设计的正确性,并给出了软件接收机的捕获、跟踪和定位解算结果。     

Digital Signal Processors in GPS Receivers

Unlike the conventional hardware approaches to GPS base band signal processing, a software GPS receiver is extremely flexible as it comes with all the associated advantages of a software solution. With a software solution, the improvements of silicon technology can be easily translated into better performance at smaller form factors and lower power consumption, without a redesign and/or change to the ASIC. A general purpose Digital Signal Processor (DSP) can be used effectively for GPS signal processing. The memory and speed resources available determine the algorithms and applications that can be effectively implemented in the receiver. The performance of software GPS receivers will soon be difficult to be surpassed by the hardware counterparts, as high-performance processors become available at low cost. ? 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

SIMD correlator library for GNSS software receivers

Software receivers have had a discernable impact on the GNSS research community. Often such receivers are implemented in a compiled programming language, such as C or C++. A software receiver must emulate the digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms executed on dedicated hardware in a traditional receiver. The DSP algorithms, most notably correlation, have a high computational cost; this burden precludes many software receivers from running in real time. However, the computational cost can be lessened by utilizing single instruction multiple data (SIMD) operations found on modern ×86 processors. The following demonstrates how C/C++ compatible code can be written to directly utilize the SIMD instructions. First, an analysis is carried out to demonstrate why real time operation is not possible when using traditional C/C++ code is carried out. Secondly a tutorial outlines how to write and insert ×86 assembly, with SIMD operations, into C/C++ code. Performance gains achieved via SIMD operations are then demonstrated, and pseudo code outlines how SIMD operations can be employed to perform correlation. Finally, a C/C++ compatible SIMD enabled arithmetic library is added to the GPS Toolbox for use in software receivers.     

Performance comparison of semicodeless GPS receivers for LEO satellites

This report provides a detailed performance analysis of three semicodeless dual-frequency GPS receivers for use in low Earth orbit (LEO). The test set comprises the IGOR receiver, which represents a follow-on of the flight-proven BlackJack receiver, as well as two geodetic receivers (NovAtel OEM4-G2 and Septentrio PolaRx2), which are entirely based on commercial-off-the-shelf technology (COTS). All three receivers are considered for upcoming flight projects or experiments and have undergone at least a preliminary environmental qualification program. Using extensive signal simulator tests, the cold start signal acquisition, tracking sensitivity, differential code biases, raw measurement accuracy, and navigation accuracy of each receiver have been assessed. All tests are based on a common scenario that is representative of an actual space mission and provides a realistic simulation of the signal dynamics and quality on a scientific LEO satellite. Compared to the other receivers, the IGOR instrument exhibits a superior tracking sensitivity and is thus best suited for occultation measurements with low tangent point altitudes. The OEM4-G2 and PolaRx2 receivers are likewise shown to properly track dual-frequency GPS signals and normal signal levels and to provide accurate code and carrier phase measurements. Given their limited resource requirements, these receivers appear well suited for precise orbit determination applications and ionospheric sounding onboard of microsatellites with tight mission budgets.     

GNSS Software Receivers

Software Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receivers are those that implement signal correlation processing not in hardware, but in their software. The main problem for the development of real-time software (SW) multichannel GNSS receivers is the tremendous amount of calculations to perform signal correlation. The article reviews recent developments of SW GNSS receivers. The emphasis is made on the computationally effective correlation processing algorithms and the optimization of processing allocation to the receiver's hardware (HW) and SW. An architecture is suggested that implements the PRN signals despreading in a special HW preprocessor while all the other correlation processing functions are still kept in SW. The combination of the most time-consuming processing in HW, and all signal structure-dependent processing in SW, enables unique flexibility of sophisticated GNSS receiver design based on inexpensive digital signal processors. ? 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

基于多接收机模糊度关联的动态PPP快速重新收敛方法

针对由于遮挡等原因造成卫星信号中断后精密单点定位（precise point positioning,PPP）需要重新收敛的问题,提出了一种基于多接收机模糊度关联的动态PPP快速重新收敛方法。以远海地区精密定位为背景,充分利用了远海地区实践应用中经常在测量船的不同位置上架设多台接收机的基本特点,建立不同接收机的模糊度之间的关系,获取发生数据中断的接收机的先验模糊度,进而完成动态PPP的快速重新收敛。实验结果表明,附加基线长度约束的两个接收机单历元固定双差模糊度的成功率在99%以上;在单历元固定双差模糊度的情况下,无论数据中断多长时间,所提算法都可以单历元完成动态PPP的重新收敛,并且收敛后的定位精度同数据中断前的定位精度相同。     

基于垂直面阵水下定位的算法研究

当前的DGPS水下立体定位是基于水面上的基线面阵双曲线定位系统,对于信号接收器位于同一个垂直平面内时并没有给出具体的定位模型。利用垂直面阵上信号接收机的几何关系自定义坐标系,通过测边网解算方法计算出它们在所定义的坐标系中的坐标。水下声源发射器发射信号,经过一段时间后,各信号接收器接收到信号,利用示波器和信号处理技术得到各信号接收器接收时刻的时间差。通过建立距离交汇模式的定位模型,解算出水下声源发射器的三维坐标。结合在湖北清江的多目标水声信号识别与检测试验,根据实际测得的相关数据解算出水下目标发射器的坐标。由于此定位方法不需要GPS精密时钟,节约了定位成本。适合船体携带,操作方便。为水下目标定位提供了一个新的方法。     

北斗B1C、B2a信号非理想性分析及接收约束建议

卫星导航信号的非理想性会导致不同接收机之间出现测距偏差,是影响卫星导航系统服务精度和完好性的重要因素。首先,针对北斗系统B1C、B2a新体制信号的非理想性进行分析,利用大口径天线采集了全部北斗三号在轨卫星播发的B1C、B2a信号（共27颗卫星）,评估了不同接收带宽、码鉴相间距下测距偏差的大小与变化特点;然后,以双频多星座星基增强服务应用为例,分析了两个信号在相应接收机中的设计约束条件。研究结果发现,在接收机常用的参数范围内,B1C、B2a信号非理想性引入的测距偏差分别不超过0.68 m、0.44 m;在测距偏差小于0.1 m的性能约束下,B1C、B2a信号可用的约束条件参数范围优于国际民航标准草案中的相关要求。     

An enhanced bit-wise parallel algorithm for real-time GPS software receiver

Software-based global positioning system (GPS) receivers perform all the baseband signal processing and the high level functions on a general purpose processor. The heavy computational loads of the signal correlation in baseband processing make it difficult for software receivers to operate in real time. In order to improve the real-time performance, an enhanced bit-wise parallel algorithm has been developed in this study. The enhanced algorithm has been implemented and tested in a 12 channels real-time GPS software receiver. The system consists of a radio frequency front end, a data acquisition board and software that runs on a laptop with a Pentium-M 1.5 GHz processor running the Window^® XP operating system. The data acquisition board packs the 2-bit intermediate frequency samples with a 2-bit in/8-bit out shift register and transfers the packed samples to laptop through a USB port. The software running on the laptop performs all the baseband and navigation processing in real time. The test results show that the enhanced algorithm significantly improves the real-time performance of the software receiver by reducing the computational operations for signal correlation by 50% compared with the existing bit-wise parallel algorithm. Furthermore, the enhanced algorithm also reduces the amount of required memory for storing data for signal correlation.     

A GPU based real-time GPS software receiver

Off-the-shelf graphics processing units provide low-cost massive parallel computing performance, which can be utilized for the implementation of a GPS software receiver. In order to realize a real-time capable system the crucial stages of the receiver should be optimized to suit the requirements of a parallel processor. Moreover, the receiver should be capable to provide wider correlation functions and provide easy access to the spectral domain of the signals. Thus, the most suitable correlation algorithm, which forms the core part of each receivers should be chosen and implemented on the graphics processor. Since the sampling rate of the received signal limits the real-time capabilities of the software radio it is necessary to determine an optimum value, considering that the precision of the observable varies with sampling bandwidth. We are going to discuss details and present our single frequency multi-channel implementation, which is capable of operating in real-time mode. Our implementation differs from other solutions by the wideness of the correlation function and allows simple handling of data in the spectral domain. Comparison with output from a commercial hardware receiver, which shares the antenna with the software radio, confirms the consistency and accuracy of our development.