GPS中频信号模拟研究

研究了GPS中频信号数据的模拟。在分析GPS中频数字信号模型的基础上，研究了中频信号模拟的结构及实现，包括GPS信号传播环境模拟、GPS发射信号模拟、滤波和量化过程，最后给出模拟器的软件实现。本文的研究对GPS的工程应用和软件接收机的研究具有一定的理论和工程意义。     

集成电离层闪烁仿真的数字中频GPS信号模拟器设计验证

电离层闪烁造成GPS接收机测距误差增大、以致强闪烁条件下的频繁周跳和卫星信号失锁,集成闪烁仿真功能的GPS信号模拟器能够为接收机抗闪烁算法研究和性能测试提供必要的信号源。首先设计了基于AJ-Stanford模型和Cornell模型的电离层闪烁仿真软件,可以灵活配置闪烁时间、数据更新周期以及各模型参数,从而得到闪烁影响下的GPS信号幅度衰落及相位波动序列;然后开发了集成电离层闪烁仿真功能的数字中频GPS信号模拟器,该模拟器作为抗闪烁研究平台工具,可以灵活调整闪烁卫星号、模型及相关参数、开始时间和持续时间;其设计正确性通过实验室自研的软件GPS接收机得到了验证。     

华力创通

北京华力创通科技股份有限公司信号处理事业部致力于为用户提供专业化雷达通信、电子对抗、导航信号处理产品和技术方案。产品线覆盖宽带信号采集／回放、数字射频存储器、雷达目标回波信号模拟器、BD-2／GPS信号模拟器。可为用户提供射频、中频、基带多种级别整机系统和集成开发方案。     

GPS中频信号快速捕获技术分析

为解决GPS中频信号快速捕获问题,在介绍GPS码相位和载频信号捕获原理的基础上,重点阐述了基于FFT的并行GPS中频信号快速捕获方法,同时在非相干累加、接收信噪比、先验信息等方面分析了提高中频信号快速捕获的可能性,最后利用一组GPS实测数据对上述分析进行了的仿真计算。仿真结果表明基于FFT技术的中频信号快速捕获方法具有抗干扰、捕获速度快和检测低信噪比信号的能力,可以满足GPS软件接收机定位的要求。     

GPS IF信号的计算机模拟和实现

提出了用GPS卫星星历来近似模拟计算载波多普勒频率和卫星信号延迟,进而用计算机模拟GPS接收机的中频数字信号,为软件GPS接收机的模型算法提供数据源.与实际接收的卫星中频数字信号的频谱进行比较,结果表明,用计算机模拟GPS IF信号是可行的和有效的.     

基于GPS软件接收机的SINS／GPS紧组合系统仿真

为了系统验证SINS／GPS紧组合系统的性能,基于GPS软件接收机,进行了仿真系统构建。仿真系统由轨迹发生器、GPS中频信号模拟器、IMU信号模拟器、GPS软件接收机、SINS导航解算模块、组合滤波算法和导航性能分析模块等部分构成,其中详细设计了GPS软件接收机中的捕获和跟踪算法、SINS解算以及基于伪距和伪距率的组合滤波算法。仿真结果表明：紧组合导航系统收敛性较好,能够一定程度上抑制惯导系统误差的积累,有较好的导航性能。设计的该系统满足紧组合导航系统性能验证的需要,也为后续的超紧组合研究奠定了良好的基础。     

基于PXIe总线架构的GPS导航信号模拟源设计及实现

卫星导航信号模拟源为用户终端设备的设计、验证、测试提供输入信号源,是用户终端设备研发和卫星导航信号系统验证的重要工具.早期的射频合成技术产生的信号的精度和通道一致性较差,随后的模拟中频合成技术存在通道间偏差的问题,而目前常用的数字中频合成技术存在相位抖动问题,所以本文基于PXI Express(PXIe)总线的软件无线电架构,设计并实现了一款采用数字基带合成技术的软硬件结合模拟源.模拟源上位机数学仿真软件采用图形化编程语言LABVIEW开发,实现简单,开发效率高,最终生成数字基带合成信号;模拟源硬件则使用美国国家仪器公司(NI)模块化的虚拟仪器,接收并处理上位机产生的数字基带合成信号,最终产生用户终端设备可以接收的全球定位系统(GPS)射频信号.利用频谱分析仪观察模拟源输出信号的频率和带宽,验证了GPS模拟源仿真信号的正确性;利用商用接收机进行定位解算,分析静态和动态场景下的信号质量、定位结果及三轴定位误差,验证了GPS模拟源仿真信号的准确性和有效性.      

一种提高GPS模拟器运算效率的方法

用于计算卫星信号延迟时间的一般方法使用了大量的循环、迭代、以及正余弦等运算，计算量大且复杂，限制了GPS模拟器硬件的选择。在普通方法的基础上，提出了一种基于拟舍、插值的计算方法，大大减少了实际计算量，提高了GPS模拟器的运算效率，同时也降低了对硬件的要求。     

GPS数字中频信号仿真

GPS数字中频仿真信号可以为接收机和信号处理电路的设计测试提供信号源.基于GPS数字中频信号的数学模型,详细叙述GPS数字中频信号仿真的步骤,并利用软件接收机对仿真结果进行验证,分析采样频率和量化位数对信号信噪比的影响.     

GNSS模拟器中频源D/A设计与实现

为了满足GNSS卫星信号模拟器高速数模转换需求,设计了一种基于AD9779A的高速数模转换电路.利用FPGA控制AD9779A实现了具有上变频功能的中频源数模转换,将10 MHz基带数字导航信号上变频到210 MHz的中频模拟输出.本设计在满足射频模块的输入要求同时对通常采用的在内插基础上进行数模转换的方法进行了改进,使电路更加简单、易于集成和模块化.     

GPS软件接收机精确载波频率捕获算法分析与实现

采用基于快速傅里叶变换（FFT）的并行码相位搜索捕获算法实现GPS信号的捕获,根据相位关系对载波频率进行精化,使其满足跟踪模块的需求。在分析算法的基础上,通过对模拟信号和实测数据进行捕获实验,实现了对载波频率的精化,获得精确频率可直接用于后续跟踪环路。     

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。     

A USRP2-based reconfigurable multi-constellation multi-frequency GNSS software receiver front end

We present a multi-constellation multi-band GNSS software receiver front end based on USRP2, a general purpose radio platform. When integrated with appropriate daughter boards, the USRP2 can be used to collect raw intermediate frequency (IF) data covering the entire GNSS family of signals. In this study, C++ class-based software receiver processing functions were developed to process the IF data for GPS L1, L2C, and L5 and GLONASS L1 and L2 signals collected by the USRP2 front end. The front end performance is evaluated against the outputs of a high end custom front end driven by the same local oscillator and two commercial receivers, all using the same real signal sources. The results show that for GPS signals, the USRP2 front end typically generates carrier-to-noise ratio (C/N ₀) at 1–3 and 1–2 dB below that of the high end front end and a NovAtel receiver, respectively. For GLONASS signals, the USRP2 C/N ₀ outputs are comparable to those of a Septentrio receiver. The carrier phase noise from the USRP2 outputs is similar to those of the benchmarking devices. These results demonstrate that the USRP2 is a suitable front end for applications, such as ionosphere scintillation studies.     

An open source GPS multipath simulator in Matlab/Octave

Multipath is detrimental for both GPS positioning and timing applications. However, the benefits of GPS multipath for reflectometry have become increasingly clear for monitoring soil moisture, snow depth, and vegetation growth. In positioning applications, a simulator can support multipath mitigation efforts in terms of, e.g., site selection, antenna design, receiver performance assessment, and in relating different observations to a common parameterization. For reflectometry, in order to convert observed multipath parameters into useable environmental products, it is important to be able to explicitly link the GPS observables to known characteristics of the GPS receiver/antenna and the reflecting environment. Existing GPS multipath software simulators are generally not readily available for the general scientific community to use and/or modify. Here, a simulator has been implemented in Matlab/Octave and is made available as open source code. It can produce signal-to-noise ratio, carrier phase, and code pseudorange observables, based on L1 and L2 carrier frequencies and C/A, P(Y), and L2C modulations. It couples different surface and antenna types with due consideration for polarization and coherence. In addition to offering predefined material types (water, concrete, soil, etc.), it allows certain dimensional properties to be varied, such as soil moisture and snow density.     

MATLAB software for GPS cycle-slip processing

A MATLAB software package for GPS cycle-slip processing is presented in this paper. It realizes cycle-slip detection and repair in the measurement domain for GPS L1 and L2 signals. The software implements several classic approaches oriented to real-time processing. With the graphic user interface, the user can configure the raw data, set algorithm-related parameters, add synthetic cycle-slips, and view the detection results in both text and illustrated forms. In this paper, the theoretical background of the cycle-slip processing is introduced first. After that, the advantages and limitations of each implemented approach are identified. Finally, the functionalities of the software are briefly explained.     

Benefits of Software GPS Receivers for Enhanced Signal Processing

In this article, the architecture of a software Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver is described and an analysis is included of the performance of a software GPS receiver when tracking the GPS signals in challenging environments. Results are included that demonstrate the advantage of the software GPS receiver in tracking the GPS signals in low signal-to-noise or jamming scenarios. Various current and previous applications of the software GPS receiver are also described. ? 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Architectures of Software GPS Receivers

There are various applications in which a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor only down-converts and digitizes the received GPS signal and sends the digitized data to a processor, where the processor software performs all the correlation, search/track operations, navigation solution, and so on. Among the applications are military and commercial ones (e. g., GPS(Communication handheld sets, people tracking systems). A major problem with the Software GPS Receiver is the large computing resources required for correlation or acquisition of the GPS signal. In this article, several possible approaches for reducing computing resources will be introduced and analyzed. It will be shown that the performance of the GPS software design strongly depends on the features of the computer hardware. Implementations will be described on the TMS320C6201 processor and the Pentium II. Experimental results will be demonstrated by processing of real GPS signals. A complete 16-channel GPS receiver was implemented on the single TMS320C6201 processor in real-time mode and on the Pentium II processor with a duty cycle of about 50%. ? 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.