Prototype Galileo Receiver Development
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Abstract
Over the past few years the Galileo signal specification has been maturing. Of particular interest to receiver manufacturers is the Binary Offset Carrier (BOC) modulation format. In preparation for the transmission of the first Galileo signals from space, NovAtel has initiated development of their first prototype Galileo receiver, capable of tracking BOC signals. NovAtel is currently under contract with the Canadian Space Agency to develop an FPGA based hardware prototype of a Galileo BOC receiver. The receiver is based on NovAtel’s new L5, FPGA based precise positioning receiver. The receiver FPGA and software is configured to track the open access BOC signal that will be transmitted on the Galileo L1 frequency. To reduce hardware design costs for this pre-production development, the design will be demonstrated at the L5/E5a frequency. No commercial Galileo hardware simulators are currently available to test the receiver. NovAtel is therefore modifying an existing prototype L5 signal transmitter, developed by NovAtel for Zeta Associates of Fairfax, Virginia, to output a BOC(1,1) test signal. The current receiver/transmitter development effort will be discussed. An overview of the NovAtel FPGA based precise positioning receiver will be presented. The benefits of using the FPGA based receiver to verify the design will be presented, outlining how the receiver design team can handle changes in the signal specification.
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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