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http://dx.doi.org/10.11003/JPNT.2019.8.1.1

Implementation and Experimental Test Result of a Multi-frequency and Multi-constellation GNSS Software Receiver Using Commercial API

Han, Jin-Su (Department of Electrical Engineering, Inha University)
Won, Jong-Hoon (Department of Electrical Engineering, Inha University)

Publication Information

Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing / v.8, no.1, 2019 , pp. 1-12 More about this Journal

Abstract

In this paper, we implement a navigation software of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver based on a commercial purpose GNSS software receiver platform and verify its performance by performing experimental tests for various GNSS signals available in Korea region. The SX3, employed in this paper, is composed of an application program and a Radio Frequency (RF) frontend, and can capture and process multi-constellation and multi-frequency GNSS signals. All the signal processing procedure of SX3 is accessible by the receiver software designer. In particular for an easy research and development, the Application Programing Interface (API) of the SX3 has a flexible architecture to upgrade or change the existing software program, equipped with a real-time monitoring function to monitor all the API executions. Users can easily apply and experiment with the developed algorithms using a form of Dynamic Link Library (DLL) files. Thus, by utilizing this flexible architecture, the cost and effort to develop a GNSS receiver can be greatly reduced.

Keywords

GNSS software receiver; multi-constellation and multi-frequency GNSS; API; navigation unit;

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