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The WAAS L5 signal: an assessment of its behavior and potential end use / H. Rho in GPS world, vol 20 n° 5 (May 2009)

Public [article]  inGPS world > vol 20 n° 5 (May 2009) . - pp 42 - 48 Titre : The WAAS L5 signal: an assessment of its behavior and potential end use Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : H. Rho, Auteur ; R.B. Langley, Auteur Année de publication : 2009 Article en page(s) : pp 42 - 48 Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement du signal [Termes IGN] signal GPS [Termes IGN] signal multidimensionnel [Termes IGN] test de performance [Termes IGN] Wide Area Augmentation System Résumé : (Auteur) The recent launch of the GPS Block IIR-20(M) satellite and the commissioning of its L5 demonstration payload herald the beginning of a bright new era in space-based positioning, navigation, and timing. The new satellite signal is anticipated to provide better-quality range measurements and possibly improve the tracking performance of a GPS receiver compared with current civil L1 and L2 signals through use of improved signal structures. The L5 signal will be standard on the future Block IIF and Block III satellites. However, some readers may be surprised to learn that L5 signals have been continuously transmitted by a pair of satellites for the past several years. The geostationary Earth-orbiting (GEO) satellites used by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) Wide Area Augmentation System to provide enhanced integrity and accuracy include not only an L1 payload but an L5 payload as well. While the WAAS L5 signals have been broadcast from space for some time, they did not come from a satellite in medium Earth orbit, and so it was necessary to include the demonstration payload on the GPS Block IIR-20(M) satellite to guarantee the L5 frequency filing with the International Telecommunication Union. There are some differences between the WAAS L5 signals and the future fully fledged GPS L5 signals. The WAAS L5 signals only use a single-channel carrier (there is no quadrature or Q channel) and the data rate is 250 bits per second (bps) rather than 50 bps. The WAAS signals are actually generated on the ground and relayed through the GEOs using a "bent pipe" approach. The FAA uses the L5 signals, in conjunction with the L1 signals, to compute ionospheric delays as part of the closed-loop control of the broadcast signals. Although the WAAS L5 signals are not yet intended for end users, can they be used now for positioning and navigation and, if so, are there any caveats? In this month's column, I am joined by one of my graduate students, Hyun-ho Rho, who has looked at the WAAS L5 transmissions, examining their signal strengths, multipath characteristics, and instrumental bias issues. Precise positioning performance of WAAS pseudoranges has also been assessed as an independent check on instrumental bias compensation by the WAAS control segment. The favorable results point to a future of the L5 signal, on both the WAAS satellites and the next-generation GPS satellites, which is bright indeed. Copyright Questex Media Group Numéro de notice : A2009-178 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE/POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : sans Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=29808 [article]

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