GNSS TEST RECEIVER: INTERFERENCE CASE STUDY Marc Pollina

NI Aerospace & Defense Forum 2013 June, 13th 2013

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SOMMAIRE

M3 systems GNSS context Interference environment DME/TACAN test case VST based integrated test bench Conclusions Questions

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Company overview Independent SME

Started in 1999, nearby Toulouse 35 engineers Turnover : 2.9M (2012) Offices in Bordeaux and subsidiary in Belgium

Engineering services
Satellite navigation (GNSS) Air trafic management

Innovation R&D activity

Radio-navigation technologies (GNSS, hybridization) futures navigation applications (military, transport, aerospace)

Products
airport (e-TrackAir) Galileo receiver & signal generator
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Autonomous vehicle R&D project

CTS-SAT project (DGCIS) demonstration at La Cit de lEspace , Toulouse (summer 2009) TAXISAT project (FP7) : demonstration at Francorchamp racing circuit in Belgium (summer 2013)

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Assisted GNSS for military application

Conception

Achievement

Mechanical

Electronic

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Airport product: e-TrackAir EGNOS based Navigation solution for airport vehicule operating in the manoeuvring area Reduction of runway incursion risks Record & Replay trajectories (runway inspection) Generation of mission reports

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Performance evaluation

Data collection

Reference trajectory generation

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GNSS CONTEXT : GALILEO & MULTI-CONSTELLATION

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GALILEO IOV

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GALILEO deployment

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GNSS systems GPS ( USA) operational since 1995 ( 30 satellites)

GLONASS (Russia) est nouveau oprationnel depuis 2010

(29 satellites/22 operational)

GALILEO (Europe) under deployment , first services in 2015, fully

operational in 2020 (30 satellites)

COMPASS (China) under deployment IRNSS (India) geostationnary satellites

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RF signals for GNSS systems

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GNSS INTERFERENCE ENVIRONMENT

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Summary of main interference sources

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GNSS Spectrum & DME

DME : 11511213 Mhz

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DME/TACAN Interference test case

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DME signal characteristics

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Impact of DME on GNSS receivers - Degradation of C/N0 ( Blue curve) - Increased errors in pseudo-distance (Green curve) - Loss of tracking in some test scenario

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VST Based Integrated GNSS test bench

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Reference model
Missions Applications

Contrle/Commande

Contrle/Commande

Interfaces de communication

Interferences

Hybridation

Trajectographie Rx Orbitographie Navigation messages Propagation

Navigation

Enhanced Navigation Intgrity PVT

Navigation

BB signal processing
SiS I/Q generation

Erreurs

BB signal processing
Poursuite Dmodulation Acquisition Corrlation

RF processing

RF processing

Simulateur

Navigateur

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Capteurs & Assistance

GNSS receiver modules

Time & position
Hybridization multiconstellations Couche PVT

GALILEO

GPS

GLONASS

BEIDOU Time synch

Raw data & internal data:

tracking & data demodulation

C a n a l C a n a l C a n a l C a n a l C a n a l C a n a l C a n a l C a n a l C a n a l C a n a l C a n a l C a n a l

Correlation

E1/L1

E6 Front End

E5/L5

L2

RF Signals
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GNSS functions integration Integration of GNSS IPs into the VST platform to provide modular & configurable solutions :

log & replay signal generation open receiver

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Hardware/Software partitionning

PC Host / LabView
VI VST HMI (NI)

VST Board
FPGA device
VST CTRL (NI)

Front End and ADC

RF input

ALPHA applicative code binaries (M3S)

VI BootLoader Emulator (M3S) VI Rx HMI (M3S)

Clock

P X I e

Receiver core

I/Q Samples PPS_out (PFI 0)

Rx configuration files (M3S) Rx output log and measurement files (M3S)

VI Rx Command (M3S) SRAM CTRL (NI) VI Rx Monitor (M3S)

2 x 256 MB SRAM device

VI logiciel VI matriel (FPGA) Fichiers de configuration ou de Log

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VST Based GNSS Test bench

HIGH LEVEL OF RF PERFORMANCES FOR RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION ALLOWING TO COVER THE WHOLE GNSS SPECTRUM;

RADIO-SOFTWARE APPROACH THAT ENABLES HIGH FLEXIBILITY AND MODULARITY THROUGH LABVIEW ENVIRONMENT;

FPGA CAPABILITIES TO ACCESS HIGH REAL TIME PERFORMANCES IN PARTICULAR TO IMPLEMENT LOW LEVEL PROCESSING CAPABILITIES (E.G., DEMODULATION AND CORRELATION).

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High level of observability

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CONCLUSIONS

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Integrated test bench concept

VST technology enables high performance software radio implementation M3 Systems is using these capabilities to cover multiple GNSS use cases We open the way towards affordable & configurable solutions to support GNSS research & industry.

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Key features

Analyse real signals (log & replay) Generate GNSS signals, including interferences Assess receivers performances, including innovative algorithms Flexible & modular : multi-constellation & multi-frquency by software configuration

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