Investigation of Diffraction Effects in GNSS Using Ray Tracing Channel Modelling

Preliminary results

authored by: M. Liso Nicolás, M. Smyrnaios, S. Schön, T. Kürner
Abstract: Multipath propagation between satellite and receiver constitutes an important impairment in satellite navigation systems. To address this problem, an extensive investigation on the propagation channel is required. In this paper, the satellite-to-earth channel is modelled deterministically by using the ray tracing method in combination with an accurate 3-dimensional description of the environment in which the receiver is located. Moreover, this work focuses on the influence of diffraction propagation phenomena based on the Uniform Theory of Diffraction (UTD). For a typical GNSS reference station environment we show different diffracted rays and power delay profiles. We find a good agreement between the measurements and simulation results.
Organisation(s): Institute of Geodesy
External Organisation(s): Technische Universität Braunschweig
Type: Conference contribution
Pages: 3154-3158
No. of pages: 5
Publication date: 01.06.2012
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Computer Networks and Communications
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206167 (Access: Unknown)
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BibTeX

@inproceedings{22a22436e9904bbb961527169d0bb834,
title = "Investigation of Diffraction Effects in GNSS Using Ray Tracing Channel Modelling: Preliminary results",
abstract = "Multipath propagation between satellite and receiver constitutes an important impairment in satellite navigation systems. To address this problem, an extensive investigation on the propagation channel is required. In this paper, the satellite-to-earth channel is modelled deterministically by using the ray tracing method in combination with an accurate 3-dimensional description of the environment in which the receiver is located. Moreover, this work focuses on the influence of diffraction propagation phenomena based on the Uniform Theory of Diffraction (UTD). For a typical GNSS reference station environment we show different diffracted rays and power delay profiles. We find a good agreement between the measurements and simulation results.",
keywords = "diffraction, ray tracing, satellite navigation, satellite-to-earth channel, UTD",
author = "Nicol{\'a}s, {M. Liso} and M. Smyrnaios and S. Sch{\"o}n and T. K{\"u}rner",
year = "2012",
month = jun,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206167",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781457709180",
series = "Proceedings of the European Conference on Antennas and Propagation",
pages = "3154--3158",
booktitle = "2012 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP)",
note = "6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2012 ; Conference date: 26-03-2012 Through 30-03-2012",
}