Demonstrator of Time Services based on European GNSS Signals: The H2020 DEMETRA Project

P. Defraigne, P. Tavella, I. Sesia, G. Cerretto, G. Signorile, D. Calonico, R. Costa, C. Clivati, E. Cantoni, C. De Stefano, M. Frittelli, V. Formichella, E. Biserni, V. Leone, E. Zarroli, D. Sormani, M. Gandara, V. Hamoniaux, E. Varriale, Q. Morante, T. Widomski, J. Kaczmarek, J. Uzycki, K. Borgulski, P. Olbrysz, J. Kowalski, A. Cernigliaro, F. Fiasca, A. Perucca, V. Dhiri, M.T. Veiga, T. Suárez, J. Diaz, M. Mangiantini, A. E. Wallin, L. Galleani, D. Hindley

Abstract: During 2015-2016, a European Consortium of 15 partners from 8 different countries, developed the DEMETRA (DEMonstrator of EGNSS services based on Time Reference Architecture), a project funded by the European Union in the frame of the Horizon 2020 program. This project aims at developing and experimenting time dissemination services dedicated to specific users like traffic control, energy distribution, finance, telecommunication, and scientific institutions. Nine services have been developed. These services provide time dissemination with accuracy levels from millisecond to the sub-ns, and also additional services like certification, calibration, or integrity. Five of these services are based on the European GNSS. After a development phase (see PTTI 2016 presentation) the full DEMETRA system has been working during six months for demonstration. The paper will report about the experimentation results, showing performances and limits of the proposed time dissemination services, aiming to foster the exploitation of the European GNSS for timing applications.
Published in: Proceedings of the 48th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting
January 30 - 2, 2017
Hyatt Regency Monterey
Monterey, California
Pages: 127 - 137
Cite this article: Defraigne, P., Tavella, P., Sesia, I., Cerretto, G., Signorile, G., Calonico, D., Costa, R., Clivati, C., Cantoni, E., De Stefano, C., Frittelli, M., Formichella, V., Biserni, E., Leone, V., Zarroli, E., Sormani, D., Gandara, M., Hamoniaux, V., Varriale, E., Morante, Q., Widomski, T., Kaczmarek, J., Uzycki, J., Borgulski, K., Olbrysz, P., Kowalski, J., Cernigliaro, A., Fiasca, F., Perucca, A., Dhiri, V., Veiga, M.T., Suárez, T., Diaz, J., Mangiantini, M., Wallin, A. E., Galleani, L., Hindley, D., "Demonstrator of Time Services based on European GNSS Signals: The H2020 DEMETRA Project," Proceedings of the 48th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, Monterey, California, January 2017, pp. 127-137. https://doi.org/10.33012/2017.14982
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