The RT-STAR: Features and Performance of a Low-Cost RTK OEM Sensor

Erik Masella, Michel Gonthier and Michel Dumaine

Abstract:	Real-time kinematic carrier-phase DGPS, or more commonly referred to as RTK, is becoming indispensable for an increasing number of applications requiring centimeter-level accuracy. In order to respond to this demand and to offer this accuracy to a broader range of users with stringent price requirements, a cost-efficient solution is required. Canadian Marconi introduces the RToStar, a low-cost single-frequency RTK-capable sensor that can obtain nominal accuracies of 20 cm or better under any given dynamics. The sensor is user-configurable either as a reference station or a roving unit. This product is considered to -possess one of the highest accuracy over price ratios in the OEM sensor industry and is targeted mainly at precision agriculture and GIS applications. The receiver’s architecture, specifications and algorithms are presented in this paper, along with supporting simulation data and test results.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 10th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1997) September 16 - 19, 1997 Kansas City, MO
Pages:	53 - 59
Cite this article:	Masella, Erik, Gonthier, Michel, Dumaine, Michel, "The RT-STAR: Features and Performance of a Low-Cost RTK OEM Sensor," Proceedings of the 10th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1997), Kansas City, MO, September 1997, pp. 53-59.
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