Hybrid Galileo/W-CDMA Receiver Prototype for Mass-Market Applications

Guenter Heinrichs, Elmar Wittmann, Rainer Kronberger, Christian Drewes, Timm Ostermann, Andreas Springer, Linus Maurer

Abstract:	In the upcoming years the location of mobile phones or PDAs will become by far the market leader in the area of personal navigation applications. These trends converge in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s E- 911 mandate and the E-112 initiative of the European Commission that requires network carriers to provide location or geo-coding of emergency callers who are using wireless handsets. Taken all this into account, an important step into the market for Galileo is the in-time availability of hybrid Galileo/GPS receiver in combination with cellular network positioning capability for consumer applications. This is the main idea behind the GAWAIN project – the development of an integrated GNSS/UMTS receiver, which provides seamless indoor/ outdoor navigation and communication capability, using GPS/Galileo and 3G/UMTS for mass market applications. The paper will present an overall overview of the GAWAIN project, its 3-step design approach and the architectural design. Preliminary results of analysis and architectural design of these concepts will be presented within the paper.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 17th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2004) September 21 - 24, 2004 Long Beach Convention Center Long Beach, CA
Pages:	2228 - 2238
Cite this article:	Heinrichs, Guenter, Wittmann, Elmar, Kronberger, Rainer, Drewes, Christian, Ostermann, Timm, Springer, Andreas, Maurer, Linus, "Hybrid Galileo/W-CDMA Receiver Prototype for Mass-Market Applications," Proceedings of the 17th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2004), Long Beach, CA, September 2004, pp. 2228-2238.
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