Description of the Galileo Receiver Development Plan and of the Used Methodology

Carla Filotico, Dario Fossati and Vincent Gabaglio

Abstract:	The user segment and particularly the user receiver is at the heart of business opportunities. Tools and systems adapted to user requirements shall be developed to enable the optimal integration of Galileo services (timing, positioning and navigation) into everyone's life. Receivers, and more generally, user terminals (defined as receivers with additional functionalities like communication, local element interface, inertial device, maps…) must be commercially available in time for the Galileo deployment and operation phase to ease and catalyze the market penetration of Galileo services. Therefore the Galileo user receivers must be developed in parallel with the core system. The GAlileo user Receiver Development Activities (GARDA)” Project, financed by the Galileo Joint Undertaking, includes the drafting of a development plan for the future Galileo User Receiver and its core technologies. This plan is an important input for the Galileo Joint Undertaking in the accomplishment of its mandate. This paper will describe the methodology adopted for the drafting of the development plan. The adopted approach to define the user receiver development plan is composed of six key steps: • Assessment of Galileo program phases • Assessment of Galileo Market Analysis • Evolution of Other Navigation Systems • Evolution of Technology Scenario • Analysis of Different Types of Receivers • User Receiver Development Plan As far as the receiver development has been conceived, a distinction will be made between the receiver core components and the functionalities to be added. A specific roadmap and characterization for the types of receivers targeting the three Galileo main market categories, such as consumer, professional and safety of life is defined within the GARDA project For each class of receivers, the related development plan, is structured in the following key steps: • Design Phase • Prototype and AIT (Assembly Integration and Testing) and validation • Industrialization and Qualification • Production • Commercialization In parallel, for what concern the development analysis, the identification of the core technologies that need further development to bring competitive combined
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:	2572 - 2583
Cite this article:	Filotico, Carla, Fossati, Dario, Gabaglio, Vincent, "Description of the Galileo Receiver Development Plan and of the Used Methodology," 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. 2572-2583.
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