Antenna Performance Analysis for a High Performance NDGPS Architecture

C. Bartone, I. Barton, Y. Zhang, A. Cleveland, M. Parsons

Abstract:	"As part of ongoing efforts to improve the Nationwide DGPS (NDGPS), an Antenna Performance Analysis (APA) was conducted by Ohio University for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) with the assistance from the U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center. The APA conducted has four main parts: 1) generation of generic measurement accuracy vs antenna performance mapping function using a multipath model, 2) collection of antenna anechoic chamber radiation patterns, 3) prediction of NDGPS installed multipath performance using the multipath model, a reflection model, and measured antenna performance data, and 4) field data validation, for the predictions in step 3. Commercially available GPS antennas were selected by the USCG and Ohio University for assessment. The various trade-offs in system performance are discussed in this paper."
Published in:	Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (2005) June 27 - 29, 2005 Royal Sonesta Hotel Cambridge, MA
Pages:	1116 - 1130
Cite this article:	Bartone, C., Barton, I., Zhang, Y., Cleveland, A., Parsons, M., "Antenna Performance Analysis for a High Performance NDGPS Architecture," Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (2005), Cambridge, MA, June 2005, pp. 1116-1130.
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