Galileo Receiver Design and Analysis Tool Development in Tampere University of Technology

Jussi Raasakka, Heikki Hurskainen, and Jari Nurmi

Abstract:	Galileo system development is on the way and research in Galileo receiver area needs to be carried out. A great part of this research is done with simulation tools, especially now when there are no Galileo navigation signals available yet. In this paper we present the tool for Galileo receiver design and analysis that we developed in Tampere University of Technology. The need for own simulator is justified and the design background is clarified with references. The detailed implementation of the simulation tool is described. The functionality of the tool is verified by simulations and results are shown. From the results it can be seen that the tool performs a two-dimensional acquisition with the implemented parallel acquisition engine. The acquired signal is tracked and both code and carrier tracking loops work as presumed. In general, the simulation results indicate that the code and the carrier tracking loop structures and discriminator functions used with GPS work with Galileo signals too.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 2007 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation January 22 - 24, 2007 The Catamaran Resort Hotel San Diego, CA
Pages:	957 - 963
Cite this article:	Raasakka, Jussi, Hurskainen, Heikki, Nurmi, Jari, "Galileo Receiver Design and Analysis Tool Development in Tampere University of Technology," Proceedings of the 2007 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, San Diego, CA, January 2007, pp. 957-963.
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