User RAIM Integrity Testing with upgraded German Galileo Test Range GATE

G. Heinrichs, E. Loehnert, E. Wittmann

Abstract:	GATE is the only Galileo test and development range worldwide where already today - years before the full operability of the Galileo system in space - navigation is possible with realistic Galileo signals on three frequencies simultaneously in an outdoor environment. Thus, GATE is an important intermediate step for Galileo on its way from the laboratory to the orbit in terms of realistic RF signal transmission. After its extension to a total number of eight transmits stations GATE is now supporting Galileo user integrity testing more effectively. The paper will give an overview on the work that was performed in the frame of the latest system upgrade of the GATE test environment as well as the activities related to its certification as an open-air test infrastructure. It further will present results of user RAIM integrity and user interference mitigation tests obtained by test campaigns in the upgraded GATE test range by using commercially avail-able Galileo receivers.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 24th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2011) September 20 - 23, 2011 Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon Portland, OR
Pages:	1997 - 2003
Cite this article:	Heinrichs, G., Loehnert, E., Wittmann, E., "User RAIM Integrity Testing with upgraded German Galileo Test Range GATE," Proceedings of the 24th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2011), Portland, OR, September 2011, pp. 1997-2003.
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