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FP6 Successful Galileo Projects

ARTUS– GALILEO Professional Receiver –

Dr. Günter Heinrichs

Galileo in FP7

International Information Day for the 1. Call

20.11.2007, ESOC, Darmstadt

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Overview

Short Presentation of IFEN GmbH

IFEN Projects within FP6

Introduction of the ARTUS Project

Summary

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Enterprise Development in Numbers

Founded in March 1998.

Privately owned Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME).

Currently 40 employees – of this 85% engineers.

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Lines of Business of IfEN GmbH

Navigation Systems

System Concept Studies

System & Signal Simulators

Development of Algorithms

Software Develop. & Verification

Development of Hard- & Software

System Solutions

Commercial Products

Receiver Systems

Software Receivers

Full Constellation Simulators

Customer Specific Systems

Application Based Software

Systems & Products for a New Area in Satellite Navigation

Quelle: CNES/D. Ducros

Quelle: CNES/D. Ducros

EGNOS

GALILEO

GPS

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Commercial GNSS Products

NavX Product Line:

NavX-NCS: Navigation Constellation SimulatorGPS L1, L2, L5/Galileo E1, E5ab, E6, PseudoLite

Up to 108 channels

92 MHz Transmit RF-Bandwidth

NavX-NSR: Navigation Software ReceiverGPS/Galileo L1 SW Receiver

RF Front-End with 10 MHz Bandwidth

NavX-RPS: Professional Receiver SeriesGPS L1, L2, L5/Galileo E1, E5ab, E6

RF Front-End with up to 72 MHz Bandwidth

GSPF Software Tool:

GNSS Simulation & Processing Framework

Expert-Level Software

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GALILEO in the 6. Framework Programme

EC7th FP

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

1st Call activities (18.9 M€)

2nd Call activities (66.9 M€)* preparation

preparation

preparation3rd Call

activities (10 M€)calls

Galileo Research and Development activities

* + additional budget 13.7M€

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Area 1: User Segment Development

Area 1A: User Community

Area 1B: Technological

Prototypenentwicklung von Nutzer-Empfängern und Endgeräten für GPS/EGNOS/Galileo.

Fortführung der Entwicklung der Basistechnologien des 1. Calls (Software Receiver Granada, Signal Generator).

Funktionseinheiten zur Einbindung von Ortsgebundenen Diensten.

Area 2: Mission Definition and Implementation

Area 3: Innovation and International Initiatives

2. GALILEO Call of the GJU

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IFEN Involvement in FP6 GNSS R&D Projects

ARTUSLed by IFEN

IFEN respon.for GALILEO &

EGNOS L1/L5 ICDsdevelopment

Led by IFEN

Led by IFEN

IFENParticip.

WARTK-EGAL IFENParticip.

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ARTUS – GALILEO Professional Receiver Development

Time Schedule: August 2005 – probably May 2008

What are the objectives of ARTUS?

Development of a receiver for professional applications by using all three Galileo frequency bands and the Commercial Service (CS) of Galileo as well as the planned three civil GPS frequencies.

Main activities within the ARTUS project

Investigation of the Core Technologies.

Development of a GALILEO (GPS) receiver prototype.

Development of a GALILEO signal generator for the verification.

Execution of field tests to validate the receiver prototype by using the GALILEO Test- & Development Environment GATE.

Introduction into the ARTUS Project

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The ARTUS Consortium

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ARTUS – Main Achievements

Core Technologies

Advanced Antenna Concepts

Interference Concepts (Base-band and RF)

TCAR/MCAR

Real-Time Kinematic Processing for Galileo

Multipath Mitigation

Artus – Full-Featured Galileo Receiver

Three Frequency Galileo/GPS Receiver

40 Channels on each Frequency

FPGA based, Flexible

Merlin – Flexible GNSS Constellation Simulator

Full Galileo/GPS constellation Capability

Modern Hardware/Software Design

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ARTUS Receiver – Specifications

Technical Specification

Compact design: 5cm x 25cm x 19cm

Power consumption < 40W, Power input: 9-24 V

Frequencies: GPS L1 C/A code Galileo L1B/C Channel,

GPS L2C, Galileo E6b/c, E5a/Eab

40 Channels on each Frequency

Bandwidths

L1: 41 MHz

L2: 41 MHz (Fully funded by Project!)

E6: 41 MHz

E5: 72 MHz (E5a, E5b, E5ab AltBOC)

RTK Software

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ARTUS Receiver – Who does what…

Roke: antenna

subsystem and RF-

Splitter

NemeriX: RF-front-end

IfEN: Clock generation,

base-band processing

and receiver control

(channel mngt.,

commanding interface …

Leica: RTK navigation

software

AntennaSub-system

RF-SplitterRF-Front-end

system

Base-bandProcessor

CPUReceiver

External CPUNavigationSoftware

Roke Manor

NemeriX

IfEN

Leica

Clockgeneration,

Signal Cond.

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ARTUS Receiver – Platform

System Architecture

Main-Board with several daughter boards.

One RF-PCB with RF-splitter and 4 RF-ASICs.

Planar Spiral Wide-band Antenna.

Power supply

RF-sys

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Daughter-board

Main board

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MERLIN Hardware – Key Features

GNSS RF constellation simulator (multi-channel/multi-frequency)

Combined GPS/Galileo RF signal generation

Support of L1/E1, E6, L2 and L5/E5ab frequencies in one single

chassis

Up to 9 RF boards per chassis

Up to 12 channels per RF board

Up to 108 channels per chassis

Control PC includedCompact design (1 HU)

19” rack mounting

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MERLIN Hardware – Inside the Box

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MERLIN Software – Key Features

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Simulation definition and configuration

Access to all important simulation

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Logging, monitoring and visualization

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Preconfigured

simulations available

Interactive control

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Conclusions

Core Technologies

Extensive Research Paving the Road for New Developments

Artus – Galileo Receiver

Full-size, flexible Galileo/GPS Receiver

Ideal Platform for Implementing Advanced Concepts

Merlin – GNSS Constellation Simulator

Introduces a Contemporary Technology GNSS Constellation Signal Generator into the Market

Defines a Necessary Basis for further Developments in GNSS Receiver Design