Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
IFEN GmbH announced that its NCS NOVA GNSS Simulator fully supports the simulation of Galileo Open-Service (OS) signal improvements based on the new Galileo OS SIS ICD V2.0. This is an important capability because the improved signals are not due to be broadcast until 2023, but can be incorporated now in GNSS receiver manufacturer testing regimes.
By Inside GNSS
Helix Technologies announced that it has completed intensive real-world driving trials in densely urban London, UK, demonstrating mitigation of multi path and enabling satellite satellite position fixes even in underpasses and areas where overhead sky was obscured.
By Inside GNSS
The first powered, controlled flight on another planet, now re-scheduled for no earlier than April 14, will employ inertial technology to navigate Ingenuity.
By Inside GNSS
China Mobile Suzhou and Huawei have verified 5G indoor positioning capability in metro transport scenarios in Suzhou, China. The verification showed that, even with Pico Remote Radio Units (pRRUs) hidden, a positioning precision of 3 to 5 m can be achieved in 90% of the platform and hall areas.
By Inside GNSS
ColdQuanta received two development contracts from U.S. Government agencies worth $2.55M in total, based on the company’s Quantum Core technology that uses atoms cooled to a temperature of nearly absolute zero, and lasers to manipulate and control the atoms with extreme precision. According to the Boulder, Colorado-based company, cold atom quantum technology can be used for secure global navigation, quantum timekeeping, and communications.
By Inside GNSS
A new tome — make that two new tomes — join the bookshelf of essential and authoritative references for GNSS users, while widening the umbrella a good deal to cover all PNT technologies, their sensors and their integrations. Edited by four leading lights of the community and assistant-edited by two more, its list of authors rounds up another 131 of the “usual suspects,” the names that are seen repeatedly in the presentations at technical conference and on their organizing boards. In every one of 64 subject matters, the author(s) is/are recognized experts, in many cases the recognized expert, on the material.
By Alan Cameron
u-blox has introduced a service that offloads the position calculation from IoT devices into the cloud. The CloudLocate service will enable accurate positioning of IoT devices with constrained computing, communications, and energy resources.
By Inside GNSS
Gimbal, a location intelligence platform, and NextNav, a 3D geolocation provider, have partnered to makes the vertical dimension – the Z-axis – available for brands and retailers within their mobile applications.
By Inside GNSS
u-blox announced its first multi-band high accuracy timing solutions to concurrently support the L1 and L5 GNSS signals. The ZED-F9T-10B and LEA-F9T-10B timing modules and the RCB-F9T-1 timing card deliver nanosecond-level timing accuracies required to synchronize cellular network base stations and smart power grids.
By Inside GNSS
For testing PNT systems in a high-dynamics environment, such as rockets, guided munitions and even some UAVs, a realistic reproduction of that environment requires a lot of quick looks.
By Inside GNSS
At least three commercial organizations have initiated testing of the Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) service, concurrently with the European GNSS Agency (GSA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) themselves.
By Inside GNSS
HydroGNSS, a small satellite built and operated by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, will measure Earth’s climate variables using GNSS reflectometry.
By Inside GNSS
Microchip Technology Inc. has integrated its BlueSky technology GPS signal-anomaly detection software into the SyncServer S600 Series network time server and instruments, to protect network timing applications in banking, stock trading, electric utilities, aerospace and defense and other applications.
By Inside GNSS