Title :
Short-term stability of GNSS on-board clocks using the polynomial method
Author :
Delporte, Jerome ; Boulanger, C. ; Mercier, F.
Author_Institution :
CNES - French Space Agency, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
The stability of on-board clocks is an essential issue in the performance of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). We developed a straightforward method (the polynomial method) that allows to determine the short term stability of a GNSS on-board clock for a pass over a ground station driven by a clock, the characteristics of which are better than the space clock we want to characterize. In previous papers [1,2], we validated the method on GPS on-board clocks using IGS clock products as reference. In this paper, we continue this work with GLONASS, Galileo, COMPASS/Beidou and QZSS on-board clocks.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; clocks; polynomials; stability; COMPASS-Beidou; GLONASS; GNSS on-board clocks; GPS on-board clocks; Galileo; Global Navigation Satellite Systems; IGS clock products; QZSS on-board clocks; ground station; polynomial method; short-term stability; space clock;
Conference_Titel :
European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), 2012
Conference_Location :
Gothenburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1924-9
DOI :
10.1109/EFTF.2012.6502347