Urban and Indoor Weak Signal Tracking Using an Array Tracker with MVA and Nonlinear Filtering

Jicheng Ding, Guoli Zhang and Lin Zhao

Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2014, vol. 2014, issue 1

Abstract: We focus on the need for weak GPS signal tracking technique at a receiver powered on in urban or indoor environment; the tracking loop is unlocked and data bit edge position is unknown. A modified Viterbi algorithm (MVA) based on dynamic programming is developed and it is applied to GPS bit synchronization to improve bit edge position detection probability. Meanwhile, two combination carrier tracking schemes based on central difference Kalman filter (CDKF) and MVA module are designed for tracking very weak GPS signal. The testing results indicate that the methods can successfully detect bit edge position with high detection probability whether or not the tracking loop is locked. The tested combination tracking scheme is still able to work well when the signal quality deteriorates to 20 dB‐Hz without additional large store space.

Date: 2014
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