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::[[File: Signal_Structure_Table.png |none|480px| '''''Table 1: GPS signal structure (source: G. Seeber p. 217)]]
::[[File: Signal_Structure_Table.png |none|480px| '''''Table 1: GPS signal structure (source: G. Seeber p. 217)]]
The carrier phase noise is at the level of few millimetres (about the <math>1\%</math> of carrier phase wavelength).
The carrier phase noise is at the level of few millimetres (about the 1% of carrier phase wavelength).


Code and carrier phase noise depends on the signal strength, which varies with the elevation angle.
Code and carrier phase noise depends on the signal strength, which varies with the elevation angle.

Revision as of 14:22, 19 July 2011


FundamentalsFundamentals
Title Receiver noise
Author(s) J. Sanz Subirana, JM. Juan Zornoza and M. Hernandez-Pajares, University of Catalunia, Spain.
Level Medium
Year of Publication 2011
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The receiver code noise is a white-like error and can be smoothed using a low pass filter.

This error affects both the code and carrier measurements, but in different magnitude: The accuracy of pseudorange measurements is about 1% of the wavelength ("chip"), or better. This means, for instance, a noise with a maximum value of 3 m for the GPS civil C/A code and about 30 cm for the protected P codes (see table 1).However, when smoothing the code with the carrier phase, the C/A receiver noise can be reduced down to about 50 cm.


Table 1: GPS signal structure (source: G. Seeber p. 217)

‎ The carrier phase noise is at the level of few millimetres (about the 1% of carrier phase wavelength).

Code and carrier phase noise depends on the signal strength, which varies with the elevation angle.