In standard two-step Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receiver architectures the precision on the position, velocity and time estimates is driven by the precision on the intermediate parameters, i.e., delays and Dopplers. The estimation of the time-delay is in turn driven by the baseband signal resolution, that is, by the type of broadcasted signals. Among the different GNSS signals available the so-called AltBOC modulated signal, appearing in the Galileo E5 band and the new GNSS meta-signal concept, is the one which may provide the better time-delay precision. In order to meet the constraints of safety-critical applications such as Intelligent Transportation Systems or automated aircraft landing, it is fundamental to known the ultimate code-based precision achievable by standalone GNSS receivers. The main goal of this contribution is to assess the time-delay precision of AltBOC type signals. The analysis is performed by resorting to a new compact closed-form Cramér-Rao bound expression for time-delay estimation which only depends on the signal samples. In addition, the corresponding time-delay maximum likelihood estimate is also provided to assess the minimum signal-to-noise ratio that allows to be in optimal receiver operation.
On the Time-Delay Estimation Accuracy Limit of GNSS Meta-Signals
2020-09-20
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