Ionospheric total-electron-content estimation for single-frequency Global-positioning-system receivers
The ionosphere delays transmissions from the Global Positioning System (GPS), as well as those from other satellite systems. At the GPS frequencies (L-Band), this delay is directly proportional to the total ionospheric electron content (TEC) along the line-of-sight to the satellite. Classified receivers have access to 2 frequencies to allow them to measure this delay through the difference in the ionospheric effect at the 2 frequencies, but commercial, single-frequency receivers have had no direct method for estimating the ionospheric delay; they have had to rely on a TEC prediction. Two methods are described for single-frequency GPS receivers to estimate the ionospheric TEC directly. These methods take advantage of the dispersive nature of the ionosphere at L-Band frequencies, which causes a phase advance of the carrier that is opposite to the group delay of the GPS code and data.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Los Angeles (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7059025
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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