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Data/pilot combination strategies for Compass B1C signal acquisition
Author(s) -
Wang Yiwei,
Li Wengang,
Qian Tianrong,
Huang Chen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of satellite communications and networking
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.388
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1542-0981
pISSN - 1542-0973
DOI - 10.1002/sat.1281
Subject(s) - computer science , narrowband , channel (broadcasting) , wideband , compass , electronic engineering , signal (programming language) , binary offset carrier modulation , signal transfer function , telecommunications , analog signal , quadrature amplitude modulation , bit error rate , physics , engineering , quantum mechanics , transmission (telecommunications) , programming language
Summary The new Compass B1C signal, with a power ratio of the data channel to the pilot channel of 1:3, adopts BOC(1,1) in its data channel; a new modulation, namely, a quadrature multiplexed binary offset carrier (QMBOC) in its pilot channel modulates the narrowband BOC(1,1) and the wideband BOC(6,1) components in phase quadrature with each other. To fully exploit the B1C signal and to improve the acquisition sensitivity in a degraded signal or an indoor environment, this paper proposes to combine the data and the pilot channels for B1C signal acquisition. The noncoherent, coherent, and differential coherent strategies are considered for application in the B1C signal. Considering the power inequality between the data and the pilot channels, the maximum signal‐to‐noise ratio combination (MRC) is utilized in these strategies to obtain an optimal combination. This paper also proposes to simplify the differential coherent strategy to obtain a better anti‐noise performance under stable conditions. The computer simulation results are given to verify the theoretical expressions, and some discussions with respect to the proposed strategies are provided.