Validation of Beamforming Techniques for Interference Mitigation in GNSS Handheld Receivers with Skydel Simulator

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are the primary technology for delivering reliable positioning and timing solutions, supporting a wide range of applications across different sectors. However, their performance can be significantly degraded by interference, which gives rise to the need for...

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Autores: Pallarés-Rodríguez, Lucía|||0009-0000-5070-4346, Seco-Granados, Gonzalo|||0000-0003-2494-6872, López-Salcedo, José A.|||0000-0002-5392-6005
Formato: capítulo de livro
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:326623
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/326623
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1109/ICL-GNSS65520.2025.11046074
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palavra-chave:Global navigation satellite system
Skydel
Array processing
Interference
Handheld
Capon
Power Inversion
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Resumo:Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are the primary technology for delivering reliable positioning and timing solutions, supporting a wide range of applications across different sectors. However, their performance can be significantly degraded by interference, which gives rise to the need for robust countermeasures that ensure both accuracy and resilience. This paper presents a testbed based on the Skydel GNSS Software Simulator for conducting multi-antenna GNSS experiments under real-world conditions, enabling interference mitigation studies without the need for additional hardware. The output is adjusted and sent to the FGI-GSRx GNSS software receiver, which evaluates the impact of the beamforming algorithms across all receiver stages, providing a comprehensive assessment of their effect on positioning performance. Two well-known techniques, Power Inversion (PI) and Capon (CAP), are analyzed within the context of small receivers, with results demonstrating their potential for interference mitigation even with limited antenna arrays, thus proving their suitability for handheld devices.