The digital TV case - Positioning using signals-of-opportunity based on OFDM modulation

Damien Serant (1) , Olivier Julien (1) , Lionel Ries (2) , Paul Thevenon (2) , Mathieu Dervin (3) , Günter Hein (4)

1 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile
2 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]
3 TAS - Thales Alenia Space [Toulouse]
4 ESA - Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency

Recent regulatory incentives (E911) and numerous location-based services and applications currently require accurate urban and indoor positioning ? challenging environments for GNSSes. This article investigates a means for enhancing positioning through the use of signals-of-opportunity based on the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing modulation. The authors describe the use of digital video broadcast-terrestrial signals to develop and test a pseudorange estimation method employing real signals and presents testing results that confirm previously identified theoretical results.

Domaines: Informatique [cs]; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Informatique [cs]; Base de données [cs.DB]

Damien Serant, Olivier Julien, Lionel Ries, Paul Thevenon, Mathieu Dervin, et al.. The digital TV case - Positioning using signals-of-opportunity based on OFDM modulation. Inside GNSS, 2011, 6 (6), pp 54-62. ⟨hal-01021629⟩