GPS World, June 2014

June 2014 Vol 25 Number 6 gpsworld com COVER STORY conSumer oem Interchangeability Accomplished 46 Tri Band Multi Constellation GNSS in Smartphones and Tablets By Frank van Diggelen and Kathy Tan This article presents a single chip BeiDou Galileo GLONASS GPS QZSS SBAS architecture for use in cell phones and tablets The authors explain the advantages to end users of multiple constellations They also examine the details of system interchangeability multi system issues and how assisted GNSS data operates with all constellations including BeiDou SPecial Section 2014 GNSS Buyers Guide 27 The only industry guide to GNSS manufacturers and service providers lists 110 companies and their offerings in more than a hundred categories 2014 Corporate Profiles Seven marketplace leaders describe their corporate capabilities in special advertiser sponsored pages throughout the Buyers Guide Also look for highlighted business cards of additional sponsors 2014 Buyers guide Compa n y D i r e C tory A B AeroAntenna Technology Inc 20732 Lassen Street Chatsworth CA 91311 818 993 3842 tami@ aeroantenna com www aeroantenna com Aeroflex 10200 West York Street Wichita KS 67215 316 522 4981 info test@ aeroflex com www aeroflex com Allis Communications Co Ltd 10F 3 No 31 1 Lane 169 Kangning St Xizhi Dist New Taipei City 221 Taiwan R O C 886 2 2695 2378 sales@ alliswireless com www alliswireless com ALLSAT GmbH Am Hohen Ufer 3A 30159 Hannover Germany 49 511 303 990 info@ allsat de www allsat de Altus Positioning Systems 20725 Western Avenue Suite 100 Torrance CA 90501 1 310 541 8139 sales@ altus ps com www altus ps com Antcom Corporation 367 Van Ness Way Torrance CA 90501 310 782 1076 sales@ antcom com www antcom com Antenova Ltd 2nd Floor Titan Court 3 Bishop Square Hatfield Herts AL10 9NA United Kingdom 01223 810600 sales@ antenova m2m com www antenova m2m com Applanix 85 Leek Crescent Richmond Hill ON L4B 3B3 Canada 1 905 709 4600 astott@ applanix com Applied EM 100 Exploration Way Suite 300 Hampton VA 23666 757 224 2035 cjreddy@ appliedem com www appliedem com Ashtech OEM 510 DeGuigne Drive Sunnyvale CA 94085 1 408 481 8560 OEMsales@ ashtech com www ashtech com 2014 Buyers Guide Averna 87 Prince Montreal Quebec H3C2M7 Canada 1 514 842 7577 sales@ averna com www averna com p r o d u c t s e r v i c e s d i r e c tory BAE Systems Rokar 11 Alef Shin Hartom st Mount Hotzvim Jerusalem 9777511 Israel 972 2 5329888 marketing@ ACCESSORIES baesystems co il www baesystems com CC SSO S C ff S Cable assemblies AeroAntenna Technology Inc ALLSAT GmbH Antcom Corporation Brandywine Communications Furuno USA Inc GPS Networking Inc Impact Power Inc Leica Geosystems Microwave Photonic Systems Mobile Mark Inc NavCom Technology NovAtel Inc Oxford Technical Solutions Panorama Antennas Ltd PCTEL Rojone Pty Ltd Taoglas Limited Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble Baseband Technologies Inc Suite 114 3553 31 St NW Calgary Alberta T2L 2K7 Canada 1 403 668 0699 info@ basebandtech com www basebandtech com Beijng UniStrong Science Technology 2th Floor Unit 12 159 Tianzhou Road Xuhui District Shanghai 200233 China 86 21 33383000 overseas@ unistrong com www unistrong com Brandywine Communications 1153 Warner Ave Tustin CA 92780 714 755 1050 info@ brandywinecomm com www brandywinecomm com Broadcom Corporation 5300 California Avenue Irvine CA 92617 949 926 5000 www broadcom com ComNav Technology Ltd ComNav Technology Ltd is a world leading high accuracy positioning solutions supplier that focuses on high accuracy GNSS core technology R D manufacturing and marketing We have 100 employees around the globe more than half of whom are engaged in R D Before joining ComNav most of our R D staff had long careers in the highaccuracy c d CAST Navigation LLC One Highwood Drive Suite 100 Tewksbury MA 01876 978 858 0130 sales@ castnav com www castnav com CHC Navigation 599 Gaojing Road Building C Shanghai 201702 China 86 21 5426 0273 sales@ chcnav com www chcnav com t o r y ComNav Technology 2 Floor Building E No 50 Alley 2080 Lianhua Rd 201103 Shanghai China 86 21 64056796 sales@ comnavtech com www comnavtech com CSR plc Churchill House Cambridge Business Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0WZ United Kingdom 44 1223 692000 sales@ csr com www csr com DataGrid Inc 1022 NW 2nd Street Gainesville FL 32601 1 352 371 7608 info@ datagrid international com www datagrid international com Connectors ALLSAT GmbH Furuno USA Inc GPS Source Inc ikeGPS e f Inc Laipac Technology Inc Panorama Antennas Ltd Racelogic Labsat Rojone Pty Ltd Taoglas Limited Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble ESE 142 Sierra St El Segundo CA 90245 310 322 2136 ese@ ese web com www ese web com Exelis Inc Exelis Geospatial Systems Positioning Navigation and Timing 77 River Road Clifton NJ 07014 973 284 3000 www exelisinc com Power supplies converters ALLSAT GmbH GPS Source Inc ikeGPS Inc Leica Geosystems NavCom Technology Oxford Technical Solutions Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble Exelis Electronic Systems Sensors Microelectronics and Antenna Solutions 585 Johnson Avenue Bohemia NY 11716 631 630 4000 Falcom USA 5142 Clareton Dr Suite 260 Agoura Hills CA 91301 818 874 9226 info@ falcomusa com www falcomusa com FEI Zyfer Inc 7321 Lincoln Way Garden Grove CA 92841 714 933 4000 sales@ fei zyfer com www fei zyfer com ftech Radio Frequency System Corporation 355 YuXin Rd East Sec Tainan Taiwan 886 6 6008999 sales@ f tech com tw www f tech com tw Furuno USA Inc GPS OEM Timing Division 70 Engerman Ave Denton MD 21629 410 479 4420 www furunogps us com g h Geneq Inc 10700 Secant Street Montreal Quebec H1J 1S5 Canada 514 354 2511 info@ geneq com www sxbluegps com Geodetics Inc 2649 Ariane Drive San Diego CA 92117 858 729 0872 info@ geodetics com www geodetics com Buffer boxes ALLSAT GmbH Precise Time and Frequency Inc GEOsat GmbH Loehberg 78 45468 Muelheim an der Ruhr Germany 49 208 45000 0 info@ geosat de www geosat eu Communications datalinks modems ALLSAT GmbH ComNav Technology GPS Source Inc Harxon Corporation JAVAD GNSS KCS BV Laipac Technology Inc Leica Geosystems Microwave Photonic Systems NavCom Technology Rojone Pty Ltd Tallysman Wireless Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble u blox AG Geotab 1081 South Service Road West Oakville Ontario L6L 6K3 Canada 416 434 4309 www geotab com Global Navigation Software Co 5026 West Point Loma Blvd San Diego CA 92107 1313 619 225 0792 globenav@ aol com www globenav com Other Geotab GPS Source Inc ikeGPS Inc Microwave Photonic Systems PCTEL Racelogic Labsat GlobalTop Technology Inc No 16 Nan Ke 9th Road Science Based Industrial Park Tainan City Tainan 741 Taiwan 886 6 5051268 sales@ gtop tech com www gtop tech com GPS Networking Inc 3915 Outlook ANTENNAS Blvd Ste A Pueblo CO 81008 800 463 3063 salestech@ gpsnetworking com www gpsnetworking com GPS integrated AeroAntenna Technology Inc Altus Positioning Systems Antcom Corporation Antenova Ltd BAE Systems Rokar Brandywine Communications ComNav Technology DataGrid Inc Exelis Inc Falcom USA FEI Zyfer Inc ftech Radio Frequency System Corporation Furuno USA Inc GlobalTop Technology Inc GPS Networking Inc GPS Source Inc Hemisphere GNSS ikeGPS Inc Impact Power Inc Infospectrum Inventek Systems JAVAD GNSS KCS BV Laipac Technology Inc Leica Geosystems Maxtena Micro Modular Technologies GPS Source Inc 64 N Mission Drive Pueblo West CO 81007 719 561 9520 sales@ gpssource com www gpssource com GNSS industry giving them in depth experience on high accuracy GNSS product development Maker of the frst small sized high accuracy GPS BeiDou OEM board in the world ComNav is dedicated to supplying reliable and competitive high accuracy GNSS solutions to customers worldwide Buyers Guide June 2014 www gpsworld com 28 Corporate profile advertorial Aeroflex Test Solutions is a global g leader in the Test and Measurement u Instrumentation marketplace e Our products support a wide range g of industries including aerospace c defense and wireless mobile and broadband o communications Our proven n solutions encompass a full spectrum o of instrumentation from turnkey y systems stand alone boxes or modular a components that provide customers s with highly reliable customized z innovative and cost effective e testing tools Microwave Photonic Systems Mobile Mark Inc NavCom Technology NovAtel Inc Oxford Technical Solutions Panorama Antennas Ltd Parsec Technologies Inc PCTEL Precise Time and Frequency Inc Racelogic Labsat Rockwell Collins Rojone Pty Ltd SkyTraq Technology Inc Sokkia Corporation Spectracom Spectratime Spectrum Instruments Inc Tallysman Wireless Taoglas Limited Time Frequency Solutions Ltd Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble u blox AG Wang Electro Opto Corp a The VIC100 Series The VIC100 Series antenna is an active L1 GPS antenna that is designed primarily for timing and synchronization for various industries Immunity to noise and interference Secure performance by attenuating noise and interference near GPS L1 frequency through triple filtering design Since the early 1990 s Aeroflex Test Solutions has manufactured and sold a single channel GPS simulator called the GPS 101 This simulator filled a market need for affordable Go No Go testing of GPS receivers However as the capability complexity and diversity of GNSS enabled devices continues to evolve Aeroflex sees the need to provide more thorough test capability of these ubiquitous GNSS devices while maintaining an economical price point With this in mind Aeroflex designed the GPSG 1000 The GPSG 1000 is a 6 or 12 channel GPS Galileo simulator capable of creating static or dynamic motion Time to First Fix Time to Second Fix and Receiver Sensitivity tests for any GPS or Galileo receiver or location capable unit Its capabilities provide significant value when compared to commonly used signal sources or test methodologies such as GPS repeaters or drive and flight testing The GPS 1000 s versatility and affordability for the validation and test of GPS receivers as well as navigation and tracking systems makes it ideal for aerospace automotive and rail system industries VIC100 Series GPS Antenna Email info test@ aeroflex com Web www aeroflex com f o d G v o c e p d 0 o c c r n m o i s n n s r GPS external AeroAntenna Technology Inc Allis Communications Co Ltd Altus Positioning Systems Antcom Corporation Ashtech OEM ComNav Technology DataGrid Inc EndRun Technologies Exelis Inc Falcom USA FEI Zyfer Inc ftech Radio Frequency System Corporation Furuno USA Inc GlobalTop Technology Inc GPS Networking Inc GPS Source Inc Hemisphere GNSS ikeGPS Inc Impact Power Inc Inventek Systems JAVAD GNSS KCS BV Laipac Technology Inc Leica Geosystems Maxtena Microwave Photonic Systems Mobile Mark Inc NavCom Technology NVS Technologies AG Panasonic Electric Works of America Panorama Antennas Ltd Parsec Technologies Inc PCTEL Durability in severe environments The VIC100 Series L1 GPS Antenna is housed in a waterproof enclosure that is designed for excellent performance under severe environment rain snow etc with application conscious design The unique shape of the antenna prevents accumulation of snow and ice preventing interference from the elements and eliminating problems associated with bird perching Immunity to lightning surge Due to the placement of the antenna on top of structures the VIC100 Series L1 GPS Antenna is designed with enhanced immunity to lightning surge IEC61000 4 5 Level 4 4000V preventing antenna failure caused by induced lightning www gpsworld com June 2014 Buyers Guide 29 Building E No 50 Alley 2080 Lianhua Road 201103 Shanghai China Tel 86 21 64056796 Fax 86 21 54309582 Email sales@ comnavtech com www comnavtech com Buyers Guide June 2014 www gpsworld com 36 Corporate profile The VIC100 Series L1 GPS Antenna is designed in full compliance with the European RoHS Directive Contact us at panasonic com gps VIC100 Series with Lightning Protection VIC100 Series with Enhanced Filter www gpsworld com June 2014 Buyers Guide 37 innovation The European Way 53 Performance of the Galileo Single Frequency Ionospheric Correction During In Orbit Validation By Roberto Prieto Cerdeira Raül Orús Pérez Edward Breeuwer Rafael Lucas Rodriguez and Marco Falcone In this months column a team of researchers from ESTEC describe the European way for modeling the ionosphere for single frequency users and compare its performance to the current GPS approach oPinionS dePartmentS letterS to the editor 4 Of Services Commercial and Non the SyStem 6 GPS IIF Launch Galileo FOC Satellites Reach Spaceport New Loran at 5 Meters CNAV on L2C and L5 Initiated the buSineSS 10 NovAtel Launches OEM617D FlexPak S SAASM Enclosure Applanix American Aerospace Partner on Mapping for UAVs VectorNav Launches Dual Antenna GPS Aided Inertial Nav System Sparton Offers GPS Assisted Inertial Navigation System Leica Geosystems Offers CC55 Controller DeCarta Search Engine Expands to 120 Countries Events Briefs advertorial www gpsworld com June 2014 GPS World 3