GPS World, March 2015

SIMULATOR BUYERS GUIDE 2015 Spirent Federal Systems GNSS Simulators Spirent provides simulators that cover all applications including research and development integration verification and production testing GSS9000 The newly released Spirent GSS9000 multifrequency multi GNSS RF constellation simulator can simulate signals from all GNSS and regional navigation The GSS9000 offers a four fold increase in RF signal iteration rate SIR over Spirents GSS8000 simulator The GSS9000 SIR is 1000 Hz 1 ms enabling higher dynamic simulations with more accuracy and fidelity It includes support for restricted and classified signals from the GPS and Galileo systems as well as advanced capabilities for ultra high dynamics It can evaluate resilience of navigation systems to interference and spoofing attacks and has the flexibility to reconfigure constellations channels and frequencies between test runs or test cases Hardware changes can be done in the field supported by the new on board calibrator module The GSS9000 is extensible and can support the widest range of carriers ranging codes and data streams for the Galileo GPS GLONASS and BeiDou systems as well as regional augmentation systems Multiantenna multi vehicle simulation for differential GNSS and The Locating Company Technology licensed by Fraunhofer IIS Ultra wide GNSS bands providing highest flexibility and performance Find the latest news on our GNSS constellation and signal simulation environment at www teleorbit eu Modular RF Front End with up to three GNSS Bands GPS GLONASS Galileo BeiDou QZSS IRNSS SBAS attitude determination and interference jamming and spoofing testing are also supported CRPA Test System Spirents Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna CRPA Test System generates both GNSS and interference signals Users can control multiple antenna elements Null steering and space time adaptive CRPA testing are both supported by this comprehensive approach GSS6425 The Spirent GSS6425 RPS quickly and simply records complex real world RF environments capturing both GNSS signals and atmospheric interference effects These environments can then be replayed repeatedly to the hardware software under test reducing project travel and engineering costs www spirentfederal com Jeff Martin Director of Sales Kalani Needham Sales Manager email info@ spirentfederal com phone 801 785 1448 fax 801 785 1294 GPS World March 2015 www gpsworld com 36