Navigation Laboratory (NavLab)

22 ΙΟΥΝ. 2020 Ημερομηνία δημοσίευσης 3027 Προβολές

The Navigation laboratory (NavLab) is an ensemble of multiple facilities located in ESTEC premises, belonging to the Radio Frequency Systems Division within the TEC Directorate.

The laboratory is composed of 2 large working rooms full of state of the art GNSS equipment, 2 server rooms, 2 customized Mercedes Sprinter vehicles dedicated to on-field mobile campaigns, the PRS laboratory, where the GALILEO Public Regulated Signal related activities and equipment are carried out in a secure environment, and an expanding farm of antennas and sensors on the roof. The Navigation Laboratory works closely with the UTC and Payload laboratories.

The GNSS equipment and test-beds hosted in the NavLab allow users to perform every type of study and analysis related to PNT (Position, Navigation and Timing).

The table below shows the most important pieces of lab equipment but it is by no means exhaustive:

Brand

Model

GNSS Receivers

Septentrio

GETR, PolaRX 2/3/4/5, IOV&FOC TUR-N(/P), RIMSv3 prototype

Novatel

ProPak OEM6/7, EuroPak 15aT, ProPak G2 (/plus), TerraStar-NRT, WAAS G-III

Thales

MBOC Ref Rx, Test User Receiver (TUR), RIMSv3 prototype

IfEN

GATE, NavX-NTR, NavX-RPS, SX3

Trimble

NetR9

RUAG

Podrix Space RX

Rockwell Collins

GPS-4000S

Fraunhofer - TeleOrbit

Goose

AGGA-4

AGGA-4 EvalKits (with DIGI and RF Front-Ends)

Radio Frequency Constellation Simulators (RFCS)

Spirent

GSS7700, GSS7800, GSS8000, GSS9000, VR5 Wireless Channel Emulator, HLTS (Hybrid Location Technology Solution), Sim3D/OKTAL

IfEN

NCS Titan

RF Record & Replay

Spirent

GSS6450

Averna

RP-5320, RP-6140, RP-6500

Antennas

IfEN

NavXperience 3G+C

Thales

AERO, HE

Septentrio

HE

Roke Manor

Triple GNSS Geodetic

Orbit

HGA (3m)

IDS

Dual tracking antenna, Dual polarization antenna

NovAtel

GAJT, 703-GGG and 704-WB

Leica

AR-20

Javad

GrAnt-G3T-JS

Space Engineering

SpEng Antenna

Signal Generators

Agilent

E8267D, EXG X-Series

Rohde&Schwarz

SMC100A, SMBV100A

The navigation laboratory represents both an engineering tool and a tests & measurement facility to support the work of ESA internal and external customers while performing tests, analysis and characterisation of navigation systems.

Moreover, the NavLab is equipped with state-of-the-art Signal Generators, Spectrum Analyzers and Oscilloscopes (Agilent, Rohde & Schwarz, Tektronix), Rubidium Clocks (RFS), RF Interference generators and detectors (Spirent GSS200D).

Simulators & Antennas

Test Beds & SW Tools

The navigation laboratory supports also remote users by making available downloadable resources from mobile and static tests campaigns.

These data sets have collected from a multi-GNSS multi-frequency receiver installed in the ESTEC navigation van. The raw data obtained by the receiver is included in standard format (Rinex 3.04, including observation and navigation files).
The RF environmental conditions associated to each set are indicated (e.g. urban canyon, dense vegetation, open-sky).
In order to evaluate the performance of the PNT obtained exploiting the receiver data, a reference trajectory solution file is also attached (this file is based on state-of-the-art RTK solution).

Disclaimer of Liability:
If you want to use the data below for papers and publications you should add the following disclaimer in the acknowledgments:
The experimental datasets used for the work presented in this paper have been provided by the Navigation Laboratory of the European Space Agency, available at the Radio Frequency Systems web page. The views presented in the paper represent solely the opinion of the authors and should be considered as research results not strictly related to Galileo or EGNOS Projects.

Real Data files download: 2018, 2020

Simulated Data file download: Evil WaveForm

Click here for Open Source SW

For more information:

NavLabAdmins@esa.int


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