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Design and implementation of an open-source BDS-3 B1C/B2a SDR receiver

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GNSS software-defined radio (SDR) receiver has been and will continue to be a tremendous research enabler given its flexibility and GNSS modernization as well as improvements to complimentary technologies. An open-source suite of GNSS SDRs capable of post-processing all open-service GNSS signals has been developed by the GNSS Lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder. As the latest expansion, processing capabilities for the B1C/B2a signals of the third-generation BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS-3) are incorporated into this SDR package. To provide a basic implementation framework for GNSS community, separate or joint processing of the data and pilot channels are realized in the B1C/B2a SDR; and both narrowband and wideband tracking modes are implemented specifically for B1C pilot channel. Soon after the launch of the first two BDS-3 satellites, the B1C/B2a signals have been captured and the initial tracking results have been obtained. We describe the design strategy and implementation of the BDS-3 B1C/B2a SDR and report the processing results. The emphasis is placed on the B1C processing due to the novelty and complexity of the quadrature multiplexed binary offset carrier modulation employed by B1C.

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This work was supported by the China Scholarship Council Foundation under Grant No. 201606030104 and the National Natural Science Foundation with Grant No. 41574014 and 41774014. The research was conducted when the first author was visiting the CU, Boulder through CSC funding. The authors are grateful to Dr. Kunlun Yan at the Wuhan University and Mr. Mouyan Wu at the Harbin Engineering University for providing some of the test signals for the SDR.

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  2. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA

    Yafeng Li, Nagaraj C. Shivaramaiah & Dennis M. Akos

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Li, Y., Shivaramaiah, N.C. & Akos, D.M. Design and implementation of an open-source BDS-3 B1C/B2a SDR receiver. GPS Solut 23, 60 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-019-0853-z

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