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Antenna Sensors for Satellite Navigation

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensor Networks".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 October 2021) | Viewed by 9916

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Stefano Caizzone

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Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 82234 Wessling, Germany
Interests: satellite navigation; Global Positioning System; adaptive antenna arrays; aircraft navigation; array signal processing
Dr. Loïc Bernard

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French-German Research Institute of St Louis (ISL) 5, rue du Général Cassagnou, 68300 St Louis, France
Interests: GPS and GNSS antennas; telemetry antennas and arrays; antennas for flying platforms; antenna miniaturization; conformal antennas; reconfigurable antennas; metasurfaces and metamaterials
Dr. Michel Clénet

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Defense R&D Canada, 3701 Carling Avenue, ON K1A 0Z4, Canada
Interests: wideband antennas; multiband antennas; GNSS antennas; GPS antennas; antenna miniaturization; dielectric antennas; microstrip antennas; controlled reception pattern antennas (CRPA); phased arrays; antenna arrays; RF components and systems

Special Issue Information

Dear colleagues,

Satellite navigation is becoming a ubiquitous part of our lives more and more. New evolutions in satellite signals (such as dual frequency capability) as well as in the available constellations are fostering an even faster adoption of satellite navigation devices with increased positioning accuracy in a plethora of applications. Antennas are the first element of the receiving chain for global satellite navigation (GNSS) applications and therefore have a strong impact on the overall quality of signal reception. Moreover, in GNSS, antenna performance also impacts the quality of distance measurement from satellite, both in terms of pseudorange and carrier phase measurement. They can therefore be fully qualified as sensors and shall be optimized accordingly in order to meet the requirements of different applications.

This Special Issue aims to report high-quality research in recent advances in the antennas for satellite navigation.

The manuscripts should cover the design, measurement and/or characterization preferably in, but not limited to, one of the following topics:

  • GNSS antennas in mobile devices
  • GNSS antennas for automotive applications
  • GNSS antennas for aeronautic (including UAV) applications
  • GNSS antennas for space applications
  • GNSS antennas for reference station applications
  • GNSS antennas for timing applications
  • GNSS antenna miniaturization
  • GNSS smart antennas (e.g., arrays against interference or multipath)
  • GNSS antenna measurement and calibration
  • GNSS antenna integration in challenging platforms

Dr. Stefano Caizzone
Dr. Loïc Bernard
Dr. Michel Clénet
Guest Editors

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Communication
Compact Bandwidth Enhanced Cavity-Backed Magneto-Electric Dipole Antenna with Outer Γ-Shaped Probe for GNSS Bands
by Alexandre Causse, Kevin Rodriguez, Loïc Bernard, Ala Sharaiha and Sylvain Collardey
Sensors 2021, 21(11), 3599; https://doi.org/10.3390/s21113599 - 21 May 2021
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In this paper, a wideband small cavity-backed magneto-electric (ME) antenna is proposed. This antenna is linearly polarized and designed to cover all the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) bands. It exhibits small external dimensions of 90 × 90 × 40 mm3 (0.34 [...] Read more.
In this paper, a wideband small cavity-backed magneto-electric (ME) antenna is proposed. This antenna is linearly polarized and designed to cover all the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) bands. It exhibits small external dimensions of 90 × 90 × 40 mm3 (0.34 × 0.34 × 0.15 λ3 at lowest frequency) and achieves a wide impedance bandwidth of 40.5% (from 1.14 to 1.72 GHz) due to the excitation of a third resonance of the ME structure. It also provides a regular broadside gain of 5.2 dBi and stable radiation pattern in both E and H planes of the antenna. Full article
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Antennas as Precise Sensors for GNSS Reference Stations and High-Performance PNT Applications on Earth and in Space
by Stefano Caizzone, Miriam Schönfeldt, Wahid Elmarissi and Mihaela-Simona Circiu
Sensors 2021, 21(12), 4192; https://doi.org/10.3390/s21124192 - 18 Jun 2021
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Satellite navigation is more and more important in a plethora of very different application fields, ranging from bank transactions to shipping, from autonomous driving to aerial applications, such as commercial avionics as well as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In very precise positioning, navigation, [...] Read more.
Satellite navigation is more and more important in a plethora of very different application fields, ranging from bank transactions to shipping, from autonomous driving to aerial applications, such as commercial avionics as well as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In very precise positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) applications, such as in reference stations and precise timing stations, it is important to characterize all errors present in the system in order to account possibly for them or calibrate them out. Antennas play an important role in this respect: they are indeed the “sensor” that capture the signal in space from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) and thereby strongly contribute to the overall achievable performance. This paper reviews the currently available antenna technologies, targeting specifically reference stations as well as precise GNSS antennas for space applications, and, after introducing performance indicators, summarizes the currently achievable performance. Finally, open research issues are identified, and possible approaches to solve them are discussed. Full article
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Preliminary Results of an Astri/UWM EGNSS Receiver Antenna Calibration Facility
by Karol Dawidowicz, Jacek Rapiński, Michał Śmieja, Paweł Wielgosz, Dawid Kwaśniak, Wojciech Jarmołowski, Tomasz Grzegory, Dariusz Tomaszewski, Joanna Janicka, Paweł Gołaszewski, Bogdan Wolak, Radosław Baryła, Grzegorz Krzan, Katarzyna Stępniak, Grec Florin-Catalin and Karol Brzostowski
Sensors 2021, 21(14), 4639; https://doi.org/10.3390/s21144639 - 6 Jul 2021
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In 2019, the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, in cooperation with Astri Polska, started a European Space Agency (ESA) project. The purpose of the project is the development and implementation of a field calibration procedure for a multi-frequency and multi-system global [...] Read more.
In 2019, the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, in cooperation with Astri Polska, started a European Space Agency (ESA) project. The purpose of the project is the development and implementation of a field calibration procedure for a multi-frequency and multi-system global navigation satellite system (GNSS). The methodology and algorithms proposed in the project are inspired by the “Hannover” concept of absolute field receiver antenna calibration; however, some innovations are introduced. In our approach, the antenna rotation point is close to the nominal mean phase center (MPC) of the antenna, although it does not coincide with it. Additionally, a National Marine Electronics Association local time zone (NMEA ZDA) message is used to synchronize the robot with the GNSS time. We also propose some modifications in robot arm movement scenarios. Our first test results demonstrate consistent performance for the calibration strategy and calibration procedure. For the global positioning system (GPS) L1 frequency, the calibration results show good agreement with the IGS-type mean values. For high satellite elevations (20°–90°), the differences do not exceed 1.5 mm. For low elevation angles (0°–20°), the consistency of the results is worse and the differences exceed a 3 mm level in some cases. Full article
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