The Personal Access Satellite System (PASS) strawman design, as described in the PASS Concept Study Report, (hereafter referred to as the Strawman Design) utilizes a hybrid Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)/ Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) implementation. TDMA is used for the forward direction (from Suppliers to Users), and FDMA for the return direction (from Users to Suppliers). I...

The Personal Access Satellite System (PASS) strawman design, as described in the PASS Concept Study Report, (hereafter referred to as the Strawman Design) utilizes a hybrid Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)/ Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) implementation. TDMA is used for the forward direction (from Suppliers to Users), and FDMA for the return direction (from Users to Suppliers). I...

In heavy multipath scenarios such as urban canyons, the user code phase pseudorange error due to multipath fading can be as high as two meters even for the most sophisticated ranging signals such as Galileo E5 Alternate Binary-Offset-Carrier AltBOC (15,10). In this paper the author introduces methods to mitigate the code phase multipath by exploiting the frequency diversity which is inherent to...

Energy generation and energy storage are two distinct processes that are usually accomplished using two separated units designed on the basis of different physical principles, such as piezoelectric nanogenerator and Li-ion battery; the former converts mechanical energy into electricity, and the latter stores electric energy as chemical energy. Here, we introduce a fundamental mechanism that dir...

The Binary Offset Carrier planned for future GNSS signals, including several GALILEO signals as well as GPS M-code, presents a high degree of spectral separation from conventional signals. It also greatly improves positioning accuracy and enhances multipath rejection. However, with such a modulation, the acquisition process is made more complex. Specific techniques must be employed in order to ...