/*! * \file lock_detectors.cc * \brief Implementation of a library with a set of code and carrier phase lock detectors. * * SNV_CN0 is a Carrier-to-Noise (CN0) estimator * based on the Signal-to-Noise Variance (SNV) estimator [1]. * Carrier lock detector using normalised estimate of the cosine * of twice the carrier phase error [2]. * * [1] Marco Pini, Emanuela Falletti and Maurizio Fantino, "Performance * Evaluation of C/N0 Estimators using a Real Time GNSS Software Receiver," * IEEE 10th International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and * Applications, pp.28-30, August 2008. * * [2] Van Dierendonck, A.J. (1996), Global Positioning System: Theory and * Applications, * Volume I, Chapter 8: GPS Receivers, AJ Systems, Los Altos, CA 94024. * Inc.: 329-407. * \authors * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * Copyright (C) 2010-2015 (see AUTHORS file for a list of contributors) * * GNSS-SDR is a software defined Global Navigation * Satellite Systems receiver * * This file is part of GNSS-SDR. * * GNSS-SDR is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * GNSS-SDR is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with GNSS-SDR. If not, see . * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ #include "lock_detectors.h" #include /* * Signal-to-Noise (SNR) (\f$\rho\f$) estimator using the Signal-to-Noise Variance (SNV) estimator: * \f{equation} * \hat{\rho}=\frac{\hat{P}_s}{\hat{P}_n}=\frac{\hat{P}_s}{\hat{P}_{tot}-\hat{P}_s}, * \f} * where \f$\hat{P}_s=\left(\frac{1}{N}\sum^{N-1}_{i=0}|Re(Pc(i))|\right)^2\f$ is the estimation of the signal power, * \f$\hat{P}_{tot}=\frac{1}{N}\sum^{N-1}_{i=0}|Pc(i)|^2\f$ is the estimator of the total power, \f$|\cdot|\f$ is the absolute value, * \f$Re(\cdot)\f$ stands for the real part of the value, and \f$Pc(i)\f$ is the prompt correlator output for the sample index i. * * The SNR value is converted to CN0 [dB-Hz], taking to account the coherent integration time, using the following formula: * \f{equation} * CN0_{dB}=10*log(\hat{\rho})-10*log(T_{int}), * \f} * where \f$T_{int}\f$ is the coherent integration time, in seconds. * */ float cn0_svn_estimator(const gr_complex* Prompt_buffer, int length, double coh_integration_time_s) { double SNR = 0.0; double SNR_dB_Hz = 0.0; double Psig = 0.0; double Ptot = 0.0; for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { Psig += std::abs(static_cast(Prompt_buffer[i].real())); Ptot += static_cast(Prompt_buffer[i].imag()) * static_cast(Prompt_buffer[i].imag()) + static_cast(Prompt_buffer[i].real()) * static_cast(Prompt_buffer[i].real()); } Psig /= static_cast(length); Psig = Psig * Psig; Ptot /= static_cast(length); SNR = Psig / (Ptot - Psig); SNR_dB_Hz = 10.0 * log10(SNR) - 10.0 * log10(coh_integration_time_s); return static_cast(SNR_dB_Hz); } /* * The estimate of the cosine of twice the carrier phase error is given by * \f{equation} * \cos(2\phi)=\frac{NBD}{NBP}, * \f} * where \f$NBD=(\sum^{N-1}_{i=0}Im(Pc(i)))^2-(\sum^{N-1}_{i=0}Re(Pc(i)))^2\f$, * \f$NBP=(\sum^{N-1}_{i=0}Im(Pc(i)))^2+(\sum^{N-1}_{i=0}Re(Pc(i)))^2\f$, and * \f$Pc(i)\f$ is the prompt correlator output for the sample index i. */ float carrier_lock_detector(gr_complex* Prompt_buffer, int length) { float tmp_sum_I = 0.0; float tmp_sum_Q = 0.0; float NBD = 0.0; float NBP = 0.0; for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { tmp_sum_I += Prompt_buffer[i].real(); tmp_sum_Q += Prompt_buffer[i].imag(); } NBP = tmp_sum_I * tmp_sum_I + tmp_sum_Q * tmp_sum_Q; NBD = tmp_sum_I * tmp_sum_I - tmp_sum_Q * tmp_sum_Q; return NBD / NBP; }