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| Galileo European Satellite Navigation System |
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Galileo is the European
program of civil radio-navigation by satellite, sponsored
by The European Union and the European Space Agency (ESA). The
aim of this project is to create an independent satellite navigation
system fully compatible and interoperable with the American GPS,
but featuring a more precise and continuous signal.
Galileo program is based on an international co-operation, which
has the objective to create a worldwide system, able to assure
accessibility also to non-European users, even in places where
there is no ground infrastructure.
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The global accessibility is guaranteed also by the compatibility
of the European system with the American GPS system:
users of different countries will have the possibility to process
both GPS and GALILEO signals with a single receiver.
Galileo is based on a constellation of 30 satellites and ground
stations providing information concerning the positioning of
users or objects; these satellite signals can also be combined
with other systems (as Glonass, GPS or non-GNSS systems, as
GSM and UMTS) to allow enhanced services for specific applications.
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| Galileo-Ready POSitionning TERminal (GR-POSTER)
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STMicroelectronics has been involved
in this European project for its long and successful experience
in GPS chipsets design and manufacturing; it is the main contractor
and semiconductor partner of the GR-POSTER (Galileo-Ready
POSitioning TERminal) Consortium,
constituted by Galileo Joint Undertaking to develop a Localization
Based System (LBS) for mass market.
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| Goals of GR-POSTER project |
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Provide “Galileo-Readiness” in
the next chipsets and terminals to be produced, with a focus to
Mass market cost-optimization (single-chip receiver feasibility) |
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Create a Flexible Receiver Platform, compatible
with Galileo signal and re-programmable for maximum
flexibility, to be used in GR-POSTER (and in future projects)
to anticipate Galileo compatibility of future generations of Mass
Market Terminals |
| Applications of Galileo Receiver Platform |
| Galileo Receiver Platform is especially conceived
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Automotive Terminals (Car Navigation,
Vehicle Terminals, etc) |
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Handheld Terminals (Cellular Phones, PDAs,
etc) |
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