Simulations under ideal and nonideal conditions for characterization of a passive Doppler geographical location system using extension of data reception network (Q966232)

Summary: This work presents a (Data Reception Network) DRN software investigation considering simulated conditions inserting purposely errors into the Doppler measurements, satellites ephemeris, and time stamp, to characterize the geographical location software (GEOLOC) developed by \textit{C. T. de Sousa} [Geolocalizacao de transmissores com satélites usando desvio Doppler em tempo quase real, PhD dissertation, Space Engineering and Technology, Space Mechanics and Control Divison, INPE-Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Sao José dos Campos, Brazil (2000)] et al. [Geo-Location of transmitters using real data, Doppler shifts and least squares, Acta Astronautica 52, No. 9, 915--922 (2003; doi:10.1016/S0094-5765(03)00072-9)]. The extension of reception stations in Brazilian territory can result in more precise locations if the network is considered in the GEOLOC. The results and analyses were first obtained considering the ground stations separately, to characterize their effects in the geographical location (GL) result. Six conditions were investigated: ideal simulated conditions, random and bias errors in the Doppler measurements, errors in the satellite ephemeris, and errors in the time stamp in order to investigate the DRN importance to get more accurate locations; an analysis was performed considering the random errors of 1 Hz in the Doppler measurements. The results are quite satisfactory and also show good compatibility between the simulator and the GEOLOC using the DRN.