A Comprehensive Study of the Effects of Linear Chirp Jamming on GNSS Receivers under High-Dynamic Scenarios

Abstract

Despite the significant advances in signal processing methods used nowadays, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receivers still experience substantial challenges, such as signal jamming, which remains a crucial source of degradation of the receiver performance. The presence of jamming signal influences the acquisition and tracking modules inside the receiver leading to loss-of-lock of the GNSS satellite signals. Consequently, GNSS receivers cannot provide reliable position, velocity and time services. The aim of this paper is to comprehensively explore the effects of linear chirp jamming on commercial receivers under high-dynamic scenarios. Moreover, the paper investigates the advantages of using combined GPS/GLONASS receivers under jamming conditions in comparison to using GPS-only receivers. In this paper, a SPIRENT GSS6700 Multi-GNSS Simulator controlled by Spirent SimGEN™ software is used to provide realistic controlled simulation scenarios. The linear chirp jamming signals are created using an Agilent interference signal generator (ISG) unit. Both commercial NovAtel ProPak-G2 Plus and NovAtel OEMV receivers are used to conduct these tests. The results show different behaviors of the various receivers in response to the applied jamming signals. The Carrier-to-Noise (C/N0), the Dilution of Precision (DOP), and the navigation solution accuracy are used as measures to assess the performance of the receivers under study. Results show that the NovAtel OEMV receiver outperforms the NovAtel ProPak-G2 Plus receiver. Moreover, it is revealed that multi-constellation receivers achieved higher resistance for signal jamming effects than GPS only receivers.