Correlation functions of complete CBOC signals derived as the inverse Fourier transform of energy spectra

Abstract

For the complete composite binary offset carrier (CBOC) signals of new-generation global satellite radio-navigation satellite systems (SRNSs), analytical expressions for correlating functions (CFs) characterizing the single components of the modulating function are derived in terms of the inverse Fourier transform (IFT) of energy spectra at different fractional coefficients. The CF calculation technique is based on the energy spectra of complete CBOC signals represented as a partial sum of the series of cosines of the angles that are multiples of the angle γCBOC = ωτM2, where τM2 is the meander-pulse duration of the subcarrier oscillation of binary offset carrier (BOC) signals with BOC(6,1) modulation. In a number of cases, the IFT of energy spectra applied to calculating the CFs of complete CBOC signals is preferable (in particular, from the viewpoint of labor intensiveness) to the procedures by which CFs are obtained using the general definition. The CFs graphs constructed with the help of complete CBOC signals employed in the E1 band of the Galileo SRNS are presented.