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Carrier Tracking Loop; Loop Filter
GPS Signals And Receiver Technology MM12 Darius Plauinaitis
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Demodulation of the GPS signal Tracking loop introduction Carrier tracking
Phase Lock Loop (PLL) Frequency Lock Loop (FLL)
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Loop filters
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Demodulation
Or how to turn the radio waves back into the data message that we are interested in
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Demodulation
The transmitted signal from satellite k is:
S k (t ) = 2 Pc (C k (t ) D k (t )) cos(2f L1t ) + 2 PPL1 ( P k (t ) D k (t )) sin( 2f L1t ) + 2 PPL 2 ( P k (t ) D k (t )) cos(2f L 2t )
D data C C/A code P P(Y) code
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L1 C/A signal L1 P(Y) signal L2 P(Y) signal
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Demodulation
The transmitted signal from satellite k is:
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S k (t ) = 2 Pc (C k (t ) D k (t )) cos(2f L1t ) + 2 PPL1 ( P k (t ) D k (t )) sin( 2f L1t ) + 2 PPL 2 ( P k (t ) D k (t )) cos(2f L 2t )
After an RF front-end (L1 only):
S k (t ) = 2 Pc (C k (t ) D k (t )) cos( IF t ) + 2 PPL1 ( P k (t ) D k (t )) sin( IF t )
The signal from one satellite after the ADC (narrow filters and low sampling frequency):
S k (n) = C k (n) D k (n) cos(if n) + e(n)
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Demodulation
S (n) = C 1 (n) D1 (n) cos(if 1n) + C 2 (n) D 2 (n) cos(if 2 n) + e(n)
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The signal from two satellites after the ADC: The code phase and the intermediate frequency of the carrier wave should be known parameters to demodulate the navigation data from e.g. satellite 1.
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Demodulation
Convert the signal down to baseband:
S (n) cos(if 1n) = C 1 (n) D1 (n) cos(if 1n) cos(if 1n) + C 2 (n) D 2 (n) cos(if 2 n) cos(if 1n) + e(n)
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cos(a)*cos(b) = cos(a+b) + cos(a-b)
S (n) cos(if 1n) = 1 C 1 (n) D1 (n) + 1 C 1 (n) D1 (n) cos(2if ) + 2 2 C 2 (n) D 2 (n) cos(if 2 n) cos(if 1n) + e(n)
S (n) cos(if 1n) = 1 C 1 (n) D1 (n) + 1 C 1 (n) D1 (n) cos(2if ) 2 2 + 1 C 2 (n) D 2 (n) cos(if 2 if 1n) 2 + 1 C 2 (n) D 2 (n) cos(if 2 + if 1n) + e(n) 2
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Demodulation Visualized
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Demodulation
Code wipe off:
S (n) cos(if 1n)C 1 (n) = 1 D1 (n) + 1 D1 (n) cos(2if ) + e(n) 2 2
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After low-pass filtering (integration):
S (n) cos(if 1n)C 1 (n) = I = 1 D1 (n) + e(n) 2
Received signal amplitude vs. tracking errors
sin(f iT ) S Ii = 2 R( i ) Di cos(i ) + ei N0 (f iT )
Conclusion: perfectly aligned code and carrier replicas are required to do demodulation. These replicas can be tracked using two tracking loops.
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Tracking Loop
A way to generate exact copy of the received signal
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What does tracking do and why?
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The main goal is to receive the GNSS signal as clear and loud as possible the local carrier and spreading code must be well aligned with the ones in the signal GNSS adds one more requirement: to track signal arrival (time) as precise as possible Advanced receivers can detect multipath to some extent Additional task can be signal quality monitoring
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The Tracking Loop Idea
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Generate a local signal Correlate it with the received signal Measure (time/code-phase, frequency, phase) error between the local and the received signals Steer local signal generators to minimize the error Pass demodulated data bit value stream to the data processing task Repeat procedure
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Main Parts Of A Tracking Loop
The error measurement
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Scaling of error used to control sensitivity to the tracking error
Tracked signal 1(s) Error measurement unit (called error detector or discriminator) Generated signal ? 2(s) e(s)
Filter
Kd
VCO
F(s)
K0/s
Signal generator generates replica of the tracked signal
Filter has two main tasks: To filter noise in the error measurements (due to noise in the tracked signal) To shape the tracking loops response to the tracking error
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Types Of Tracking Loops
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There are 3 main types of the tracking loops depending on the tracked property of the tracked signal:
Phase lock loop (PLL) Frequency lock loop (FLL) Delay lock loop (DLL)
There are few error detectors for each type of the tracking loop with different properties Variations of filter parameters will shape the filter response and amount of noise filtering
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Plan For The Tracking Topic
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PLL (FLL) and DLL are explained in sections on carrier and code tracking Each section will also cover a set of error detectors applicable in a given tracking loop Tracking loop filter is explained in a separate section as the same theory is used for all types of tracking loops
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The Carrier Tracking Loop
The Phase Locked Loop (PLL)
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Carrier Tracking Loop
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The goal of the Carrier Tracking Loop is to produce a perfectly aligned carrier replica. The most common way is to use a PLL:
In-phase arm
D(n) cos(if n)
cos(if n + )
sin(if n + )
Quadraturephase arm
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Carrier Tracking Loop
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The demodulation in the In-phase (I) branch:
D(n) cos(if n) cos(if n + ) = 1 D(n) cos( ) + 1 D(n) cos(2if n + ) 2 2
The demodulation in the Quadrature-phase (Q) branch:
D(n) cos(if n) sin(if n + ) = 1 D(n) sin( ) + 1 D(n) sin( 2if n + ) 2 2
The I signal: The Q signal:
I = 1 D(n) cos( ) 2
Q = 1 D(n) sin( ) 2
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Carrier Tracking Loop
Costas loop:
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I = 1 D(n) cos( ) 2
cos(if n + )
D(n) cos(if n)
sin(if n + )
Q = 1 D(n) sin( ) 2
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Carrier Tracking Loop
To find the phase error:
Q 1 D(n) cos( ) = 2 = tan( ) 1 I 2 D ( n) sin( )
1 1 2 1 2
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-2 2 Phase delay
Q
= tan
D(n) sin( ) D(n) cos( )
Q = tan I
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Carrier Tracking Loop
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The Costas loop is independent on the phase shifts caused by the data bits Phasor diagram:
Q
4000 2000
An output example:
Discrete-Time Scatter Plot
Q prompt
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Carrier Tracking Loop
Arctan
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Different kinds of phase lock loop discriminators:
D = tan 1 Q I
Much time consuming (not a big problem today) The output is the real phase error
Sign product
D = Q sign(I )
Fast method The discriminator output is proportional to sin()
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Carrier Tracking Loop
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Different kinds of phase lock loop discriminators:
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Carrier Tracking Loop
Costas loop:
I = 1 D(n) cos( ) 2
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D(n) cos(if n)
cos(if n + )
sin(if n + )
= tan 1
I Q
Q = 1 D(n) sin( ) 2
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Carrier Tracking Loop
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The signal energy in I and Q when PLL has locked on the signal:
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The Carrier Tracking Loop
The Frequency Locked Loop (FLL)
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Frequency Lock Loop
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The discrimators are a bit different than in PLL. They measure change in carrier phase over an interval of time. Less noise sensitive than PLL it can track at lower SNR The tracking loop has more noise than PLL Can be used for the re-acquisition or pull-in states due to bigger frequency lock range
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Loop Filters
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Why The Filter Is Needed Anyway?
The error measurement is there, so just correct the generator frequency and job is done, right? The answer is NO:
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There is an error measurement noise (even at good SNR) There is a stady state error caused by Doppler
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The Typical Tracking Loop
Phase error detector has gain Kd. The transfer function is showed in figure a) The VCO has a center frequency 0 and gain K0. The transfer function is showed in figure b) The filter coefficients depend on Kd and K0
Phase detector 1(s) + e(s)
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Filter
Kd
VCO
F(s)
2(s)
K0/s
0 u e ud
a)
b)
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An Example Of Filter Output vs. Input
Raw PLL discriminator 0.2 0.1 0 -0.1 -0.2 0.05 0.1 0.15 Time (s) 0.2 0.25 0.3
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There is an initial frequency between tracked and generated signals (27Hz here) Figures show:
The filter accumulates offset over time and keeps it The result of damping different convergence times
Amplitude
Filtered PLL discriminator 30 20
Amplitude
10 0 -10 -20 0.05 0.1 0.15 Time (s) 0.2 0.25 0.3
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A Simple Digital Loop Filter
The C1 and C2 depend on loop noise bandwidth BL, VCO and PD gains and loop damping factor . Damping factor controls how fast the filter reaches its settle point Noise bandwidth controls the amount of allowed noise in the filter
Filter input c2
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z-1
Filter output
c1
C1 =
8 nT 1 K 0 K D 4 + 4 nT + (nT ) 2
4( nT ) 2 1 C2 = K 0 K D 4 + 4 nT + (nT ) 2
n =
8 BL 4 2 + 1
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Damping Factor
Different loop responses depending on the damping factor
(first 20ms are due to loop filter initialization)
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Determines how much the loop filter resists to the control signal:
On one hand how fast the loop will fix the tracking error On other hand how much the loop will overshoot 0 error point
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minator output] [
40 20 0
= 0.3 = 0.5 = 0.7 = 0.9 = 1.1
A compromise value is used or few values are used for different receiver modes
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Noise Bandwidth
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Narrow noise bandwidth decreases noise in the tracking loop, AND response speed At 100ms the loop noise bandwidth is switched from about 100Hz to 15Hz
90 PLL discriminator
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Carrier frequency offset
Frequency offset (Hz)
Phase offset [degrees]
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Noise Bandwidth
Loop noise bandwidth also determines maximum Doppler offset and rates tolerated by the loop Figures show a case of too big initial frequency error in acquisition
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Frequency offset (Hz)
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Carrier frequency offset
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Loop Order
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Filter input
c2
z-1
Filter output
c1
The filter is a first order filter The tracking loop (excluding filter) is a first order system, therefore the tracking loop is second order Higher order filters approximate the error dynamics better (e.g. to be used for ships etc.)
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An Example Of A PLL
=20/0.7845; T=0.02;
k1= 2.4 * k2= (1.1 * ^2)/20 k3= ^3/20
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=20/0.53; T=0.02;
k1= 1.414 * k2= ^2/20 k3= 0
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2-nd Order Loop Responce
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3-rd Order Loop Responce
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Questions and Exercises
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