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Ten Million Data Points from TSO-Approved Aviation GPS Receivers: Results of Analysis and Applications to Design and Use in Aviation

2000; Wiley; Volume: 47; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/j.2161-4296.2000.tb02421.x

2161-4296

Paul Nisner, Rolf Johannessen,

Embedded Systems and FPGA Applications

ABSTRACT: This paper gives details of the failure rates and the failure modes experienced with Standard Positioning Service (SPS) GPS receivers certificated for aviation use to the Technical Standard Order (TSO) C-129 specification. These failure rates are significant compared with those from other modern avionics and are comparable to those currently experienced from unscheduled failures in the GPS signals-in-space. The paper also gives details concerning the two-dimensional errors that have been experienced with these receivers and indicates further work that needs to be done with C-129a receivers.