Project Objectives

Within GAMMA, the project consortium developed an assisted Galileo/GPS/EGNOS satellite receiver prototype and a multi-channel Galileo/GPS/EGNOS signal generator to evaluate the performance of the receiver. For the communication link, UMTS was selected. To be able to focus on the receiver development, the necessary UMTS link was emulated.
The GAMMA receiver fulfils both main requirements of the 2. call of GJU to elaborate core technologies and to implement a low cost/low power receiver solution for mass market applications. Low cost and a high degree of integration is mainly dependent on the design of the RF-frontend.

The following image illustrates the concept of the GAMMA mass market receiver

Figure 1: Concept of the GAMMA mass market receiver

In addition to the receiver development, the project GAMMA also investigated market opportunities and competition of the receiver in two major application domains: The automotive area and the Location-Based-Services (LBS) area.

In the automotive area, the following dedicated application scenarios have been identified:

Route Guidance Fleet Management Emergency Call Road Toll Enforcement Speed Enforcement Theft Protection Precision Farming Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS)

Image source: Mercedes

In the LBS sector, the following application scenarios have been identified:

Information Services Personal Routing and Navigation Tracing Services Emergency Services Location Based Gaming Location Based Advertising Location Based Billing Buddy Finder Outdoor Sports Activities

Image source: Openwave

In the course of the project, these application scenarios have been investigated in more detail.