GNSS REFLECTOMETRY FROM SMARTPHONES: TESTING PERFORMANCE OF IN-BUILT ANTENNAS AND GNSS CHIPS

被引:5
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作者
Kurum, Mehmet [1 ]
Gurbuz, Ali [1 ]
Farhad, Md Mehedi [1 ]
机构
[1] Mississippi State Univ, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA
来源
IGARSS 2020 - 2020 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM | 2020年
关键词
Smartphone; Android; UAS; GNSS-R; Soil Moisture;
D O I
10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9324124
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
Raw Global Navigation Satellites Systems (GNSS) data have been directly accessible from mass-market devices running the Android Nougat (or newer) operating system since late 2016. The availability of GNSS raw data made possible to investigate feasibility of using in-built GNSS chipsets within smartphone devices as passive radar receivers for the purpose of land remote sensing. In this study, we integrate smartphones into small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to collect reflected GNSS raw data for the purpose of mapping top 5-cm soil moisture. The reflected GNSS signals collected by the smartphones show high correlation with spatial features on the ground such as ponds, crops, and small creeks. To determine the quality of smartphone in-built antenna and chipset, we conducted several experiments. The results show that (1) the radiation pattern of smartphone's GNSS antenna are observed to be highly irregular, but time-invariant, and (2) internal GNSS chip produces observables of sufficient quality when the GNSS smartphone reflected signals are compared with a high quality custom-built dual channel receiver. This paper summarizes the experimental findings and challenges that need to be resolved in order to use the GNSS-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) technique via ubiquitous smartphones from small UASs.
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页码:6278 / 6281
页数:4
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