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GREAT Consortium to aid design of first mass market receiver for Galileo, Europe’s new global satellite navigation system for 2012
As part of a major series of programmes, funded by the Galileo Joint Undertaking, a consortium of six European organisations - GREAT (Galileo REceiver for the mAss markeT) - has been established to participate in a two year programme to perform research and development of enabling technologies for Mass Market Receivers for Galileo services.
Within the new Galileo environment - Europe’s own equivalent of GPS - high volume Mass Market Receivers are key to opening up the market for precision location services and to helping a number of suppliers move quickly towards volume supply. Through this project - part of the 2nd call of the 6th Framework Programme for Galileo Research and Development, the GREAT Consortium will exploit the special characteristics of the Galileo signal to deliver real benefit to Europe’s consumer and location based services market.
GREAT has been set up and will be led by PA Consulting Group, the consortium’s coordinator – a leading technology management specialist with over 25 years’ experience in the design of mobile communications products for GSM and 3G. The Consortium comprises five other satellite navigation experts from across Europe including:
· ACORDE - a Spanish SME with extensive RF design experience for satellite and communications systems
· DLR - The German Aerospace Center, well versed in satellite navigation and communication, mobile radio and aeronautical communications
· Qualcomm CDMA Technologies GmbH - a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products
· Tampere University of Technology – experts in algorithm design for GNSS systems
· u-blox AG – a leading fabless developer and manufacturer of GPS chipsets and GPS receiver modules
The project will comprise three distinct phases - core technology development, prototyping and testing - achieving major blocks of demonstrable baseband IP, which in turn will allow further developments to be kick-started.
Work will include development of novel front-end RF designs, as well as the algorithms and baseband technology to allow the Galileo signal to be successfully used in difficult indoor locations. The work is focussed around technology suitable for use in new and next generations of mobile phones (3G and beyond) and similar products, allowing a wide range of location based services to be effectively deployed. GALILEO will ensure Europe’s strategic independence and enable European companies to be involved in a growing sector of industry whose annual market could be over EUR 200 billion in 2020 with 3 billion receivers in service.
The GREAT project is managed by the Galileo Joint Undertaking through EU 6FP funds.
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