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  • Computer Engineering
  • Satellite Navigation Systems

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  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are crucial for positioning and timing, relying on Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs).
  • Current GNSS ASICs lack transparency, hindering research, modification, and optimization of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) processing chain.
  • Software-only Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) environments have limitations in analyzing hardware-level performance metrics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) processing chain and identify limitations in software-only environments.
  • To propose Hard SyDR, an enhanced system for hardware-level Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) analysis.
  • To explore the application of Approximate Computing (AxC) techniques for future low-power Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized SyDR, an open-source Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Software-Defined Radio (SDR), for algorithm benchmarking.
  • Developed Hard SyDR, integrating High-Level Synthesis (HLS) and the PYNQ platform for hardware acceleration and analysis.
  • Evaluated advantages and limitations of High-Level Synthesis (HLS) and the PYNQ platform in the development process.

Main Results:

  • Highlighted the constraints of purely software-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) processing.
  • Demonstrated the feasibility of Hard SyDR for accessing hardware-level Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) like power and energy consumption.
  • Provided an overview of High-Level Synthesis (HLS) and PYNQ platform integration for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) research.

Conclusions:

  • Hard SyDR offers a pathway to overcome the transparency limitations of commercial Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) ASICs.
  • The system facilitates exploration of advanced techniques like Approximate Computing (AxC) for enhanced Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver design.
  • This work lays the foundation for developing more efficient and customizable low-power Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers.