initSettings.m

function settings = initSettings()
%Functions initializes and saves settings. Settings can be edited inside of
%the function, updated from the command line or updated using a dedicated
%GUI - "setSettings".  
%
%All settings are described inside function code.
%
%settings = initSettings()
%
%   Inputs: none
%
%   Outputs:
%       settings     - Receiver settings (a structure). 

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% $Id: initSettings.m,v 1.9.2.32 2007/01/29 10:22:23 dpl Exp $

%% Processing settings ====================================================
% Number of milliseconds to be processed used 36000 + any transients (see
% below - in Nav parameters) to ensure nav subframes are provided
settings.msToProcess        = 37000;        %[ms]

% Number of channels to be used for signal processing
settings.numberOfChannels   = 8;

% Move the starting point of processing. Can be used to start the signal
% processing at any point in the data record (e.g. for long records). fseek
% function is used to move the file read point, therefore advance is byte
% based only. 
settings.skipNumberOfBytes     = 0;

%% Raw signal file name and other parameter ===============================
% This is a "default" name of the data file (signal record) to be used in
% the post-processing mode
settings.fileName           = ...
   '..\GNSS_signal_records\GPSdata-DiscreteComponents-fs38_192-if9_55.bin';
% Data type used to store one sample
settings.dataType           = 'int8';

% Intermediate, sampling and code frequencies
settings.IF                 = 9.548e6;      %[Hz]
settings.samplingFreq       = 38.192e6;     %[Hz]
settings.codeFreqBasis      = 1.023e6;      %[Hz]

% Define number of chips in a code period
settings.codeLength         = 1023;

%% Acquisition settings ===================================================
% Skips acquisition in the script postProcessing.m if set to 1
settings.skipAcquisition    = 0;
% List of satellites to look for. Some satellites can be excluded to speed
% up acquisition
settings.acqSatelliteList   = 1:32;         %[PRN numbers]
% Band around IF to search for satellite signal. Depends on max Doppler
settings.acqSearchBand      = 14;           %[kHz]
% Threshold for the signal presence decision rule
settings.acqThreshold       = 2.5;

%% Tracking loops settings ================================================
% Code tracking loop parameters
settings.dllDampingRatio         = 0.7;
settings.dllNoiseBandwidth       = 2;       %[Hz]
settings.dllCorrelatorSpacing    = 0.5;     %[chips]

% Carrier tracking loop parameters
settings.pllDampingRatio         = 0.7;
settings.pllNoiseBandwidth       = 25;      %[Hz]

%% Navigation solution settings ===========================================

% Period for calculating pseudoranges and position
settings.navSolPeriod       = 500;          %[ms]

% Elevation mask to exclude signals from satellites at low elevation
settings.elevationMask      = 10;           %[degrees 0 - 90]
% Enable/dissable use of tropospheric correction
settings.useTropCorr        = 1;            % 0 - Off
                                            % 1 - On

% True position of the antenna in UTM system (if known). Otherwise enter
% all NaN's and mean position will be used as a reference .
settings.truePosition.E     = nan;
settings.truePosition.N     = nan;
settings.truePosition.U     = nan;

%% Plot settings ==========================================================
% Enable/disable plotting of the tracking results for each channel
settings.plotTracking       = 1;            % 0 - Off
                                            % 1 - On

%% Constants ==============================================================

settings.c                  = 299792458;    % The speed of light, [m/s]
settings.startOffset        = 68.802;       %[ms] Initial sign. travel time