Application of Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) Signals for Ionosphere Irregularities Measurement
K.C.T. Swamy1, M.A. Farida2, M. Jyothirmai3, S. Towseef  Ahmed4

1Dr. K.C.T.Swamy, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, G.Pullaiah College of Engineering & Technology, Kurnool, India.
2Mohammed Abdul Farida, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, G.Pullaiah College of Engineering & Technology, Kurnool, India.
3M.Jyothirmai, Assistant Professor in ECE department, RCEW, GNSS.
4S. Towseef Ahmed, M.Tech, Department of Embedded Systems from JNTUA, Ananthapur.

Manuscript received on 20 August 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on 01 September 2019. | Manuscript published on 30 September 2019. | PP: 2173-2178 | Volume-8 Issue-11, September 2019. | Retrieval Number: K20330981119/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.K2033.0981119
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Abstract: Soon Indian’s mobile phones and cars are to be installed with new and indigenous satellite technology, i.e. Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) developed by ISRO. After successful completion of NavIC, India has become fifth nation in the sequence of countries with independent navigation technology/system. The NavIC technology will be used mainly for terrestrial, aerial and marine navigation along with tracking and disaster management. Here we are proposing the application of NavIC signals for measuring and montoring ionosphere layer behaviour leading accuracy degradation of satellite based navigation and communication systems. This paper presents the computation of ionosphere parameters such as TEC, ROTI and scintillation index (S4 ) using pseudo range and Carrier to Noise density ratio (C/No ) measurements of NavIC L5 and S-band signals. ROTI and S4 results revealed that the impact of ionosphere irregularity is more on L5 than that of S-band signals.
Keywords: NavIC, ROT, ROTI, S4 .
Scope of the Article: Measurement & Performance Analysis