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2015

Carine ALONSO Communications Manager [email protected]

+33 5 62 80 82 58

GUIDE 3 avenue Didier Daurat 31400 TOULOUSE

France www.guide-gnss.com

+33 5 62 80 82 58

PRESS KIT

Geolocation (GNSS) Testing Laboratory

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http://www.guide-gnss.com/

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Table of Contents

1 About GUIDE - GNSS Testing Laboratory ............................................................................................................. 2

1.1 GUIDE - Contacts .................................................................................................................................................. 2

1.2 GUIDE - Our business ........................................................................................................................................... 3

1.3 GUIDE - Our missions ........................................................................................................................................... 3

1.4 GUIDE - Our Expertise .......................................................................................................................................... 3

1.5 Quality Management System ............................................................................................................................... 4

1.6 GUIDE - Organisation............................................................................................................................................ 5

2 STRENGTHS .......................................................................................................................................................... 6

2.1 Testing - Types of tests ......................................................................................................................................... 6

2.2 Testing - Instrumentation and Dedicated Software ............................................................................................. 6

2.3 Testing - Dedicated Platforms .............................................................................................................................. 7

3 Some reference projects ...................................................................................................................................... 9

3.1 ECOTAX Approval of satellite positioning (GPS) to authorize the tax .................................................................. 9

3.2 GAMP GNSS applied to Maritime and Port Domains ........................................................................................... 9

3.3 SPRING Performance Simulator for a GNSS-enabled Navigation Receiver .......................................................... 9

3.4 HISTB2 GNSS airborne testing for improvement of EGNOS ............................................................................... 10

3.5 PATH 4 FLIGHT Automatic generation of flight path.......................................................................................... 10

4 Clients ................................................................................................................................................................. 10



1 ABOUT GUIDE - GNSS TESTING LABORATORY

GUIDE is a Testing Laboratory for satellite Geolocation.

Our Centre of Excellence, resulting from a joint partnership of the key players in the French aerospace industry, aims to provide manufacturers and system integrators with instrumentation, expertise and approvals necessary to address the most demanding markets in satellite navigation.

GUIDE is specially equipped* to test the toughest GNSS solutions (Hardware, Algorithms, Receivers, Systems), either by simulation in the laboratory or or live testing in real situations: urban areas, roads, rail, in the water, in the air.

GUIDE pools the collective know-now of all its members to provide the best expertise in response to customer expectations. The founding members are all recognised GNSS specialists . (*) The development of this technology platform has been financed by the Ministry of Industry as well as regional and local authorities : DGCIS (Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry), the Midi-Pyrenees Regional Council, the Aquitaine Regional Council, the Greater Toulouse Urban Community, the Midi-Pyrenees Prefecture . The Departmental Council of Gers, the Gers Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Dax Urban Community and the Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz city also provided their support. GUIDE has received Aerospace Valley approval and is an important project for the sector.

Abbreviations:

GNSS : Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO)

GPS : Global Positioning System

GLONASS : GLObalnaïa NAvigatsionnaïa Spoutnikovaïa Sistéma

GALILEO : The European satellite positioning system (the European equivalent of GPS)

1.1 GUIDE - Contacts

Marc POLLINA President [email protected] Xavier LEBLAN Director [email protected] Carine ALONSO Communications Manager [email protected] GUIDE 3, Avenue Didier DAURAT – 31400 Toulouse – FRANCE [email protected] – T +33 5 61 80 10 80 www.guide-gnss.com







1.2 GUIDE - Our business

GUIDE activity is organised around three key skills:

a. Metrology (Legal). This aims to conduct perfectly controlled tests run according to methods from recognised laboratories or from standardisation committees.

b. Geolocation by Satellite (GNSS). This discipline includes additional technologies which consolidate information from Geolocation (Inertial ...)

c. Understanding Criticality issues. This area covers integrity measurement as well as the validation of solutions which claim to conform to legal requirements.

1.3 GUIDE - Our missions

Our missions are testing services that fall into 3 categories:

Studying security and integrity levels inherent in Geolocation data

Checking the compliance of geolocation data collection methods with standards or rules in force.

Validating performance of GNSS equipment throughout the industrial process from design to production, including the testing of prototypes (Design & Architecture, R & D, prototyping, production).

1.4 GUIDE - Our Expertise

GUIDE draws upon its members for expertise and experience.

Depending on the project and required skills, GUIDE will select the most experienced specialists for the subject from among its Members .

In the absence of standards or appropriate regulations, test plans are developed by engineering experts in the relevant fields.

Figure 1 - Business and Resources Figure 2 -Procedure for a Testing Campaign Steps & Resources



1.5 Quality Management System

The International Standard ISO17025 is the reference for Legal Metrology. It describes the "General requirements for the competence of laboratories to carry out testing and calibration".

In addition to being used to develop management systems (ISO9001), ISO17025 lists decisive technical requirements for proving the accuracy and reliability of the tests.

As part of its testing activities, GUIDE has established a quality management system in line with the requirements of this standard.

Beyond applying a set of normative rules, GUIDE has acquired a real expertise in the management of test campaigns and the design of testing specifications for demonstrating the performance of a GNSS solution.

REQUIREMENTS FOR MANAGEMENT Organisation, Management System

Review of customer applications, bids and contracts Subcontracting of tests and calibration

Purchasing Customer Relations & Claims

Improvement, Corrective and Preventive Actions Records management

Internal Audit Management Review

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Staff Methods and Validation of Methods Data Management Equipment Samples Reports on Results



1.6 GUIDE - Organisation

The GUIDE Testing Laboratory is a Non-Profit Organisation (1901 French law for associations). The GUIDE Board of Directors has 12 founding members and CNES as an associate member: AIRBUS D&S, C-S (Diginext), Enac, ISAE, Helileo, M3 Systems, Maxsea, Telespazio, Oktal-SE, Thalès Alenia Space (TAS), Silicom.

GUIDE members



2 STRENGTHS

2.1 Testing - Types of tests

TEST TYPES TEST TYPES

SIMULATIONS REAL SITUATIONS

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RECEIVER GNSS ONLY

Tests with a constellation generator, conducted or radiated (anechoic ch).

The field tests are carried out on calibrated and validated platforms.

Specific instrumentation has been developed for these tests. RECEIVER

GNSS HYBRID Test bench in development

2.2 Testing - Instrumentation and Dedicated Software

The equipment used includes the following instruments:

GNSS Signal Generators simulating multi-frequency signals broadcast by satellite constellations dedicated to radio navigation: GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BEIDOU,…

Thales Alenia Space (NAVYS), SPIRENT (GSS 8000, GSS 6700), National Instruments/M3 Systems (StellaNGC), SILICOM (RT G2).

Miniature hybridized Receivers/Recorders with an inertial control unit allowing installation in drones for airborne testings (GBOXm).

Compact hybridized Receiver/Recorder (GBOX) with a high-performance inertial control unit to provide highly-precise reference trajectories on board any type of carrier, whether on ground, air or sea. Note: 4 specialized versions depending on the field

Software Tools for post-processing and/or for analysing the collected geolocation data, in order to produce relevant test reports.

GSUITE - Dedicated Software Suites to conduct a testing campaign from A to Z

Other Receivers

AsteRx-m AsteRx3 M3S-Rx-G3-16 Novatel-FlexPak6



2.3 TESTS - Dedicated Platforms

Several calibrated and validated platforms are available to conduct tests both by simulation and in the field, in accordance with the solutions to be evaluated.

Figure 1 - Testing Platforms

LABORATORY SIMULATION PLATFORM

Simulation is a fast, inexpensive and very efficient way to test geolocation solutions.

Simulation test benches with constellation generators, anechoic chambers and a library of dedicated software.

AERONAUTICS PLATFORM

An airplane equipped for airborne testing

Helicopters mounted with GNSS antennas to interface with GNSS instrumentation

Fixed-wing and rotary-wing drones



ROAD PLATFORM A fully-equipped minivan for tests on roads or in urban areas. Equipment:

1. GNSS antenna 2. GBOX : High-accuracy recorder/ receiver 3. IMU: Inertial Measurement Unit 4. ODOMETER : To count the number of wheel rotations 5. CAMERA: Visual identification of the environment and angle of view 6. Rugged tablet PC with its software suite 7. RTK (Real time Kinetic) reference station

HIGH-ACCURACY PLATFORM A test bench on rails dedicated to high-accuracy measurements Equipment:

1. GNSS antenna 2. GBOX 3. Linear encoder 4. Rugged tablet PC with its software suite

5. RTK reference station

MARITIME PLATFORM A testing vessel with Radar, GNSS Receiver, AIS, VHF, NavnetTZTouch*, Fishfinder, attitude control system*, magnetic compass, anemometer-weather vane, Visible and Infrared Robot camera FLIR. - (*) FURUNO instruments Equipment:

1. GNSS Antenna 2. GBOX 3. Rugged tablet PC with software suite 4. GNSS Compass 5. Doppler speed log 6. River-Radar 7. Sounder

8. Infrared camera (Night vision)

PEDESTRIAN PLATFORM

Backpack with GNSS, inertial unit and RTK corrections. Equipment:

1. GNSS Antenna 2. Mini GBOX: Receiver/ recorder 3. Accelerometer 4. Camera 5. Control tablet 6. RTK reference station



3 SOME REFERENCE PROJECTS

3.1 ECOTAX Approval of satellite positioning (GPS) to authorize the tax

GUIDE was selected by Ecomouv to conduct the certification tests on the network of ECOTAX collection points. Previously GUIDE was restructured with the help of its members to comply with the standards for legal metrology. Ministerial approval has confirmed the capacity of the laboratory and its staff to conduct rigorous testing in the field of GNSS. * The National Laboratory IFSTTAR audited the testing and confirmed the certification of the toll-collection network. (*) IFSTTAR: Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies du Transport, de l’Aménagement et des Réseaux .

3.2 GAMP GNSS applied to Maritime and Port Domains

A market survey was conducted among French and Spanish ports to identify the potential benefits of GNSS technologies. The results have led to concrete proposals for the ports of Bayonne and Bilbao.

3.3 SPRING Performance Simulator for a GNSS-enabled Navigation Receiver

GNSS SOFTWARE TESTING - VALIDATION Performing a measurement campaign on GNSS receivers with post-processing of data and extensive analysis of results. The results were then used to validate the models implemented in version V2 of the CNES SPRING-simulator, in particular for signal propagation and the receiver module.



3.4 HISTB2 GNSS airborne testing for improvement of EGNOS

GNSS AIRBORNE TESTING These tests collect raw GNSS data from GPS, GLONASS and Galileo constellations. These measurements will help to characterize and validate the performance improvements made to the EGNOS system, particularly in the context of the PBN (RNAV & RNP) programme . The critical phases of the approach procedures were included in the test plan.

3.5 PATH 4 FLIGHT Automatic generation of flight path

TESTS, MARKET SURVEY & DISSEMINATION This project aims to develop an air-ground solution for automatic generation of procedures and flight paths for helicopters (& drones), integrating meteorological, geographical and aeronautical data. Pilots will thus have a GNSS-based navigational aid. Objectives: - Develop an automatic generator of procedures and

flight paths. - Assess the certification of the calculation process - Merge meteorological, geographical, aerospace and

sensor data

4 CLIENTS



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