| ADC |
Analog-to-Digital Converter |
| BPSK |
Binary Phase Shifting Keying |
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−3 dB Bandwidth |
| cGNSS-R |
conventional Global Navigation Satellite Systems—Reflectometry |
| COTS |
Commercial Off-The-Shelf |
| DAC |
Digital-to-Analog Converter |
| DCM |
Direction Cosine Matrix |
| DUT |
Device Under Test |
| ECEF |
Earth Centered Earth Fixed |
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Cut-off frequency at −3 dB |
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LO frequency |
| FM |
Frequency Modulation |
| G |
Gain |
| GEROSS-ISS |
GNSS rEflectometry, Radio Occultation and Scatterometry onboard the International Space Station |
| GLONASS |
GLObalnaya NAvigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema |
| GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite Systems |
| GNSS-R |
Global Navigation Satellite Systems—Reflectometry |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GPS-DO |
GPS Disciplined Oscillator |
| GSM |
Global System for Mobile communications |
| G-TERN |
GNSS Transpolar Earth Reflectometry exploriNg system |
| I |
In-phase component |
| IF |
Intermediate Frequency |
| iGNSS-R |
interferometric Global Navigation Satellite Systems—Reflectometry |
| IMU |
Inertial Measurement Unit |
| L |
Losses, attenuation |
| LHCP |
Left Hand Circular Polarized |
| LNA |
Low Noise Amplifier |
| LO |
Local Oscillator |
| MIR |
Microwave Interferometric Reflectometer |
| Msps |
Mega Samples Per Second |
| NED |
North East Down |
| NF |
Noise Figure |
| PARIS-IoD |
PAssive Reflectometry and Interferometry System In-orbit Demonstration |
| PPS |
Pulse Per Second |
| PRN |
PseudoRandom Noise |
| Q |
Quadrature phase component |
| RF |
Radio Frequency |
| RFI |
Radio Frequency Interference |
| RMS |
Root Mean Square |
| RHCP |
Right Hand Circular Polarized |
| SAW |
Surface Acoustic Wave |
| SBAS |
Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems |
| SDR |
Software Defined Radio |
| SNR |
Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
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Chip time of a PRN code |
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Coherent integration time |
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PRN time length |
| USRP |
Universal Software Radio Peripheral |
| VNA |
Vector Network Analyzer |
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Wavelength of GPS at L1 central frequency (19.04 cm) |
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Wavelength of GPS at L5 central frequency (25.5 cm) |