The NCS Titan from IFEN is a Multi-Constellation GNSS Simulator that supports all global satellite navigation systems (GNSS), regional satellite navigation systems (RNSS), and augmentation systems (SBAS). With up to 256 channels and up to 4 RF outputs per chassis, the extra complexity and cost of using additional signal generators or intricate architectures involving several hardware boxes are avoided, improving reliability without compromising on functionality.
The innovative multi-constellation / multi-frequency simulation capability in combination with the multi-RF output option makes this simulator unique in the field of GNSS simulation in terms of fidelity, performance, accuracy, and reliability.
The simulator can perform satellite orbits and clock simulations for all existing and coming GNSS systems. It supports different types of users such as vehicles, aircraft, space vehicles, etc. The simulator also has support for on-the-fly reconfiguration of constellation and signal configurations. For Hardware-In-The-Loop (HIL) testing with integrated vehicle motion simulators, user trajectories (user position and attitude plus their derivations) can be streamed in real-time asynchronous at any rate up to 1.000 Hz into the simulator via Ethernet using UDP datagrams.
The NCS Titan consists of the NCS control center simulation software (on Windows and Linux OS) that provides the user with full control over all aspects of the test scenario configuration, interactive control, monitoring, and data logging. It allows a wide range of GNSS testing to be conducted, for any customer application, with the same hardware ensuring maximum utility for the investment. The software also allows the user to distinguish between simulated ionospheric influences and broadcast ionospheric data.
The GNSS simulator can be remotely controlled to load, modify, start and control scenarios from a remote PC via a simple TCP/IP client (e.g., Telnet, Hyperterm) or by using a scripting language with TCP/IP module (e.g., Perl, Python).
