[ntp:questions] NTP architecture recommendation

Richard B. Gilbert rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Sun Aug 19 17:53:02 UTC 2007


Uwe Klein wrote:
> David Woolley wrote:
> 
>> Although, the angles between the satellites can be small, which means 
>> a small
>> time error can result in a large position solution error.
>>
> One reason why most chipsets nowadays have enough dsp Ohhmpf to
> track 12 or 14 sat signals simultaneously.
> 
> uwe

I don't think that a 14 channel receiver would be useful!  There simply 
are not that many satellites!  The last I knew, there were 27 NavStar 
(GPS) satellites in orbit.  Of these, about seven are usually above the 
horizon at any one time.




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