And who isn’t a smartphone user?
L5 signals are more accurate, more reliable, and are currently available in sufficient numbers, between 16 GPS satellites plus Galileo and BeiDou, to support all user segments.
L5 has several advantages over L1: signal structure, wide bandwidth, pilot codes, other GNSS signals with a common structure, stronger transmission, lower bit error rate and cross correlation, and a cleaner band.
“The use of L5 signals provides the capability of delivering 10x higher precision than a legacy L1 GNSS receiver in an open environment, as well as very noticeable benefits in multipath environments,” said Charlie Abraham, Broadcom Senior Director of Engineering for the Wireless Communications and Connectivity Division.