Using GLONASS signal for clock synchronization

Abstract : Although in accuracy parameters GLONASS is correlated with GPS, using GLONASS signals for high-precision clock synchronization was up to the recent time of limited utility due to the lack of specialized time receivers. In order to improve this situation, in late 1992 the Russian Institute of Radionavigation and Time (RIRT) began to develop a GLONASS time receiver using as a basis the airborne ASN-16 receiver. This paper presents results of estimating user clock synchronization accuracy via GLONASS signals using ASN-16 receiver in the direct synchronization and common-view modes.