Quectel BG96 - BG96 GNSS Receiver; GNSS Receiver Overview and Performance

LPWA Module Series
BG96 Hardware Design
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4 GNSS Receiver
4.1. General Description
BG96 includes a fully integrated global navigation satellite system solution that supports Gen8C-Lite of
Qualcomm (GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou/Compass, Galileo and QZSS).
The module supports standard NMEA-0183 protocol, and outputs NMEA sentences at 1Hz data update
rate via USB interface by default.
By default, BG96 GNSS engine is switched off. It has to be switched on via AT command. For more
details about GNSS engine technology and configurations, please refer to document [3].
4.2. GNSS Performance
The following table shows the GNSS performance of BG96.
Table 25: GNSS Performance
Parameter
Description
Conditions
Typ.
Unit
Sensitivity
(GNSS)
Cold start
Autonomous
-146
dBm
Reacquisition
Autonomous
-157
dBm
Tracking
Autonomous
-157
dBm
TTFF
(GNSS)
Cold start
@open sky
Autonomous
31
s
XTRA enabled
11.54
s
Warm start
@open sky
Autonomous
21
s
XTRA enabled
2.52
s