GALILEO TIME SERVICE PROVIDER: THE FOCAL POINT FOR EUROPEAN TIMING EXPERTISE

摘要

The Galileo Time Service Provider (GTSP) is the entity that will act as the interface between Galileo and the global time standard, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This paper reviews the concepts behind the GTSP and identifies top-level design options. It reflects ideas of the authors regarding the work to be undertaken during the following three years of Galileo development until the In-Orbit Validation experiments.