Proposal for a binary receiver independent exchange format

Abstract

The Receiver Independent Exchange (RINEX) format can be considered as the de facto standard for storing and exchanging GPS and GLONASS data. It is, however, not suited for real-time applications and applications that require a high sample rate, due to its ASCII format. In this paper a new, binary receiver independent exchange format is proposed for both GPS and GLONASS. Software to test the new format is freely available from Delft University of Technology.