eCall is a European initiative intended to bring rapid assistance to motorists involved in a collision anywhere in the European Union. eCall will be mandatory in all new cars sold within EU after April 2018.
It is necessary for automotive manufacturers to develop detailed eCall test procedures for the approval of motor vehicles with respect eCall in-vehicle systems. They need to comply with the standard, which includes specific test configurations that can only be built using GNSS simulation.
For 5- and 6-Series GPS Simulators
The Spectracom GSG line of GNSS simulators efficiently simulate all the major GNSS constellations needed for testing compliance of critical signal receiving equipment in a variety of eCall scenarios. These are of special interest to vehicle manufacturer or IVS system integrators, and examples include those stated by the European GNSS Agency (GSA):
Positioning accuracy under different conditions
Time-to-first-fix
GNSS receiver sensitivity
Re-acquisition performance following signal outages
Playing specific static and dynamic trajectory scenarios
Changing RF transmit power level manually or remotely sequenced as required by standard
eCall Regulation (EU) 2015/758 Articles
2.2.1. NMEA-0183 messages output test. (Static)
2.2.2. Assessment of positioning accuracy in autonomous static mode. (Static)
2.2.3. Assessment of positioning accuracy in autonomous dynamic mode. (dynamic)
2.2.4. Movement in shadow areas, areas of intermittent reception of navigation signals and urban canyons. (dynamic)
2.2.5. Cold Start time to first fix test. (Static)
2.2.6. Test of re-acquisition time of tracking signals after block out of 60 seconds. (Static)
2.2.7. Test of GNSS receiver sensitivity in cold start mode, tracking mode, and re-acquisition scenario. (Static)