Synopsis: This white paper analyses in depth how the incorporation of Galileo, Europe’s Global Navigation Satellite System, positively impacts all existing applications of GNSS in urban mobility services, and even enables new ones. This is mostly done through better signal accuracy —because there are more satellites in view, allowing for better geometry— and availability —especially in challenging environments for GNSS, such as urban canyons, where satellite signals from one constellation can get completely blocked by tall buildings—; but there is another key benefit which the Galileo system, and no other GNSS at the moment, offers: the authentication of the satellite signal. According to experts in the field, this is the most differentiating, added-value feature of Galileo, and it will enable a whole range of applications that are not possible today.

Authors: Sergi Paniagua (Pildo Labs), Carles Mirapeix (Pildo Labs), Eloi Martín (Pildo Labs); Josep Laborda (Coordinator of the ARIADNA project)