NR UE NTN: consider acceleration on orbital path to calculate N_UE_TA_drift_variant
The ntn-Config ephemerisInfo contains the SAT position and velocity
vector but not the acceleration vector.
But the acceleration magnitude on the orbital path can be calculated as:
t = 2 * pi * r / v
omega = 2 * pi / t = v / r
acceleration = omega² * r = v² / r
Where t is the orbital period, r is the orbital radius, v is the orbital
velocity, omega is the angular velocity. The acceleration direction is
from the SAT position towards the earth center. To calculate the
acceleration towards the UE, this is projected on the direction from the
SAT to the UE.
This is used to calculate the variable N_UE_TA_drift_variant and improve
the TA accuracy.
Robert Schmidt
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