This practical design guide provides an in-depth description of GPS modern digital receiver operation and explores future applications in air, land, and marine navigation. It covers topics ranging from DGPS, integration with other navigational sensors, and GLONASS, to GPS availability and integrity issues. Includes 203 illustrations and 613 equations.

Table of contents

1. Introduction:

Condensed GPS Program History

GPS Overview

GLONASS Augmentations

Applications

Organization of the Text

2. Fundamentals of Satellite Navigation:

Concept of Ranging Using Time-of-Arrival Measurements

Reference Coordinate Systems

Fundamentals of Satellite Orbits

Position Determination Using Pseudorandom Noise

obtaining User Velocity

Position and Velocity Determination Using Kalman Filtering

Time and GPS

3. GPS System Segments:

Overview of the GPS System

Space Segment Phased Development

4. GPS Satellite Signal Characteristics:

GPS Signal Characteristics

5. Satellite Signal Acquisition and Tracking:

GPS Signal Acquisition and Tracking

6. Effects of RF Interference on GPS Satellite Signal Receiver Tracking:

Effects of RF Interference on Tracking

7. Performance of Standalone GPS:

Error Sources, Measurement, Accuracy, and Estimates of User Position and Time

GPS Availability

GPS Integrity

8. Differential GPS:

Code-Based Techniques

Carrier-Based Techniques

9. Integration of GPS With Other Sensors:

GPS/Inertial Navigation

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

10. The Russian GLONASS System:

Functional Description

Program Overview

Organizational Structure

Constellation and Orbit

Spacecraft Description

Ground Support

User Equipment

Reference Systems

GLONASS Signal Characteristics

System Accuracy

Future GLONASS Development

GLONASS Information Centers

11. INMARSAT Civil Navigation Satellite Overlay:

Functional Description

The INMARSAT Organization

Program History

INMARSAT-3

WAAS Signal Specification

Utilization by Land and Maritime Users

Proposed Evolution to a Civil System

12. GPS Markets and Applications:

GPS -- An Enabling Technology

Uses of GPS for Marine, Air, and Land Navigation

GPS in Surveying, Mapping, and Geographical Information Systems

Recreational Markets for GPS-Based Products

GPS Time Transfer

Differential Applications and Services

Military and Space Applications

Equipment Manufacturers and Segmentation

User Equipment Needs for Specific Markets

Financial Projections for the GPS Industry