Understanding GPS

Principles and Applications

Elliott D. Kaplan

554 pages, parution le 10/02/1996

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Résumé

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