Understanding GPS: Principles and Applications (Artech House Mobile Communications Series)
This thoroughly updated second edition of an Artech House bestseller brings together a team of leading experts who provide you with a current and comprehensive treatment of the Global Positioning System (GPS). The book covers all the latest advances in technology, applications, and systems. The second edition includes new chapters that explore the integration of GPS with vehicles and cellular telephones, new classes of satellite broadcast signals, the emerging GALILEO system, and new...
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The intent of this book is to provide a complete systems engineering treatment of GPS, both as a student text and reference for the engineering and scientific community. It covers GPS satellite signal characteristics, satellite orbits, signal acquisition, tracking and data demodulation, PRN codes, ranging using TOA measurements, and the integration of GPS with other sensors and network assistance. The book includes information on international variations of GPS, such as the Russian GLONASS, Chinese BeiDou and Japanese QZSS systems. Also included is a chapter on markets and applications for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Annotation © 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Ch. 1Introduction1Ch. 2Fundamentals of satellite navigation21Ch. 3GPS system segments67Ch. 4GPS satellite signal characteristics113Ch. 5Satellite signal acquisition, tracking, and data demodulation153Ch. 6Interference, multipath, and scintillation243Ch. 7Performance of stand-alone GPS301Ch. 8Differential GPS379Ch. 9Integration of GPS with other sensors and network assistance459Ch. 10GALILEO559Ch. 11Other satellite navigation systems595Ch. 12GNSS markets and applications635App. ALeast squares and weighted least squares estimates663App. BStability measures for frequency sources665App. CFree-space propagation loss669
