Volume III. Systems Phase, Chapter 2A: Satellite Navigation Using the Global Positioning System.

Abstract

These notes are designed to accompany a 4 to 6 hour course. They provide a theoretical and practical foundation for understanding the Global Positioning System (GPS). Emphasis is on the use of GPS for determining navigational information such as user position and velocity relative to the local navigation frame of reference (latitude, longitude, altitude, and their time derivatives). Topics include history and motivation for OPS, basic properties of GPS, navigation solution theory, signal structure, code generation, code correlation, receiver design, ranging errors, geometrical errors, differential GPS, relative GPS, and carrier-phase GPS. By the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to write simple positioning algorithms given GPS pseudoranges. Also, the student will become well versed in the theoretical aspects of GPS, and so will be able to read and criticize current GPS research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA320039

Entities

People

  • Bob Riggins

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Geometry
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Navigational Equipment
  • Navigators
  • Radio Navigation
  • Range Finding
  • Satellite Constellations
  • Satellite Orbits
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space