Description
This authoritative work brings you a timely, unified analysis of the various satellite navigation technologies, applications, and services in operation or development, and of the challenges that lie ahead in this rapidly evolving field. It describes the segments, signal characteristics, performance, and securities aspects of the GPS system, including the advances anticipated in the next-generation GPS-III, and brings you up to speed on the developing European GALILEO system and its innovative characteristics, services, and potential. A look at ground-based and satellite-based augmentation systems (GBAS and SBAS) highlights their performance-improving features and how these systems may serve as connection rings between GPS and future networks like GALILEO. This definitive book examines the advanced architectures paving the way for the future integration of satellite navigation systems with wireless communications systems, including next-generation 4G wireless networks, and for interoperability among the different satellite navigation systems themselves. Yet unanswered questions about industry standardization, service issues, and legal and liability issues are also addressed in detail. Hundreds of references, illustrations, and an original layer-based overview of earth, sea, air, and space navigation systems round out this complete, forward-looking guide to satellite navigation technologies and services.
Table Of Contents
Preface. ; Acknowledgements.; Introduction ëIntroduction to Navigation: A Historical Perspective.Evolution of Satellite Navigation. Preview of the Book. References.; Navigation Basics ë Coordinate Systems. Time Systems. Navigation Equations. Required Navigation Performance. References.; The Global Positioning System ëIntroduction. GPS System Architecture. GPS Signals. Signal Propagation Effects. GPS Performance. References.; Augmentation Systems ëIntroduction. Integrity Monitoring. Differential GPS. Satellite Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS). Ground Based Augmentation Systems (GBAS). Aircraft Based Augmentation Systems (ABAS). References.; GALILEO ëIntroduction. The GALILEO Program. GALILEO Services. The GALILEO System. Interoperability. Security Aspects. References.; GPS Modernization towards GPS III ëIntroduction. Space Segment Modernization. Control Segment Modernization. GPS Modernization Signals. GPS Modernization Performance and Signal Capabilities.; GPS III Features. References.; Legal and Market Policy of Satellite Navigation ëIntroduction. GPS. Augmentation Systems. GALILEO. References.; Layer Issues ëIntroduction. Land/Water Layer. Air Layer.Space Layer. References. ; Integration with Existing and Future Systems ëIntroduction. Integration with other Navigation Systems.; Integration with Communications Systems.References. ; Open Issues and Perspectives ë A Step Ahead for Aviation: the Free Flight. HAP-based Integrated Networks.; B3G Mobile Networks. Digital Divide. B2G GNSS. Navigation Services Penetration. Conclusions. References.; List of Acronyms.; About the Authors.; Index.;
Author
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Ramjee Prasad
Ramjee Prasad is director of the Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTIF), Aalborg University. He is the author of OFDM for Wireless Communications Systems (Artech House, 2004), coauthor of Applied Satellite Navigation Using GPS, GALILEO, and Augmentation Systems, Multicarrier Techniques for 4G Mobile Communications, and WLANs and WPANs towards 4G Wireless, (Artech House, 2005, 2003, 2003), co-editor of Wireless IP and Building the Mobile Internet (Artech House, 2003), and is the author/coauthor of several other books published by Artech House.
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Marina Ruggieri