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Topics for discussion
L1 Carrier L2 Carrier
Navigation Navigation
C/A Code P-Code Message P-Code Message
Control Segment of GPS
Space Segment
24+ Satellites
Current ephemeris is
transmitted to users
Monitor Stations
Diego Garcia
Ascension Island
Kwajalein
Hawaii
Colorado Springs End
GPS Control User
Colorado Springs
Control Segment of GPS
Colorado
Springs
Kwajalein
Hawaii
Ascension
Islands
Diego
Garcia
Russian system
(Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya
Spunikova Sistema - GLONASS)
http://www.esa.int/esaNA/SEMY02FFWOE_galileo_0.html
Principle of positioning
TheGPS-receiver
The GPS-receivercomputes
computesthethe GPS-satellite
distances(ranges)
distances (ranges)totothe
thesatellites
satellites
Distance =
(velocity of light) x (travel time)
GPS-receiver
Howdoes
How doesthe
theGPS-receiver
GPS-receiver
computesthe
computes thetravel
traveltime?
time?
GPS code on Carrier wave
(C/A or P code)
L1 = 1575.42 MHz
L2 = 1227.60 MHz
ItItreceives
receivesGPS-codes
GPS-codesandand
Carrierwaves
Carrier wavesfrom
fromthe
thesatellite
satellite
Code comparison
Time difference
between
Receiver and Satellite signal
Principle of positioning
TheGPS-receiver
The GPS-receivermeasures
measuresininfact
fact
pseudodistances
distances(pseudo-ranges)
(pseudo-ranges)toto GPS-satellite
pseudo
thesatellites
the satellites
Pseudo-range =
(velocity of light) x (travel time)
+ (receiver clock error) + (other errors)
GPS-receiver
Principle of positioning
1 2
3
distance 2
distance 3
distance 1
(X,Y,Z) Todetermine
To determineaaposition
positionininaa
33dimensional
dimensionalspace
spaceitittakes
takesinintheory
theory
33distance
distancemeasurements
measurementsfrom from
33satellites
satellites
Pseudorange positioning
One-satellite fix position
Pseudorange =
velocity of light * travel time
pseudorange 1
+ receiver clock error + other errors
(X,Y,Z,
t) Accuratepositioning
positioningrequires
requires
Accurate
anextra
an extradistance
distancemeasurement
measurement
fromaafourth
from fourthsatellite
satellitetoto
eliminatethe
eliminate thereceiver
receiverclock
clockerror
error
Synchronization bias of the receiver clock
Error sources in absolute positioning
Selective availability
Satellite clock and orbit errors
Ionospheric and tropospheric delays
Receivers environment (multi-path)
Satellite constellation
Receivers environment errors
Magnitude of the error sources*
Goodsatellite
Good satelliteconstellation
constellation
LowPDOP
Low PDOP(1.5)
(1.5)
Badsatellite
Bad satelliteconstellation
constellation
HighPDOP(5.7)
High PDOP(5.7)
positional error
Positional accuracy in absolute positioning
L1/L2 Carrier
GlobalNET 2005
NLR Globalcom
http://www.lnrglobalcom.nl
Network positioning
GlobalNET 2005: Reference Station at ITC
Satellite-Based Augmentation
Systems (SBAS)
Satellite-based Augmentation
Systems
Geostationary satellite
Ground station
(X,Y,Z) Reference point
Field receiver
Ground station
(X,Y,Z) Reference point
Satellite-based Augmentation
Systems
Geostationary satellite
Ground station
(X,Y,Z) Reference point
Ground station
(X,Y,Z) Reference point
Operational systems
http://geotracing.com/tland
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