Digital Satellite Navigation and Geophysics
A Practical Guide with GNSS Signal Simulator and Receiver Laboratory

Your hands-on guide to GNSS theory and applications, with practical case studies and bundled real-time software receiver and signal simulator.

Ivan G. Petrovski (Author), Toshiaki Tsujii (Author)

9780521760546, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 March 2012

338 pages, 250 b/w illus. 30 tables
25.3 x 17.5 x 1.9 cm, 0.82 kg

'The authors write in an accessible, conversational style with many enjoyable descriptions of historical context. This is most welcome, and makes for pleasant reading … The main content of the book is a valuable addition to the still-small universe of GNSS textbooks … The authors provide a number of interesting details and novelties not found in other GNSS texts … this book offers a more comprehensive treatment of the various satellite signals than previous GNSS texts. For that reason alone, it is worth having on your shelf.' Frank Van Diggelen, InsideGNSS

Bridge the gap between theoretical education and practical work experience with this hands-on guide to GNSS, which features: • A clear, practical presentation of GNSS theory, with emphasis on GPS and GLONASS • All the essential theory behind software receivers and signal simulators • Key applications in navigation and geophysics, including INS aiding, scintillation monitoring, earthquake studies and more • Physical explanations of various important phenomena, including the similarity of code delay and phase advance of GNSS signals, and negative cross-correlation between scintillation intensity and phase variations. Whether you are a practising engineer, a researcher or a student, you will gain a wealth of insights from the authors' twenty-five years of experience. You can explore numerous practical examples and case studies and get hands-on user experience with a bundled real-time software receiver, signal simulator and a set of signal data, enabling you to create your own GNSS lab for research or study.

Foreword Richard B. Langley
1. Methods of positioning with navigation satellites
2. Presentations and applications of GNSS orbits
3. GNSS signal generation in transmitters and simulators
4. Signal propagation through the atmosphere
5. Receiver RF front end
6. Real-time baseband processor on a PC
7. Multipath
8. Optimization of GNSS observables
9. Using observables in navigation related tasks
10. Electromagnetic scintillation of GNSS signal
11. Geophysical measurements using GNSS signals
12. INS aiding in baseband and navigation processors.

Subject Areas: Satellite communication [TJKS], Radio technology [TJKR], Communications engineering / telecommunications [TJK], Electronics engineering [TJF]