The
second edition of this widely praised book offers a comprehensive
introduction to GPS: the system, signals, receivers, measurements, and
algorithms for estimation of position, velocity, and time. It is
intended as a textbook for a senior- or graduate-level engineering
course and a self-study guide for practicing engineers.
The book
is divided into four parts. Part I introduces the basic framework for a
global navigation satellite system, including coordinate frames, time
references, and satellite orbits, and provides an overview of GPS,
GLONASS, and Galileo. Part II describes the fruits of GPS: estimation
of position, velocity, and time. Part III discusses the ingenious
structure of the GPS signals. Part IV introduces the signal processing
steps required to extract the necessary measurements from these
signals, and explores the challenges posed by signal blockage and RFI.
