1436 pgs, 1996, AIAA
ISBN 978-1563472497

Envisioning a 21st century in which GPS has improved all aspects of everyday life, from communications to robot control, the authors created this book for the purpose of accelerating the understanding of GPS and encouraging new and innovative applications. The two volumes, one concentrating on fundamentals and the other on augmentations and applications, contain 42 chapters written by individuals or groups regarded as world-class authorities in their areas of GPS, thereby offering a variety of viewpoints. The set is intended for both students and practicing engineers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME I
Part I: GPS Fundamentals

1. Introduction and Heritage of NAVSTAR, the Global Positioning System
2. Overview of GPS Operation and Design
3. GPS Signal Structure and Theoretical Performance
4. GPS Navigation Data
5. Satellite Constellation and Geometric Dilution of Precision
6. GPS Satellite and Payload
7. Fundamentals of Signal Tracking Theory
8. GPS Receivers
9. GPS Navigation Algorithms
10. GPS Operational Control Segment

Part II: GPS Performance and Error Effects

11. GPS Error Analysis
12. Ionospheric Effects on GPS
13. Tropospheric Effects on GPS
14. Multipath Effects
15. Foliage Attenuation for Land Mobile Users
16. Ephemeras and Clock Navigation Message Accuracy
17. Selective Availability
18. Introduction to Relativistic Effects on the Global Positioning System
19. Joint Program Office Test Results
20. Interference Effects and Mitigation Techniques

VOLUME II
Part III: Differential GPS and Integrity Monitoring

21. Differential GPS
22. Pseudolites
23. Wide Area Differential GPS
24. Wide Area Augmentation System
25. Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring

Part IV: Differential GPS and Integrity Monitoring

26. Integration of GPS and Loran-C
27. GPS and Inertial Integration
28. Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring Availability for GPS Augmented with Barometric Altimeter Aiding and Clock Coasting
29. GPS and Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS)

Part V: GPS Navigation Applications

30. Land Vehicle Navigation and Tracking
31. Marine Applications
32. Applications of the GPS to Air Traffic Control
33. GPS Applications to General Aviation
34. Aircraft Automatic Approach and Landing Using GPS
35. Precision Landing of Aircraft Using Integrity Beacons
36. Spacecraft Attitude Control Using GPS Carrier Phase

Part VI: Special Applications

37. GPS for Precise Time and Time Interval
38. Surveying with the Global Positioning System
39. Attitude Determination
40. Geodesy
41. Orbit Determination
42. Test Range Instrumentation