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' 25 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
''This book is about global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), their two main instruments, which are a receiver and a simulator, and their applications. The book is based on operational off-the-shelf real-time software GNSS receiver and off-the-shelf GNSS signal simulator. The academic versions of these tools are bundled with this book and free for a reader to use for study and research'' — Methods of positioning with navigation satellites — Presentations and applications of GNSS orbits — GNSS signal generation in transmitters and simulators — Signal propagation through the atmosphere — Receiver RF front end — Real-time baseband processor on a PC — Multipath — Optimization of GNSS observables — Using observables in navigation related tasks — Electromagnetic scintillation of GNSS signal — Geophysical measurements using GNSS signals — INS aiding in baseband and navigation processors