The Second Edition of this acclaimed e-book permits readers to appreciate and practice the complicated operation ideas of world positioning approach (GPS) receivers. even if GPS receivers are known in daily life to assist in positioning and navigation, this can be the single textual content that's dedicated to entire insurance in their operation ideas. the writer, one of many ideal specialists within the GPS box, offers the cloth from a software program receiver point of view, an procedure that is helping readers higher comprehend operation and that displays the forecasted integration of GPS receivers into such daily units as mobile phones. targeting civilian C/A code, the ebook offers the instruments and knowledge had to comprehend and take advantage of all elements of receiver expertise in addition to correct navigation schemes:

• Overview of GPS fundamentals and the constellation of satellites that include the GPS system
• Detailed exam of GPS sign constitution, acquisition, and tracking
• Step-by-step presentation of the mathematical formulation for calculating a user's position
• Demonstration of using desktop courses to run key equations
• Instructions for constructing to gather digitized information for a software program GPS receiver
• Complete bankruptcy demonstrating a GPS receiver following a sign circulate to figure out a user's position

The Second Edition of this hugely acclaimed textual content has been significantly accelerated, together with 3 new chapters:

• Acquisition of vulnerable signals
• Tracking of vulnerable signals
• GPS receiver similar subjects

Following the author's specialist information and easy-to-follow variety, engineers and scientists study all that's had to comprehend, construct, and function GPS receivers. The book's logical circulate from simple thoughts to purposes makes it a very good textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate scholars in electric engineering, instant communications, and computing device science.