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Understanding Satellite Navigation

This book explains the basic principles of satellite navigation technology with the bare minimum of mathematics and without complex equations. It helps you to conceptualize the un… Read more

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This book explains the basic principles of satellite navigation technology with the bare minimum of mathematics and without complex equations. It helps you to conceptualize the underlying theory from first principles, building up your knowledge gradually using practical demonstrations and worked examples. A full range of MATLAB simulations is used to visualize concepts and solve problems, allowing you to see what happens to signals and systems with different configurations. Implementation and applications are discussed, along with some special topics such as Kalman Filter and Ionosphere.

With this book you will learn:

  • How a satellite navigation system works
  • How to improve your efficiency when working with a satellite navigation system
  • How to use MATLAB for simulation, helping to visualize concepts
  • Various possible implementation approaches for the technologyThe most significant applications of satellite navigation systems

    • Key features

    • Teaches the fundamentals of satellite navigation systems, using MATLAB as a visualization and problem solving tool
    • Worked out numerical problems are provided to aid practical understanding
    • On-line support provides MATLAB scripts for simulation exercises and MATLAB based solutions, standard algorithms, and PowerPoint slides

    Readership

    Undergraduate students; professionals in the area of satellite navigation, coming from different backgrounds

    Table of contents

    • Dedication
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgment
    • Chapter 1. Introduction to Navigation
      • 1.1. Introduction
      • 1.2. Navigation
      • 1.3. Referencing a position
      • 1.4. Radio navigation system
      • Conceptual questions
    • Chapter 2. Satellite Navigation
      • 2.1. Satellite navigation
      • 2.2. Architectural components
      • 2.3. Control segment
      • Conceptual questions
    • Chapter 3. Satellites in Orbit
      • 3.1. Kepler's laws and orbital dynamics
      • 3.2. Orbital orientation relative to earth
      • 3.3. Perturbation of satellite orbits
      • 3.4. Different types of orbit
      • 3.5. Selection of orbital parameters
      • Conceptual questions
    • Chapter 4. Navigation Signals
      • 4.1. Navigation signal
      • 4.2. Navigation data
      • 4.3. Ranging codes
      • 4.4. Encryption
      • 4.5. Multiple access
      • 4.6. Digital modulation
      • 4.7. Typical link calculations
      • Conceptual questions
    • Chapter 5. Navigation Receiver
      • 5.1. Navigation receiver
      • 5.2. Functional units of user receivers
      • Conceptual questions
    • Chapter 6. Navigation Solutions
      • 6.1. Fundamental concepts
      • 6.2. Generation of observation equation
      • 6.3. Linearization
      • 6.4. Solving for position
      • 6.5. Other methods for position fixing
      • 6.6. Velocity estimation
      • Conceptual questions
    • Chapter 7. Errors and Error Corrections
      • 7.1. Scope of errors
      • 7.2. Control segment errors
      • 7.3. Space segment errors
      • 7.4. Propagation and user segment errors
      • 7.5. Techniques of error mitigation
      • 7.6. Effect of errors on positioning
      • 7.7. Error budget and performances
      • Conceptual questions
    • Chapter 8. Differential Positioning
      • 8.1. Differential positioning
      • 8.2. Differential correction techniques
      • 8.3. Implementation of differential systems
      • Conceptual questions
    • Chapter 9. Special Topics
      • 9.1. Kalman filter
      • 9.2. The ionosphere
      • Conceptual questions
    • Chapter 10. Applications
      • 10.1. Introduction
      • 10.2. Applications overview
      • 10.3. Specific applications
    • Appendix 1. Satellite Navigational Systems
    • Index

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    About the author

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    Rajat Acharya

    Dr. Rajat Acharya is a Senior Scientist at the Space Applications Centre, a key unit of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). With over two decades of involvement in India’s satellite navigation programs—GAGAN and NavIC—he has significant contributions in ionospheric modelling and space weather research. Dr. Acharya serves as Course Director for GNSS and SATCOM at the UN-affiliated Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP). He has also been a Visiting Professor at Gujarat University, where he taught postgraduate courses in Geo-informatics and Satellite Navigation. Dr. Rajat Acharya regularly teaches Space Weather at the postgraduate level and has written extensively, authoring other popular books on the subject. He also represented India as Co-Chair of Working Group-C during the sessions of the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG).
    Affiliations and expertise
    Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India

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