Global Positioning System (GPS) - Theory and Practice

Author: Huang Dingfa, Xiong Yongliang, Yuan Linruo
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: As a specialized monograph on research achievements, this book introduces research findings while also considering the systematic nature of theory. The chapter arrangement strives for the completeness of the theoretical system, but for general foundational theories, it seeks to keep the discussions concise. In fact, the progress of data processing and analysis theory has played an extremely important role in the development of GPS technology, and it has also formed one of the core components of GPS theory and application research. Based on the introduction of basic GPS observations and observation equations, this book provides a detailed analysis of basic observations, their linear combinations, error sources, etc., and elaborates on mathematical models of satellite positioning, such as short and long positioning models. For two key issues in GPS data processing—cycle slip detection and ambiguity resolution theory and research achievements—this book dedicates a separate chapter for detailed elaboration, including methods such as FARA and LAMBDA for ambiguity resolution, fast algorithms for ambiguity resolution, single epoch single method, and the application of wavelet analysis in GPS data processing. Satellite navigation is an important aspect of GPS applications, and this book also discusses standards for differential correction broadcasts, data links (including ground-based and space-based data links), as well as wide-area augmentation methods. For high-precision GPS application research, it introduces research achievements in multi-antenna GPS deformation monitoring systems, data processing methods, joint processing of GPS networks and ground networks and their transformations, as well as GPS elevation measurements. In the field of network GPS research, it discusses the latest research achievements, the theory of network GPS virtual reference stations (VRS), service network systems, and system development and implementation.