The GPS system is one component of the worldwide effort now known as the Global Navigation Satellite System, GNSS. Another component of GNSS is the GLONASS system of the Russian Federation, a third is the GALILEO system administered by the EU and a fourth is the Chinese Beidou system. The concept is the use of these networks of satellites and others together. Further, they will be augmented by both ground-based augmentation systems, GBAS, and space-based augmentation systems, SBAS, to provide positioning, navigation, and timing solutions to users around the world. One goal of this cooperation is interoperability. Interoperability is the idea that properly equipped receivers will be able to obtain useful signals from all available satellites in all the constellations and have their solutions improved rather than impeded by the various configurations of the different satellite broadcasts.
At the successful completion of this lesson, students should be able to:
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