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== Global Positioning System (GPS) ==

'''GNU Radio can be used to create GNSS receivers. The DBSRX daughterboard for the USRP is capable of receiving signal from all contemporary GNSS systems.'''

=== Requirements ===

* For civilian accuracy, the equivalent of $100 GPS receivers, the signal of interest (C/A) is at 1575.42MHz(L1) with a bandwidth of ~2.046MHz.

* For surveying accuracy, the signals of interest (C/A &amp; P (Y)) are at 1575.42MHz(L1) and 1227.6MHz(L2) with a bandwidth of ~20.46MHz at each frequency.

* For military accuracy, you have to add the restricted decrypting hardware on top of the surveying requirements.

=== The Complete Specification ===

* U.S. Coast Guard Website (This looks like where civilians should go)

* http://www.gps.gov/technical/icwg/ICD-GPS-200C.pdf (obsolete link: http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/gps/geninfo/ICD-GPS-200C%20with%20IRNs%2012345.pdf)

** http://www.gps.gov/ (obsolete link: http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/gps/default.htm)

* GPS Support Center Website (Less flashy website for U.S. military GPS users?)

* obsolete, and unable to locate a new copy of this PDF document: http://www.schriever.af.mil/GpsSupportCenter/documents/icd_gps_200c_irn001thru005.pdf

* obsolete: http://www.schriever.af.mil/GpsSupportCenter/

=== Links to papers with details about software GPS implementations ===

* obsolete, and unable to locate a current copy of this PDF document: http://www.datafusion.com/gps/baselinereceiver.pdf
* http://kom.aau.dk/group/03gr942/public/10%20semester/swreceiver_paper5_ION.pdf (obsolete link: http://gps.ece.cornell.edu/swreceiver_paper5_ION.pdf)
* obsolete, and unable to locate a current copy of this PDF document: http://csc.postech.ac.kr/publication/archive/comm-choi2002.pdf
* http://www.navsys.com/Papers/
* http://gnss-sdr.org/publications/

=== Overview of GPS Operation ===

* http://www.collaborium.org/onsite/jos2000/related/GPS/DECODING.HTM
* http://gpsinformation.net/main/gpslock.htm

=== General GPS Information ===

* http://gpsinformation.net/
* A decent introduction to GPS, and even better, SDR implementations thereof, is &quot;Fundamentals of Global Positioning System Receivers: A software approach&quot;, by James Bao-Yen Tsui (ISBN 0-471-38154-3).
* http://gpstrackit.com/blog/
* A regularly updated blog on the applications of GPS and GIS technology

=== SBAS/WAAS/EGNOS/MSAS information here ===

* http://www.faa.gov/ASD/international/GUIDANCE_MATL/2892b_c1.pdf - FAA WAAS Specification (non-canonical link, a C version exists somewhere)
* http://gps.losangeles.af.mil/prn/sbas_ranging_codes.htm - currently registered C/A PN codes for SBAS satellites
* http://www.rtca.org/downloads/doclist_1004.htm#_Toc86220673 - RTCA/DO-229 (What is this?)
* <put your tidbits here>

=== OpenGNSS Community Information ===

* Mailing List: http://lists.psas.pdx.edu/mailman/listinfo/opengnss
* Wiki: http://psas.pdx.edu/GPS/OpenGnssProjects

=== Projects ===

* http://code.google.com/p/opengnss Trond Danielsen, GPLv2 python-based GPS receiver, last change 2007
* http://github.com/gps-sdr/gps-sdr Gregory W. Heckler, USRP-based, but not GNU Radio, used to be http://www.gps-sdr.com/
* There is an OSS implementation of the decoding part in OpenSourceGPS at http://home.earthlink.net/~cwkelley/
* There is a project at the proof-of-concept stage at http://www.kamieniecki.com/krys/gps/ which currently processes simulated signals with software correlators.
* One of the most interesting projects ever dealing with GPS and GLONASS in a single package was done by Matjaz Vidmar, S53MV. It is available here http://lea.hamradio.si/~s53mv/navsats/theory.html (software, hardware designs, etc.)
* Andrew Holme has made a discrete component RF frontend for GPS L1 based on Matjaz Vidmar's work: http://www.holmea.demon.co.uk/GPS/Main.htm
* http://gnss-sdr.org/ An open source project started by Catalunya's CTTC (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya)

=== The Russian GLONASS ===

* http://www.glonass-ianc.rsa.ru/pls/htmldb/f?p=202:1:12061333542270124939 The Russians added needless complications when they selected a silly time-scale for their system and decided to share the spreading codes between satellites. GLONASS also consumes a lot more bandwidth. However, this would be an excellent demonstration of an SDR's adaptability, since a working software GPS receiver has all the necessary components that a GLONASS receiver requires. One just rearranges them differently. GALILEO falls into the same category.

=== Q&amp;A ===

'''Q:''' What about DGPS for GPS positioning accuracy improvement?

'''A:''' For the continental US, WAAS is more reasonable. The marine DGPS beacons that operate at LF (~300kHz) would require another RF path and related antenna.

'''Q:''' What about WAAS, EGNOS (Europe), MSAS (Japan / Asia) for GPS positioning accuracy improvement?

'''A:''' WAAS is broadcast on the same L1 frequency as GPS itself. So WAAS support is a pure software feature.