<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Actually (June 2011) more than 60 operational GPS and GLONASS (Satellite Navigation Systems - SNS), EGNOS, MSAS and WAAS (Satellite Based Augmentation Systems - SBAS) satellites are in orbits transmitting a variety of signals on multiple frequencies. All these satellite signals and different services designed for the users must be compatible and open signals and services should also be interoperable to the maximum extent possible. Interoperability definition addresses signal, system time and geodetic reference frame considerations. The part of compatibility and interoperability of all these systems and additionally several systems under construction as Compass, Galileo, GAGAN, SDCM or QZSS in computation user's position is presented in this paper. Three parameters - signal in space, system time and coordinate reference frame were taken into account in particular.</p></abstract>

Actually (June 2011) more than 60 operational GPS and GLONASS (Satellite Navigation Systems - SNS), EGNOS, MSAS and WAAS (Satellite Based Augmentation Systems - SBAS) satellites are in orbits transmitting a variety of signals on multiple frequencies. All these satellite signals and different services designed for the users must be compatible and open signals and services should also be interoperable to the maximum extent possible. Interoperability definition addresses signal, system time and geodetic reference frame considerations. The part of compatibility and interoperability of all these systems and additionally several systems under construction as Compass, Galileo, GAGAN, SDCM or QZSS in computation user's position is presented in this paper. Three parameters - signal in space, system time and coordinate reference frame were taken into account in particular.

The Problem of Compatibility and Interoperability of Satellite Navigation Systems in Computation of User's Position

Navigation Department, Gdynia Maritime University, al. JanaPawla II 3, 81-345 Gdynia, Poland

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Actually (June 2011) more than 60 operational GPS and GLONASS (Satellite Navigation Systems - SNS), EGNOS, MSAS and WAAS (Satellite Based Augmentation Systems...

The Problem of Compatibility and Interoperability of Satellite Navigation Systems in Computation of User's Position

Published Online: Jan 27, 2012

Page range: 93 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10018-012-0001-2

Keywords
Satellite Navigation System (SNS), Saellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS), compability, interoperability, coordinate reference frame, time reference, signal in space

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The Problem of Compatibility and Interoperability of Satellite Navigation Systems in Computation of User's Position

Published Online: Jan 27, 2012

Page range: 93 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10018-012-0001-2

KeywordsSatellite Navigation System (SNS), Saellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS), compability, interoperability, coordinate reference frame, time reference, signal in space

This content is open access.

Keywords
Satellite Navigation System (SNS), Saellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS), compability, interoperability, coordinate reference frame, time reference, signal in space