Abstract :
The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is the worldwide set of satellite navigation constellations, civil aviation augmentations, and user equipment. This paper reviews the current status and future plans of the elements of GNSS as it pertains to civil aviation. The paper addresses the following satellite navigation systems: the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), Russian GLONASS, European Galileo, Chinese Compass, Japanese Quasi Zenith Satellite System, and Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. The paper also describes aviation augmentations including aircraft-based, satellite-based, ground-based, and ground-based regional augmentation systems defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Lastly, this paper details typical user equipment configurations and civil aviation applications of GNSS including navigation, automatic dependent surveillance, terrain awareness warning systems, and timing.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; aircraft navigation; avionics; Chinese Compass; European Galileo; Global Navigation Satellite System; Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System; International Civil Aviation Organization; Japanese Quasi Zenith Satellite System; Russian GLONASS; U.S. Global Positioning System; automatic dependent surveillance; civil aviation augmentations; civil aviation system; ground based navigation systems; regional augmentations systems; satellite navigation constellations; terrain awareness warning systems; user equipment; Aircraft navigation; Alarm systems; Artificial satellites; Computerized monitoring; Global Positioning System; Satellite constellations; Satellite navigation systems; Senior members; Surveillance; Timing; Aircraft-based augmentation system (ABAS); Compass; GLONASS; Galileo; Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS); Global Positioning System (GPS); Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS); Quasi Zenith Satellite System (QZSS); automatic dependent surveillance (ADS); ground-based augmentation system (GBAS); ground-based regional augmentation system (GRAS); satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS); terrain awareness warning system (TAWS);
