During the development of GALILEO, the future European Global Satellite Navigation System, several studies emphasised the importance of communication within the navigation sector and its applications. Within this book, a detailed overview about the different applications is given. Not many existing communication systems, for instance GSM, GPRS, TETRA, etc. can fulfil all requirements needed in the communication of navigation related data. This book gives an overview of the different communications systems which are available today.
The main characteristics of communication systems are...