Signal characteristics:

Message:

 Navigation message is at 50bps (bits per second).

 Message structure format, 1500-bit frame (30 second) made up of 5 sub-frames (6 seconds). Each sub-frame is
300 bits long. Superframe consists of 25 subframes (12.5 minutes).

Transmit Power Levels: Receiver Power Levels:

-L1 SPS (C/A) 14.25dBW ERIP 25.0dBW -L1 (SPS) - 158.50 dBW (-130.00 dBm) Min. Guaranteed Power
-PPS (PY) 11.25dBW ERIP 22.0dBW -L1 (PPS) - 163.50 dBW (-133.50 dBm) Avg. Receiver Power
-L2 PPS (PY) 6.35dBW ERIP 17.0dBW -L2 - 166.00 dBW (-136.00 dBm) Min. Guaranteed Power
-L5 24.20dBW ERIP 23.0dBW -L2 - 157.50 dBW (-127.50 dBm) Avg. Receiver Power
-M-Code 19.00dBW ERIP 31.0dBW L1 29.0dBW L2 -L5 - 161.60 dBW (-131.60 dBm) Min. Guaranteed Power
-L5 - 157.60 dBW (-127.60 dBm) Avg. Receiver Power

(all M-Code values estimated) -L5 - 150.00 dBW (-120.00 dBm) Max. Power Level

All levels as per ICD-GPS-705 March 20, 2002

Carriers:
GPS L1
- Center Frequency 1575.42MHz
- 19cm wavelength (7.48in)
- L1 C/A-Code (Coarse/Acquisition) or SPS (Standards Positioning Services)
- C/A-Code chipping rate of 1.023 Mbps with code period of 1 ms
- C/A-Code bandwidth +/-1.023MHz (to 1st sinc nulls)
- L1 P-Code or Y-Code PPS (Precise Positioning Service)
- P-Code chipping rate of 10.23 Mbps with code period of 1 ms
- P-Code bandwidth +/-10.23MHz (to 1st sinc nulls)
- Bandwidth +/-12MHz (ITU International Telecommunications Union
authorized)
GPS L2
- L2 P-Code or Y-Code PPS (Precise Positioning Service)
- Center Frequency 1227.60MHz
- 24.4cm wavelength (9.61in)
- Bandwidth +/-10.23MHz (to 1st sinc nulls)
- Bandwidth +/-12MHz (ITU authorized)
- Chipping rate of 10.23 Mbps with code period of 7 days
- 267 day pseudo random code generator (divided into 37-7 day segments)

GPS L5 GPS M-CODE

- L5 uses codes in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) I has data message Q does - M-Code is a split spectrum signal with a 30MHz bandwidth to 1st nulls
not - Center of split spectrum signals are at L1 & L2 band centers
- Center Frequency 1176.45MHz
- Bandwidth +/-10.23MHz (to 1st sinc nulls)
- Bandwidth +/-12MHz (ITU International Telecommunications Union
authorized)
- Chipping rate of 10.23 Mbps with code period of 1 ms

WAAS/EGNOS ILAA RTCM Radio Beacons (USCG type Beacons)

- 1575.42MHz -283.5-325.0 KHz

GALILEO GLONASS
- E1 1575.42MHz -L1 1597-1605MHz SPS: bandwidth ~1.022MHz to 1st sinc nulls, centered at
- E2 1561.098MHz each GLONASS L1 SV frequency.
- E5 1191.795MHz - L2 1240-1260MHz PPS (on L1 & L2) bandwidth 10.22MHz centered at each
- E6 1278.75MHz GLONASS L2 SV frequency.