Comparison between Navigation Satellite Systems

 

GPS

GLONASS

Galileo

Beidou QZSS SBAS

Transmission mode

CDMA

FDMA (GLONASS-M)

CDMA (GLONASS-K)

CDMA

CDMA

CDMA CDMA

Ranging code

Each satellite transmits different PRN code

All satellites transmit same code but at different frequencies

Each satellite transmits different PRN code

Each satellite transmits different PRN code

Each satellite transmits different PRN code Each satellite transmits different PRN code

Frequency

L1: 1575.42 MHz

L2: 1227.6 MHz

L1: 1602 MHz (1598-1605 MHz)

L2: 1246 MHz (1242-1252 MHz)

E1: 1575.420 MHz

E6: 1278.750 MHz

E5: 1191.795 MHz

E5a: 1176.450 MHz

E5b: 1207.140 MHz

B1: 1561.098 MHz

L1 CA: 1575.42 MHz L1 CA: 1575.42MHz

Standard precision signal

C/A code transmitted on L1

Transmitted in L1 band on frequencies 562.5 kHz apart (channel –7 to + 6)

OS code transmitted on E1

OS code transmitted on B1

C/A code transmitted on L1 C/A code transmitted on L1

High precision signal

P(Y) code transmitted on L1 and L2

Transmitted in L2 band on frequencies 437.5 kHz apart

E6 signal at 1278.750 MHz

Unknown

  N/A

Coordinate datum system

WGS 84

PZ-90

GTRF

CGCS 2000 (China Geodetic Coordinate System)

JGS(Japanese geodetic system) WGS84

Time system

GPS Time

UTC (SU)

GST

Beidou System Time (BDT)

TAI (international atomic time) SBAS Network Time