In this post you will learn all about what is assisted gps ? AGPS or Assisted GPS or A-GPS is a technology that uses extra data to improve the capacity of GPS i.e. Global Positioning System. We get to see advanced things in it like it improves the accuracy of location determination and the time taken to find the location is also reduced significantly. Along with this, AGPS also reduces battery consumption to a great extent.Agps
A. Introduction:
- A-GPS full form : AGPS Stands for Assisted Global positioning System. AGPS is GPS upgrade system.
- This is advanced version of GPS and works better than GPS. AGPS gives better and faster information than GPS.
B. Objective
- Enhancements to data obtained from GPS signals
- Determining accurate and precise location even in congested areas of cities and rural areas
C. Working Method:
- Data Help: A-GPS receives additional data from two different sources such as mobile network and internet
- Signal Processing: AGPS combines GPS signals to help users get their position quickly and accurately
D. Benefits
- A GPS can easily locate a user’s position using the GPS system
- AGPS can determine better position in urban dens areas, villages and forests whereas all these facilities were not better in GPS
- A-GPS has low battery consumption than GPS, it consumes less power as compared to GPS
D. Uses
AGPS technology is mostly used in mobile phones and also in car navigation systems, which provides accurate and precise information than GPS
E. Limits
A GPS needs a good network to work properly. There may be a slight problem of security breach in this. There may be security concerns while transmitting the data.
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