Radio navigation or radionavigation is the application of radio frequencies to determine a position on the Earth. Like radiolocation, it is a type of radiodetermination.
The basic principles are measurements from/to electric beacons, especially
- directions, e.g. by bearing, radio phases or interferometry,
- distances, e.g. ranging by measurement of travel times,
- partly also velocity, e.g. by means of radio Doppler shift.
Read more about Radio Navigation: Bearing-measure Systems, Beam Systems, Transponder Systems, Hyperbolic Systems, Satellite Navigation
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