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Satellites send a signal and users’ receptor receives it. But in order to read the signal properly, both clocks (the satellites and the receptor’s) must have the same time scale.
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Satellites send a signal and users’ receptor receives it. But in order to read the signal properly, both clocks (the satellites and the receptor’s) must have the same time scale.
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# **1st synchronization problem:**
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# **1st synchronization problem: the distance calculation is very sensitive to clock errors**
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Indeed, if we calculate the time a signal makes to go from the satellites to the receptor, in an ideal world, we only would have to use the fact that . As time is multiplied by the speed of light, distance is very sensible to time mistake: 
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Indeed, if we calculate the time a signal makes to go from the satellites to the receptor, in an ideal world, we only would have to use the fact that . As time is multiplied by the speed of light, distance is very sensible to time mistake: 
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Therefore, the localisation problem has 4 unknown parameters: 3 geometrical parameters x, y and z and time t.
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Therefore, the localisation problem has 4 unknown parameters: 3 geometrical parameters x, y and z and time t.
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# **2nd synchronization problem:**
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# **2nd synchronization problem: the problem with the frequency**
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The same problem affects the measurements made thanks to the Doppler Effect. The clock drift is a phenomenon that describes the precision of a clock through time. This drift depends on the quality of the clock : the drift of an atomic clock will be more predictable and smaller than the drift of a quartz clock.
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The same problem affects the measurements made thanks to the Doppler Effect. The clock drift is a phenomenon that describes the precision of a clock through time. This drift depends on the quality of the clock : the drift of an atomic clock will be more predictable and smaller than the drift of a quartz clock.
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