Satellite Navigation
Content
- Introduction to radio based determination of position, time and velocity
- Position and velocity estimation
- Satellite constellations and orbits
- Signals (modulation and coding) and navigation services (GPS and Galileo)
- Signal acquisition and tracking
- Discriminators for delay, frequency and phase as well as associated control loops and their implementation
- Propagation errors and their mitigation: multipath, ionospheric effects, tropospheric effects, interference
- Accuracy of position and time estimation
- Reference systems for position and time
- Relativistic corrections
Outcomes
- fundamental modeling techniques and solution methods in the field of satellite navigation as well as other supporting means of navigation.
- They gain an overview and understanding of relevant technologies in the field of satellite navigation.
- They develop the capability to analyze and dimension satellite navigation systems.
- They gain an insight in actual and planned systems of satellite navigation as well as in still open questions in this field of research.
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