ENV-542 / 4 credits

Teacher:

Language: English

Withdrawal: It is not allowed to withdraw from this subject after the registration deadline.

Remark: Pas donné en 2023-24


Summary

All fundamental principles behind modern satellite positioning to acquire, track and evaluate direct and indirect satellite signals and process them in relation to example applications: Earth monitoring (landslides,...), high precision positioning (automated driving, robots,...) and time transfer.

Content

Keywords

GNSS, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, satellite, positioning, signal modulation, detection, estimation, signal processing, ionosphere, troposphere, automated vehicles, space, time-transfer, Earth sensing, drones.

Learning Prerequisites

Recommended courses

Fundamentals of satellite positioning, signals and systems, or signal processing, estimation methods

Important concepts to start the course

Linear algebra, basic signal processing, statistics, programmation in Matlab

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

  • Implement signal acquisition and tracking
  • Develop estimation procedure for precise positioning
  • Interpret and analyse error sources as signal of environment
  • Apply orbit calculation and algorithms for absolute positioning
  • Synthesize a particular problem in GNSS for other students
  • Solve carrier-phase ambiguities for cm-level positioning and ionosphere monitoring
  • Choose an appropriate method and signals according to application

Transversal skills

  • Make an oral presentation.
  • Summarize an article or a technical report.
  • Use both general and domain specific IT resources and tools

Teaching methods

Ex cathedra, exercises (part in computer room), demonstrations

Expected student activities

Active participation in the course and lab assignments, programming of algoritms and self-control (debugging), study of scientific papers.

Assessment methods

Continuous control, 3 tests on the following dates:

- 13th March 2020

- 1st May 2020

- 29th May 2020

Supervision

Office hours No
Assistants Yes
Forum No

Resources

Bibliography

Recommended literature on Moodle.

Notes/Handbook

Slides, book chapter and scientific papers distributed via Moodle.

Moodle Link

Prerequisite for

Sensor orientation

In the programs

  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Advanced satellite positioning
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Advanced satellite positioning
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Advanced satellite positioning
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Advanced satellite positioning
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Advanced satellite positioning
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Advanced satellite positioning
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Advanced satellite positioning
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Advanced satellite positioning
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Advanced satellite positioning
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Advanced satellite positioning
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks

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