Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Helena Leppäkoski, Jussi Collin

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 1 : Wednesday 14 - 16, TC161 Per 1, 2 : Wednesday 14 - 16, TB223

Requirements

A short writing assignment, exercises, and a written exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

Student familiarizes himself with the basic concepts of satellite positioning: positioning measurements, how the position is estimated, and what types of technologies are involved.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Satellite positioning systems. Space, control and user segments. GPS and GALILEO.	Inertial navigation. Integration of INS with satellite navigation. GPS modernization.	The development and history of satellite positioning systems.
2.	Coordinate systems. Time reference. Satellite constellation.
3.	Positioning measurements and error sources of them.	Modelling of the errors and methods for compensating the errors.
4.	Position estimation. Pseudorange. Geometry matrix. Estimation of position from measurements.	Estimation of velocity and time using the measurement data. Dilution of precision, RMS error.
5.	Range signals, code and carrier parts. Satellite navigation receivers.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Grading is based on the final exam.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Global Positioning System: Signals, Measurements, and Performance,	Misra, P., and Enge, P.	0970954417		2nd ed.		English
Lecture slides		Hanna Sairo					English

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Excercises Study journal, portfolio and other literary work	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	22.08.2008
Modifier	Johanna Reponen