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Course Catalog 2011-2012
TLT-5656 Signal Processing for Mobile Positioning, 5-7 cr |
Additional information
The course will be lectured every second year (even year Spring). Lectured during Spring 2012.
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Person responsible
Elena-Simona Lohan
Lessons
Study type | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | Summer | Implementations | Lecture times and places |
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Requirements
Exam + Matlab project work.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
Learning outcomes
The course focuses on the principles and techniques of mobile location and navigation, with emphasis on satellite navigation systems. Also cellular-based positioning, WLAN-based positioning and Signal Of Opportunity (SoO)-based positioning are to be addressed. After the course, a student will have in-depth knowledge about positioning and navigation techniques. He or she will also gain knowledge about location based services and future of wireless navigation.
Content
Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
1. | Basics of signal processing and channel models in the context of navigation (digital modulation types, multiple access schemes with focus on CDMA, path losses, channel impairments, etc) | Advanced path loss models | |
2. | Introduction to satellite navigation systems, GNSS concept and architecture | Details of certain GNSS/NSS systems under development | |
3. | GNSS signals and spectra | Theoretical modeling of power spectral densities (PSD) and autocorrelation functions | |
4. | Acquisition and tracking in GNSS (basic structures and advanced structures, including multipath mitigation and unambiguous approaches for Galileo signals) | ||
5. | Indoor GNSS -challenges and solutions | ||
6. | GNSS receiver front-end architectures | Detailed front-end sheet calculations | |
7. | Cellular-based location algorithms (focus on GSM and 3G) | Details about implememtation of cellular-based location techniques | |
8. | WLAN-based location algorithms - basic approaches | Fingerprinting methods | |
9. | Signals of Opportunity (SoO) concept and SoO-based location algorithms | Details about specific SoO (signal structures, architectures, etc) |
Evaluation criteria for the course
The assessment is based on an exam (targeted to measuring the knowledge gained in the core contents) and an individual project pertaining to topics learned during the course. Also bonus points can be gathered during exercises and lectures.
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Partial passing:
Study material
Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
Lecture slides | Lecture Notes | English |
Prerequisites
Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
TKT-2536 Introduction to Satellite Positioning | Advisable | |
TLT-5206 Communication Theory | Mandatory | |
TLT-5406 Digital Transmission | Advisable | |
TLT-6106 Basic Course on Wireless Communications | Mandatory | |
TLT-6206 Radio Propagation in Wireless Networks | Advisable |
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
There is no equivalence with any other courses
More precise information per implementation
Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
This course focuses on signal processing techniques for wireless positioning. Satellite-based positioning, cellular-based positioning and wireless LANs/sensors -based positioning methods will be addressed. Also related, state of art metjods such as Signals of Opportunity will be covered. At the end of this course, the student will be familiar with a broad range of wireless positioning nowdays, with the main focus on Global Navigation Satellite Systems. |