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Opinto-opas 2012-2013
Positioning and Navigation, 30 cr |
Type of the study block
Int. MSc Major Studies
Contact
Robert Piche, Jussi Collin, Markku Renfors, Jarmo Takala
Learning outcomes
| - | After completing the study block, the student will be able to |
| - | - compute the navigation solution (position, velocity, time) using satellite signals and other navigation sensors |
| - | - select the most suitable navigation system or method given the environmental restrictions and accuracy requirements |
| - | - identify the main error sources of navigation systems and evaluate and characterize the accuracy of the navigation solution |
| - | - design navigation hardware and algorithms for different environments |
| - | - understand the effects of the radio propagation environment in radio signal based positioning techniques |
Prerequisites
| Study block | Credit points | Mandatory/Advisable |
| 25 cr | Mandatory |
Content
Compulsory courses
| Course | Credit points | Alternativity | Class |
| MAT-45806 Mathematics for positioning | 3 cr | 2 | I |
| MAT-45807 Mathematics for Positioning | 4 cr | 2 | I |
| MAT-58006 Master's Thesis Seminar | 1 cr | 1 | I |
| TKT-2536 Introduction to Satellite Positioning | 5 cr | I | |
| TKT-2546 Methods for Positioning | 3 cr | 3 | I |
| TKT-2566 Satellite Navigation Receivers | 5 cr | 3 | I |
| TLT-6106 Basic Course on Wireless Communications | 5 cr | I | |
| TST-1306 Master's Thesis Seminar | 1 cr | 1 | I |
| TST-1406 Master's Thesis Seminar Presentation | 0 cr | II | |
| Total | 27 cr |
1. One of the Master's Thesis Seminars has to be taken. The student takes the seminar according to the Department where his/her scientific supervisor for the thesis is from.
2. One of these two has to be taken. The courses are mutually exclusive.
3. At least one of these two has to be taken.
Supplemental courses
Please select courses from the list to complete the study block`s requirement (30)
| Course | Credit points | Class |
| MAT-31107 Numerical Analysis | 4 cr | I |
| MAT-51266 Stochastic Processes | 6 cr | I |
| MAT-51606 Project Work in Mathematics | 2-10 cr | II |
| MAT-51706 Bayesian Methods | 6 cr | I |
| MIT-4037 Microsensors | 6 cr | I |
| TKT-2527 Project Work | 6-10 cr | II |
| TKT-2556 Basics of Inertial Navigation | 5 cr | II |
| TKT-3517 DSP Implementations | 5 cr | I |
| TKT-3526 Processor Design | 5 cr | II |
| TLT-5206 Communication Theory | 5-7 cr | I |
| TLT-5406 Digital Transmission | 7 cr | I |
| TLT-5606 Spread Spectrum Techniques | 5-7 cr | I |
| TLT-5656 Signal Processing for Mobile Positioning | 5-7 cr | I |
| TST-1206 Demola project work | 5-10 cr | II |
Additional information
Positioning and navigation applications are rapidly growing in numbers, and there is an increasing demand of professional engineers in this field. This study block gives both theoretical and practical knowledge of navigation technologies and applications, including satellite-based systems (GPS, Galileo, etc.) and non-satellite techniques such as inertial navigation.