ECE 498 JM - Global Positioning Systems

Summer 2009 | Fall 2009 | Spring 2010 | Summer 2010
Official Description Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in electrical and computer engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.
Hours 0 to 4 hours.
Course Prerequisites
Course Directors Jonathan J Makela
Description An introduction to global navigation satellite systems, with a focus on the global positioning system (GPS). Topics to be covered in lectures and laboratories include basics of navigation, obtaining a navigation solution, receiver analysis, error analysis and mitigation.
Credit 3 hours
Topics
  • Principles of Radio Navigation
  • Navigation Solution Methods
  • System Aspects
  • GPS Signal Structure & Observables
  • Errors in the Navigationi Solution
  • The Future of GPS
  • Societal Aspects of GPS
  • Design Project
Course Prerequisites ECE 329
Texts Proposed Text: None (notes will be provided)

Recommended Texts:
Understanding GPS Principles and Applications ed. Kaplan, Artech House, 1996.
Global Positioning System ed. Parkinson and Spilker, AIAA, 1996.
GPS Satellite Surveying by Leick, 1995
Fundamentals of Global Positioning Receivers by Tusi, A Software Approach, 2000