EE640C An Introduction to Satellite Based Navigation

This course is being offered in the Spring Semester 1996. It is a 1 credit hour mini-course that will be held in weeks 11-15 of the term. For more information contact Professor Edward Delp.

Course Information

Credit: 1 hour, week 11-15.

Prerequisite: EE544 or permission of the instructor.

Description: The purpose of this mini-course is to present a comprehensive description of satellites based navigation systems. The course will emphasize the communication and signal processing aspects of these systems. The course will describe the characteristics of basic navigation, mapping, and positioning techniques along with the concepts of synchronization and time measurement with particular emphasis on the Gobal Positioning System(GPS).

Text: Papers from the literature.

Reference: B. Hofmann-Wellenhof, et. al., GPS: Theory and Practice, Springer-Verlag, 1994.

Instructor: Professor Edward Delp.

Course Outline

1. Overview of the GPS System

2. Where am I? Reference Systems Satellite Orbits

3. Satellite Signals

4. Observables and Signal Processing

5. Hardware and Applications

6. Final Exam 1

Class Information and Web Links

More information about the class and links to other pages related to GPS is available here.
Professor Edward J. Delp