EE40211: Satellite based navigation systems
[Page last updated: 02 August 2022]
| Academic Year: | 2022/23 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | EX 100% |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes:
| On successful completion of this unit students will be able to (i) describe the system level architecture of a satellite based navigation system (ii) have a detailed knowledge of how a satellite navigation receiver works (iii) have a detailed knowledge of the factors limiting the accuracy of a satellite based navigation system (iv) describe in detail a number of different user applications for the system.
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| Aims: | To provide an overview of satellite navigation systems.
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| Skills: | Engineering system design, navigation receiver hardware function, practical assessment of real systems, taught, facilitated and assessed.
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| Content: |
* Introduction to satellite navigation systems
* Basic algorithms for positioning
* Signals
* Receiver hardware overview
* Signal acquisition
* Phase locked loop/ delay locked loop
* Basic signal tracking
* Advanced signal tracking
* Demodulation of navigation information.
* Phase and code
* Advanced positioning algorithms
* Geodetic positioning for high precision
* Real world applications
* Threats to satellite navigation: space weather, jamming, spoofing.
* Future of satellite based navigation systems.
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| Programme availability: |
EE40211 is Compulsory on the following programmes:
Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
- UEEE-AFM14 : MEng(Hons) Electronic Engineering with Space Science & Technology (Year 4)
- UEEE-AKM14 : MEng(Hons) Electronic Engineering with Space Science & Technology with Year long work placement (Year 5)
EE40211 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
- UEEE-AFM13 : MEng(Hons) Computer Systems Engineering (Year 4)
- UEEE-AKM13 : MEng(Hons) Computer Systems Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 5)
- UEEE-AFM01 : MEng(Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Year 4)
- UEEE-AKM01 : MEng(Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 5)
- UEEE-AFM12 : MEng(Hons) Electrical Power Engineering (Year 4)
- UEEE-AKM12 : MEng(Hons) Electrical Power Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 5)
- UEEE-AFM15 : MEng(Hons) Electronic Systems Engineering (Year 4)
- UEEE-AKM15 : MEng(Hons) Electronic Systems Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 5)
- UEXX-AFM02 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Year 4)
- UEXX-AKM02 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 5)
- UEEE-AFM16 : MEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering (Year 4)
- UEEE-AKM16 : MEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 5)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2022/23 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2023/24 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2022/23.
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