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Global Positioning Systems (GPS): Principles and Applications

MECH&AE 830.50

This course provides an up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of GPS and other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) and their applications.

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What you can learn.

Learn GPS total system architecture, space segment, control segment, and user equipment
Understand GPS signal characteristics, modulation types, and multiplexing techniques
Study GPS receiver architecture, performance, and software receivers
Master GPS augmentations, GPS integration with cell phone services, weak signal acquisition, and tracking
Learn GPS-related test and integration equipment and approach
Survey GPS applications and various markets

About this course:

Instruction provides an up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of GPS and other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) and their applications, including: GPS total system architecture, space segment, control segment, and user equipments GPS signal characteristics, modulation types, multiplexing techniques; GPS signal modernization; GPS signal acquisition, tracking, and data demodulation; impact and mitigation of interferences, multipath and scintillation GPS receiver architecture and performance, software receivers Differential GPS, precision positioning using carrier-phase, carrier-phase-based attitude determination, integrated GPS/inertial navigation, integrated GPS/odometer navigation, integrity monitoring, anti-jamming and anti-spoofing techniques GPS augmentations, GPS integration with cell phone services, weak signal acquisition and tracking GPS-related test and integration equipment and approach Other GNSS, such as GLONASS, Galileo, and Compass GPS applications and various markets