TTK5 Satellite-based Navigation Techniques and Applications

Lectures Fall 2020: Digital
Instructors: Adjunct Associate Professor Nadia Sokolova (nadia.sokolova@sintef.no)

Description: This course is an introduction to Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and GNSS augmentation. This includes GNSS principles and measurement processing algorithms, augmented GNSS system architectures and applications. The course will also cover selected topics on GNSS integration with other navigation systems and/or sensors with the major focus on RF signal based ones. Of particular topics, the following will be covered in 2020:

GNSS
- current and future systems (GPS, GLONASS, Galieo, Beidou)
- principles of operation
- signal structure
- GNSS observables
- errors and vulnerabilities
- single point position and velocity calculation (LS, WLS, EKF)
- GNSS system security aspects
Augmented GNSS
- Differencial GNSS (DGNSS) principles
- High accuracy techniques: RTK, PPP, PPP-RTK
- Navigation system integrity principles
- High integrity systems and applications
GNSS integrated with other sensors
- Commonly used sensors/systems
- Measurement types and techniques (TOA, AOA, RSS, etc.)
- GNSS/INS integration architectures
- Multi-sensor system example (GNSS/INS with visual aiding)

Lecture schedule for 2020:

All lectures will be given in the digital format. Connection details for each lecture will be distributed by e-mail to the students registered for the course.
Any updates to the schedule will be reported on this web page and by e-mail to the students registered.

Date	Time	Room	Topic
7^th Sept.	13.00-14.45	online	Course introduction. Overview of the current and future GNSS.
14^th Sept.	13.00-14.45	online	Basic principles of GNSS positioning. GNSS signal structure.
21^st Sept.	13.00-14.45	online	GNSS measurement types. Error sources and vulnerabilities. Satellite geometry.
28^th Sept.	13.00-14.45	online	GNSS - single point position and velocity estimation (LS, WLS, EKF).
5^th Oct.	13.00-14.45	online	Augmented GNSS overview. Basic principles and techniiques.
19^th Oct.	13.00-14.45	online	GNSS system security – attack types and defences. Introduction to integrity.
26^th Oct.	13.00-14.45	online	Multi-sensor navigation: commonly used sensors, systems and techniques.
2^nd Nov.	13.15-15.00	online	GNSS/INS integration architectures. Multi-sensor system example (GNSS/INS with visual aiding).

Literature for compulsory reading (to be distributed electronically):

Lecture notes will be distributed by e-mail to the students registered for the course.
Students that would like to follow the course without taking the exam should send an e-mail to nadia.sokolova@sintef.no to get access to the lectures and course material.

Alternative resourses:

GNSS Data Processing, Volume 1: Fundamentals and Algorithms. By ESA Communications. Can be downloaded from: http://www.gage.upc.edu/gnss_book