. "Satellite Navigation And Positioning"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Satellite navigation and communications"@en . . "3.0" . "Aims \n\nThis course focuses on advanced topics in and beyond contemporary satellite navigation systems, specifically to:\n\nUnderstand how Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as GPS or Galileo work, including their satellites, ground segment, and receivers.\nApply general concepts of mathematics, physics and engineering (linear algebra, calculus, estimation theory, astrodynamics) to the practical problems of radionavigation: acquire the electromagnetic signals and compute position and time with them.\nUnderstand measurement errors: satellite orbit and clock estimation, ionosphere, troposphere, multipath, and receiver contributions.\nHave an overview of the radiolocation ecosystem, including system providers, industry, technology trends (hybridization, signals of opportunity, assisted GNSS), challenges (ubiquitous location, power consumption, authentication, integrity, accuracy), standards, and future applications (autonomous cars, UAVs, wearables, IoT…).\nExperiment with a MATLAB GNSS software defined radio (SDR) receiver and real data.\nAt the end, the students should be able to:\n\nUnderstand how GPS/GNSS work in some depth, and have a general understanding of satellite technologies and radiolocation, including concepts applicable to other fast-growing sectors such as mobile network location or satellite mega constellations.\nUnderstand the technology trends and challenges in the satnav sector. \nDevelop satnav receiver algorithms and applications and analyse their performance.\n\nContent\n\nThe course consists of 9 lectures following this (tentative) schedule: \n\nIntroduction: Radionavigation history, trilateration and other radionavigation concepts (TOA, TDOA, Doppler), TOC of the course.\nSatellite Navigation Systems: Constellation design, satellites, launchers, ground segment, operations, current systems (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, etc.), augmentations.\nOrbits and Reference Systems: Basics (Kepler, Newton), Keplerian orbital parameters, inertial and non-inertial systems, datums.\nSignals: Media access (CDMA, FDMA), signal modulations (BPSK, BOC), link budget, carrier frequency properties, coding, error correction techniques, data structure.\nMeasurement errors: Satellite (clock, orbits, biases), signal propagation (ionosphere, troposphere, multipath), and receiver errors (sampling, quantization, biases, others).\nReceivers i: Antennas and RF front ends, signal acquisition, signal tracking, receiver practical implementations (ASIC, FPGA, SDR).\nReceivers ii: Position estimation, authentication, high accuracy.\nIndustry and technology trends: Satnav ecosystem and value chain, hybridization, signals of opportunity, assisted GNSS, authentication, applications.\nGuest Speaker / backup session.\nIn addition there are (tentatively) 4 lab sessions and presentation (The on-campus activities are TBC. They may be removed or replaced by off-campus activities):\n\nOverview of MATLAB SDRs. First experiments with existing samples.\nData grabbing on campus and processing. \nData processing and optimization. Preparation of presentation. \nGroup presentations.\nThe lab sessions will consist of getting familiar with the MATLAB SDRs using RF front ends provided in the lab to get your own samples, processing them with the MATLAB SDR, and reporting the results in the written assignment and presentation. Students will work in groups (size and number TBC depending on the number of students). Each group will grab RF samples using RF front ends provided by the lab. They will process the samples and calculate a position with them using the MATLAB SDRs available. They will prepare a presentation describing all the steps performed: data grabbing, acquisition stage, tracking stage (if used), and position, velocity and timing solution (NB: how to measure the accuracy of your solution against a ‘true solution’, and the ‘true solution’ accuracy, is part of the work). Optionally, groups can focus their lab work on one or more aspects in the receiver chain and develop them in more depth. The results of the work will be compiled into a presentation (power point, pdf or similar), to be delivered in 10-15 minutes in the last session. The presentation slides must be self-standing and include the relevant results and conclusions. \n\nMore information at: https://onderwijsaanbod.kuleuven.be/syllabi/e/H05T6AE.htm#activetab=doelstellingen_idm8220608" . . "Presential"@en . "FALSE" . . "Master of Space Studies"@en . . "https://www.kuleuven.be/programmes/master-space-studies#about" . "60"^^ . "Presential"@en . "no data"@en . . . "1"@en . "TRUE" . . "Master"@en . "Thesis" . "7099.10" . "Euro"@en . "7099.10" . "None" . "Career perspectives\nGraduates will be in a position to develop a career in the space sector or in space research; taking up roles in the space industry (engineers, product developers and technical-commercial functions), research institutions with activities in space (researchers and project developers), (inter)governmental bodies with responsibilities in research and development programmes related to space (project managers and directors), policymakers on the national, European and international levels and in a broad range of companies and organisations which use or are facilitated by space missions."@en . "3"^^ . "TRUE" . "Midstream"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .