Radio Determination and Navigation

The course is a substitute for:

Radio Determination and Navigation (37RUP)

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Department of Radioelectronics

Synopsis:

Position radio determination methods. Applications for land, air and space navigation. Emphasis is laid on satellite methods. Student will study principles and applications especially for air navigation. He can exploit obtained knowledge in radio and aircraft industry, civil and military aircraft operations, air traffic control, geodesy and cartography.

Requirements:

Student has to pass the final test.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Radio determination and navigation. VFR and IFR flight, air traffic control

2. Antennas for radio navigation and their characteristics. Ionosphere and radio waves propagation

3. Main blocks of transmitters and receivers: modulations and modulators

4. Navigation problem and its solving. Automatic direction finder

5. VOR system, beacon and receiver, VOT, TVOR, DVOR. TACAN

6. Instrument landing systems ILS and MLS, beacons and airborne receivers

7. Radio altimeter. Distance measurement equipment DME

8. Hyperbolic systems, LORAN - C

9. Principles of satellite navigation. GPS-NAVSTAR. GLONASS

10. European systems GALILEO and EGNOS. EUTELTRACS, OMNiTRACS

11. Differential satellite methods (DGPS)

12. Assisted satellite navigation systems (AGPS, EGPS)

13. Primary and secondary radar, anti-collision systems TCAS I, II

14. Doppler navigator. Inertial systems, LINS. Integration of systems and sensors

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Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Kayton, M.: Navigation. Land, Sea, Air and Space. New York: IEEE Press. 1989

2. Kayton, M., Fried, W. R.: Avionics Navigation Systems. New York: Wiley. 1996

3. Kaplan, E. D.: Understanding GPS - Principles and Applications. London: Artech House Publishers. 1996

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Common plan- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Computer Technology- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Electronics and Communication Technology - structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Cybernetics and Measurements- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Heavy-current Engineering- structured studies (elective specialized course)