Radio Determination and Navigation

The course is a substitute for:

Radio Determination and Navigation (XD37RUP)

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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.

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Syllabus of lectures:

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

2. Aerials for radio navigation and their characteristics

3. Ionosphere and radio waves propagation

4. Main parts of transmitters and receivers; modulations and modulators

5. Navigation problem and its solving. Automatic direction finder

6. Omnidirectional beacon VOR, VOR receiver, TACAN

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

8. Radio altimeter, distance measurement equipment DME

9. Hyperbolic systems, LORAN - C

10. Satellite navigation, principles. GPS-NAVSTAR, GLONASS

11. GNSS1 and GNSS2 systems, EGNOS, EUTELTRACS, OMNITRACS

12. Differential satellite methods

13. Radar

14. Doppler navigator and its integration with other sensors

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Study materials:

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

[2] Kyaton, M. Fried, W. R.: Avionics navigation systems. , Wiley, New York 1996

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

[4] Hrdina, Z., Pánek, P., Vejražka, F.: Rádiové určování polohy (Družicový systém GPS). Skripta ČVUT, Praha 1995

[5] Vejražka, F.: Letecké rádiové navigační systémy. Letectví a kosmonautika 1980

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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:

• Radioelektronika - inženýrský blok (elective specialized course)
• Radioelektronika - inženýrský blok (elective specialized course)