Positioning and Navigation Systems detailed syllabus for Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering (ETE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the ETE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit ETE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VII scheme and its subjects refer to ETE Professional Elective-VII syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of positioning and navigation systems is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
NAVIGATION CONCEPTS
Fundamentals of navigation systems and Position Fixing – Categories of navigation – Geometric concepts of Navigation – The Earth in inertial space – Different Coordinate Systems – Coordinate Transformation – Euler angle formulations – Direction cosine matrices formulation – Quaternion formulation.
Unit II
INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
Inertial sensors – Gyroscopes -Types – Mechanical – Electromechanical-Optical Gyro -Ring Laser gyro- Fiber optic gyro- Accelerometers – Pendulous type – Force Balance type – MEMs – Basic Principles of Inertial Navigation – Types – Platform and Strap down – Mechanization INS system -Rate Corrections – Acceleration errors – Schuler Tuning.
Unit III
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Unit IV
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM
Overview of GPS: Basic concept, system architecture, , GPS Signals Signal structure, anti-spoofing (AS), selective availability, GPS for position and velocity determination, GPS aided Geo-augmented navigation (GAGAN) architecture -GPS error sources-clock error, ionospheric error, tropospheric error, multipath, ionospheric error estimation using dual frequency GPS receiver
Unit V
HYBRID NAVIGATION & RELATIVE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
Hybrid Navigation – Introduction to Kalman filtering – Case Studies -Integration of GPS and INS using Kalman Filter – Relative Navigation – fundamentals – Equations of Relative Motion for circular orbits (Clohessy_Wiltshire Equations) – Sensors for Rendezvous Navigation – Relative positioning -Point positioning and differential positioning – Differential GPS (DGPS) and Space based Augmentation system (SBAS)- Concepts – Relative GPS -Formation Flying – Figure of Merit (FOM)
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to
- Understand the advanced concepts of Positioning and Navigation systems and exposure on various Navigation systems
- Know about Gyroscopes and accelerometers and Inertial Navigation systems and its types and Mechanisation
- Explain the different Radio Navigation aids and its usage for civil and military aircrafts and satellites
- Explain the Satellite Navigation – GPS and its usage in aircraft and spacecraft applications
- Deploy these skills effectively in the analysis and understanding of hybrid navigation systems and Relative navigation in a spacecraft.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- George M Siouris, ‘Aerospace Avionics System; A Modern Synthesis’, Academic Press Inc., 1993.
- Albert Helfrick, ‘Practical Aircraft Electronic Systems’, Prentice Hall Education, Career & Technology, 1995.
- Albert D. Helfrick, ‘Modern Aviation Electronics’, Second Edition, Prentice Hall Career & Technology, 1994.
- Paul. D. Groves. ‘Principles of GNSS, Inertial, and Multisensor Integrated Navigation Systems’, Artech House, 2013.
- Maxwell Noton, ”Spacecraft navigation and guidance”, Springer (London, New York), 1998
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