Wireless Location

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Fundamentals of radio-frequency propagation, principles of radio-frequency positioning, observations and their associated error sources. Introduction to self-contained inertial sensors including odometers, gyros, accelerometers, and augmentation of RF methods with self-contained sensors and other data sources. Current systems: Assisted GPS, cellular telephone location techniques, pseudolites, location with wireless computer networks, ultra-wideband. Applications: outdoor and indoor personal location, asset tracking. Prerequisite(s): Geomatics Engineering 465; and Geomatics Engineering 327 or Electrical Engineering 327. Antirequisite(s): Credit for Geomatics Engineering 585 and 685 will not be allowed.