University of Calgary

ENGO 585 - Wireless Location - Winter 2017

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, pseudolites, cellular telephone location techniques, pseudolites, location with wireless computer networks, ultra-wideband. Applications: outdoor and indoor personal location, asset tracking.
This course may not be repeated for credit.

Hours

  • H(2-2)

Prerequisite(s)

  • Geomatics Engineering 465 and one of Geomatics Engineering 327 or Electrical Engineering 327.

Sections

This course will be offered next in Winter 2018.
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