| 1. Course Title | Radio Navigation | |||||||
| 2. Code | 3ФЕИТ10З030 | |||||||
| 3. Study program | TKII | |||||||
| 4. Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||
| 5. Degree (first, second, third cycle) | First cycle | |||||||
| 6. Academic year/semester | IV/7 | 7. Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | |||||
| 8. Lecturer | Dr Slavche Pejoski | |||||||
| 9. Course Prerequisites | ||||||||
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10. Course Goals (acquired competencies): The students will obtain basic knowledge of the principles of radio navigation and positioning, terestrial and satelite navigation sustems. Also they will obtain knowledge about the basic applications of the navigation systems. |
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11. Course Syllabus: Introduction to positioning methods. Determination of position in signlestation and multistation systems. Radionavigation. Hyperbolic systems Loran, Decca, Dectra, Omega. Avionics navigation and landing systems NDB, VAR, VOR/DME, TACAN, ILS, MLS. Terrestrial radio-localization systems: cellular positioning (GSM, UMTS), short-range systems for indoor positioning (WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, UWB, RF-ID). Satellite radio navigation. Global satellite navigation systems (GNSS) GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou. Safety demands and performance of navigation systems. Applications of GNSS systems. |
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| 12. Learning methods: Lectures and exercises, individual and group projects, homeworks, workshops and seminars | ||||||||
| 13. Total number of course hours | 3 + 1 + 1 + 0 | |||||||
| 14. Distribution of course hours | 180 | |||||||
| 15. Forms of teaching | 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 | ||||||
| 15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 30 | |||||||
| 16. Other course activities | 16.1. Projects, seminar papers | 20 | ||||||
| 16.2. Individual tasks | 15 | |||||||
| 16.3. Homework and self-learning | 70 | |||||||
| 17. Grading | 17.1. Exams | 10 | ||||||
| 17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 25 | |||||||
| 17.3. Activity and participation | 5 | |||||||
| 17.4. Final exam | 60 | |||||||
| 18. Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | |||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | |||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | |||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | |||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | |||||||
| 19. Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | Completion of lab exercises | |||||||
| 20. Forms of assessment | Two partial exams during the semester or a written exam in the scheduled exam sessions. The student will be able to optionally prepare a seminar paper and submit it by the end of the semester | |||||||
| 21. Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||
| 22. Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Internal evaluation and students polls | |||||||
| 23. Literature | ||||||||
| 23.1. Required Literature | ||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | ||||
| 1 | P. Misra, P. Enge | Global Positioning System, Signals Measurements, and Performance | Ganga-Jamuna Press | 2006 | ||||
| 2 | Ivan G. Petrovski | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou for Mobile Devices: From Instant to Precise Positioning | Cambridge University Press | 2014 | ||||
| 3 | B.Wellenhof, K. Legat, M. Wieser | Navigation, Principles of Positioning and Guidance | Springer-Verlag | 2003 | ||||
| 23.2. Additional Literature | ||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | ||||
| 1 | B. Wellenhof, H. Lichtenegger, E. Wasle | GNSS – Global Navigation Satellite Systems: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and more | Springer | 2008 | ||||
| 2 | F. Van Diggelen | A-GPS: Assisted GPS, GNSS and SBAS | Artech Housе | 2009 | ||||
| 3 | A. Küpper | Location-based Services. Fundamentals and Operation | Wiley | 2005 | ||||
