GNSS: architecture and positioning principles

Abstract

The seminar will teach the positioning principle of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). First, an introduction to GNSS will be provided, explaining the high-level architecture of a GNSS system and describing the main features of the different operational GNSS systems. The basic GNSS positioning principle will then be discussed, from the estimation of the pseudorange up to the position and velocity determination through a least square technique. Finally, the seminar will conclude explaining the Kalman Filter positioning technique and the integration of GNSS with inertial measurements.

About the Speaker

Luca Canzian is Head of R&D at Qascom srl. 
He received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Padova, Italy, in 2005, 2007, and 2013, respectively. From 2007 to 2009 he worked for Tecnomare as a Control Engineer. From January 2013 to April 2014 he was a PostDoc at the Electrical Engineering Department at UCLA. From January 2014 to April 2015 I was a PostDoc at the Computer Science Department at University of Birmingham. Since April 2015 he have worked for Qascom as Radio Navigation Engineer.