C1/2: GPS/GNSS 101

Time:
Monday, June 2, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Monday, June 2, 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Location: Meeting Room 6-8

This course presents the fundamentals of the GPS, and other GNSS, and is intended for people with a technical background who do not have significant GPS experience. Topics covered include time-of-arrival positioning, overall system design of GPS, signal structure, error characterization, Dilution of Precision (DOP), differential GPS, GPS modernization, and other GNSS systems.

Dr. John Raquet is currently the director of IS4S-Dayton, where he is leading the development of open architecture approaches to developing navigation systems. Previously, he was the founding director of the Autonomy and Navigation Technology (ANT) Center at AFIT. Dr. Raquet has a PhD in Geomatics Engineering from the University of Calgary, an MS in Aero/Astro Engineering from MIT, and a BS in Astronautical Engineering from the USAFA. He received the ION Satellite Division's Kepler Award, and is an ION Fellow and past president.