New lecture "Navigation and Localization Techniques"

The lecture gives an in-depth introduction to modern navigation and localization techniques. The focus is on radio-based navigation, inertial navigation systems (INS), and sensor fusion for aerospace and land-based applications. Examples of radio-based navigation include the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) GPS and Galileo as well as terrestrial radio navigation.

In particular, the course develops and analyzes different methods to localize mobile terminals, e.g., smartphones, with radio signals. First, radio receivers estimate location-dependent parameters such as the time of arrival. Second, based on the extracted parameters, Bayesian filters estimate and track the position of the mobile terminals. Finally, the Bayesian filters fuse the radio signal measurements with INS.

The lecture will be held by Dr. Sc. Stephan Sand, Team Leader Vehicular Applications, Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Weßling. Since 2002, he has been researching on wireless communications and multisensor navigation with the Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR) at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. Since 2014, he has also been leading the Vehicular Applications Group researching novel systems that combine robust navigation and wireless communications technologies for road users and railways.