Ground-based radiolocation system - AEGIR

Author

Ambroziak, Slawomir J. ; Katulski, Ryszard J. ; Sadowski, Jaroslaw ; Siwicki, Wojciech ; Stefanski, Jacek

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radiocommun. Syst. & Networks, Gdansk Univ. of Technol., Gdansk, Poland

fYear

2012

fDate

10-12 April 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

At present the most popular navigation system in the world is Global Positioning System (GPS). As it is managed by the Department of Defence of the U.S.A., there is always the risk of the occasional inaccuracies or deliberate insertion of errors, therefore this system can not be used by secret services or armies of countries other than the U.S.A. This situation has engender a need for development of an autonomous radiolocation system. This article describes the construction and operation of such a system technology demonstrator which was developed at the Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT). It was named AEGIR (god of the ocean in Norse mythology). This paper presents results and analysis of its effectiveness.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; radiocommunication; AEGIR; Department of Defence; GPS; GUT; Gdańsk University of Technology; Global Positioning System; USA; autonomous radiolocation system; ground-based radiolocation system; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Broadcasting; Equations; Global Positioning System; Mathematical model; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronics and its Applications (ISMA), 2012 8th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Sharjah

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0860-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISMA.2012.6215187

Filename

6215187