GNSS - Assignment Questions
GNSS - Assignment Questions
GNSS - Assignment Questions
2022-23
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) - 18EC4201
Assignment Questions
Unit-I
1. Explain principle of operation of GPS with diagram and relevant equations.
2. Compare various GNSS systems – GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo
3. Explain why L-band is chosen for satellite navigation applications.
4. Explain the Space, Control and User segments of GPS system with diagram.
5. Explain different ways of time measuring and how GPS time is calculated, and
significance of GPS week and GPS seconds of the week.
6. Explain Regional Navigation satellite systems with diagram – IRNSS and QZSS.
7. Explain SBAS systems – GAGAN, QZSS and WAAS.
8. Explain need for Augmentation and explain various satellite based augmentation systems
developed world wide.
9. Explain the coordinates system – WGS-84 and PZ-10 and conversions from one
coordinate system to other.
10. Describe GPS signal frequencies and describe the salient features of C/A code and P-
code.
Unit-II
1. Explain various GNSS errors with equations for Satellite clock error, Ephemeris error,
Relativistic effect, instrumental bias, ionospheric delay, tropospheric delay, receiver
clock error, multipath and antenna phase center variation.
2. Explain the codephase, carrierphase and Doppler measurements of GNSS signals with
expressions.
3. State kepler laws and explain the steps to calculate the position of the satellite in Orbit.
4. Explain the operation of GNSS receiver with block diagram.
5. If the TEC is 1.65 1016 el/m2, calculate the ionospheric time delay on L1 frequency.
6. If the pseudorange measurements on the GPS frequencies f1 = 1575.45 MHz and f5 =
1176.45 MHz are 1 = 22524823.60400 m and 2 = 22524831.73040 m respectively,
determine the ionospheric group delay on L1 frequency.
7. Calculate the velocity and speed of GPS satellite, given orbital period = 11 hrs 54 min
and altitude = 22,201km.
8. Calculate the Julian day of January 5, 2020, 00 hrs.
9. Determine the orbital period of a Galileo satellite, if the semi major axis (a) = 2.4278
107 m, and Earth’s Gravitational Constant (GM) = 3.98 1014 m3/sec2.
10. Calculate the ionospheric delay on L1 frequency for 10 TECU.
11. The error budgets from various sources for a C/A code L1 user without SA are as
follows: (i) Space /control segment /reference station: 5 m, (ii) Ionosphere: 10 m,(iii)
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Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) - 18EC4201
Troposphere: 2 m, (iv) Multipath: 3 m, (v) Receiver noise and resolution: 2 m, (vi)
Others: 0.8 m. Calculate the system UERE. Determine the horizontal position error
(2drms), if HDOP is 1.2.
Unit-III
1. Explain the operation of GPS receiver blocks front-end antenna and reference oscillator.
2. Explain the operation of GPS receiver blocks Radio section and Channel Multiplexing.
3. Explain signal-to-noise ratio measurement of GPS signals
4. Explain the techniques used for GPS signal acquisition with diagram.
5. Explain Delay locked loop used for GPS codephase signal tracking with diagram.
6. Explain coastas loop used for GPS carrier phase signal tracking with diagram.
7. Explain codeless receiver operation with relevant equations.
Unit-IV
1. Explain the principle of operation of GPS with the help of a neat diagram.
2. Explain Bancroft and linearization techniques with equations for GPS position
estimation.
3. Explain velocity estimation with equations for GPS system.
4. Explain point positioning, precise point positioning and differential positioning.
Unit-V
1. Explain the architecture and principle of operation of DGPS with the help of a neat diagram
and mention its limitations.
2. Explain steps involved in GPS data processing.
3. Explain cycle slips and technique to detect cycle slip.
4. What is integer ambiguity and how it can be solved.
5. Explain various linear combinations of code and carrier phase measurements of GPS signals.
6. Explain Quality paraemeters – Accuracy, integrity, Reliability and Risk.
7. Explain DOP and various DOP parameters with equations.