Original Broadcast Date: 10/25/12

Summary: This month, a new GPS satellite was launched, India launched a new SBAS satellite, and two Galileo satellites are scheduled to launch. Last month, China launched two more BeiDou satellites. There’s a lot of activity of the satellite navigation industry. In the webinar, I will discuss what these new developments mean to the surveying/mapping user, as well as other current events.

Speaker:
Eric Gakstatter
Contributing editor for survey and GIS

Original Broadcast Date: Thursday, March 7, 2013
Speaker: Steve Fossi, Director of New Business Development, Symmetricom
Panelist: Ravi Pragasam, Marketing Manager, Embedded Solutions, Symmetricom

Webinar Topic/Abstract:  Precision timekeeping with all the benefits of Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) – Quantum(tm) SA.45c Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC)

Atomic clocks have enabled a world where ultra-precise timekeeping is now mandatory for communications, navigation, signal processing and many other applications critical to a modern functioning society. While smaller, lighter and more energy efficient solutions have been introduced to serve the above markets, the atomic clocks used in these systems have not kept in pace and continue to use more power and retain their large form factors. Symmetricom, the industry leader in precise time solutions, has utilized leading edge technology and multiple innovations in various disciplines such as semiconductor laser technology, silicon processing, vacuum-packaging and firmware algorithms to deliver the Quantum SA.45c CSAC (Chip Scale Atomic Clock). The CSAC is small in size, has low weight and consumes very little power. Such an atomic clock with excellent precision in time keeping is ideal for applications that have a constrained power budget and demand a very low-power clock.

Learn how the CSAC can address your requirements for a precise clock without consuming excessive power or taking up too much space in your application.

Original Broadcast Date:   Thursday, January 31, 2013

Highway Patrols monitor highways and catch those who violate speed limits. There is no serious monitoring of GNSS bands. GNSS bands are routinely intentionally or un-intentionally violated. This webinar focuses on GNSS interference awareness and how to defend, monitor, and report such interferences.

Javad Ashjaee

Speaker:
Javad Ashjaee
President and CEO, JAVAD GNSS

Javad Ashjaee received his  Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Iowa. He was chairman of the Computer Engineering Department, Tehran University of Technology, 1976-1981. He began his GPS engineering career at Trimble Navigation, 1981–1986. Founder and president of Ashtech Inc., 1986–1995, the company that produced the first integrated GPS-GLONASS receivers; founder and CEO of Javad Positioning Systems, 1996–2000, which he sold to Topcon Corporation. He founded JAVAD GNSS in 2007, and is currently president and CEO. In 2010, the company introduced the integrated geodetic receiver TRIUMPH-VS, with a GNSS Interference Analyzer, capable of tracking current and next-generation signals of GPS, GLONASS, QZSS, and Galileo signals. In 2011, the company introduced a LightSquared-compatible GNSS receiver.

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Summary: This is the next frontier for personal and machine navigation — and many are out there now, working diligently on it.  In just one example, a new chip fuses input from several sensors, using the best combination at any given time to maximize coverage and accuracy while keeping power draw to a minimum. This produces continuous position availability in indoor environments, as demonstrated by performance measurements in real-world test environments.

The senior product manager responsible for this development joins us to talk about the inner workings and the outer manifestations of this new solution.

Speakers:

J. Blake Bullock, GNSS and indoor positioning, Samsung
J. Blake Bullock was senior product manager responsible for CSR’s next generation of GNSS solutions. He is now at Samsung System LSI Business and is responsible for GNSS and indoor positioning solutions. He holds a M.Sc. degree in geomatics engineering from the University of Calgary, an MBA from Arizona State University, and several patents in LBS and navigation.

Manikantan Parameswaran, Senior Application Specialist, Spirent
Manikantan Parameswaranis currently a Senior Application Specialist for Spirent’s 8100-Location test product segment. Manikantan initially joined Spirent in 2006 as a development engineer and has worked on a variety of different A-GPS protocols and technologies. He holds a B.S in Computer Engineering from Drexel University, Pennsylvania, USA.

Chris Gates, VP Corporate Strategy, NextNav
With more than 15 years of experience in finance and telecommunications, Gates joined NextNav from SkyTerra Communications, an integrated satellite-terrestrial communications company where he served as VP — Strategy; extensive experience in wireless and wireline communications; he began his career with Chase Securities in their M&A group. Christian holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College.

Dave Huntingford, Director of Product Management, Location Products, CSR
A 15 year veteran of the location business, Dave is responsible for the location product portfolio at CSR and its expansion into GNSS, Wireless Hybrid and MEMS motion capabilities. Previously he served with SiRF and Motorola GPS. He holds a B.S from University of Hertfordshire, UK.

Moderator:
Alan Cameron, Editor & Publisher, GPS World