ENGR 401 Communications and Autonomous Navigation (3)

The course describes short- and long-range communication technologies used for autonomous navigation of vehicles, and coordination movement of ground, air and underwater vehicles. Short range discussions will cover data protocols, error correction, bandwidth and latencies used in Bluetooth, Zigbee and WiFi communication. Long range communications will primarily focus on 4G and 5G technologies. Vehicle formations will consider structured and ad-hoc communication network topologies and algorithms.
Prerequisite(s): CSCI 250/CSCI 250L, PHYS 320
Corequisite(s): ENGR 401L
Course Frequency: Spring