RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CANDIDATE: The general objective of this Master’s research project is to implement real-time algorithms developed in simulation for the GEDEX navigation platform. The first goal is the conception of a real-time prototyping board which will include new developed Kalman filter and other digital signal processing improvements. A second goal will be the integration of the real-time demonstrator board with the GEDEX navigation platform. This step will allow the use of real navigation raw data acquired on the real platform. It will allow also a better understanding of raw measurements of the GEDEX sensors. An improvement of these algorithms will be done by comparing and analyzing the simulation and real-time performances. Algorithms will be first of all implemented in Matlab/Simulink and after a complete evaluation and validation in simulation, they will be implemented and tested in real-time (on the GEDEX navigation platform). New simulations will be required for improving the algorithms, in order to obtain better performances. The main goal of the project is to give a thorough insight into real-time implementation of digital signal processing in the case of the GEDEX navigation platform. This 12 months Master’s Degree research project will start with a meticulous analyze of the existing digital signal processing algorithms, with an emphasis on the simulation performances. Bibliographical studies of the GEDEX navigation platform and of the specific real-time implementation procedures are required.
