SESSION TOPICS

Advanced Inertial Sensing Technology
Unique design and application of inertial sensing technology to a variety of applications including gravity gradiometry, interferometry, antenna stabilization, seeker stabilization, seeker image post processing, spacecraft attitude sensors, measurement-while-drilling, optical communication links, etc.
Session Chairs: Dr. Conrad Mueller, Honeywell International; Chris Roberts, U.S. Army, AMRDEC

Advanced Integrated Navigation Technology
New and innovative ways to integrate inertial sensors with aiding sources. The technique may be a new way of using a traditional aiding sensor or a new aiding source. Emphasize the expanded use or improvememt of the performance of inertial sensor based navigation systems.
Session Chair: Ken Marino, BEI Systron Donner

Advanced Navigation Concepts for Urban and Indoor Navigation
Projects, concepts, innovations, and advanced algorithms related to emerging applications in urban and indoor navigation including topics such as multi-sensor systems for assisted GPS acquisition; system architectures and algorithms for fusion of multi-sensors (radio, magnetic, inertial, visual) for indoor (building/ship interior) navigation; cellular telephone positioning using TDOA and/or GPS; multi-agent distributed navigation; and remote vehicle monitoring. Example application includes homeland security, E911, firefighting, law enforcement, and rescue applications.
Session Chairs: Dr. Dennis M. Akos, University of Colorado, Boulder; Dr. Simon Julier, ITT-AES/NRL

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Final Manuscripts
Final manuscripts are due at the ION National Office by April 3, 2006. Papers submitted by April 3 will be posted on the PLANS web site for conference pre-registrants to view on a complimentary basis until conference proceedings are issued on CD-ROM. Papers received after April 3 will not be posted on the web site, but if submitted at the meeting, registrants will be able to purchase photo copies of papers for a nominal fee.

Papers and/or revised manuscripts will not be accepted after May 5, 2006. Proceedings will be distributed on a CD-ROM and mailed to all eligible registrants approximately six to eight weeks following the meeting.

To be published in the proceedings, the author MUST present at the conference and pay the conference registration fee.

Abstract Submission: Abstracts Due Nov. 15, 2005
Please submit all abstracts via the PLANS web site no later than November 15, 2005. There are two ways to submit an abstract: (1) Go to www.plans2006.org, and click on the abstract submission link; or (2) e-mail abstracts to abstractsubmission@ion.org as a Microsoft Word™ or text file. Be sure to include the paper title, the most appropriate session topic for the paper, a list of all authors and affiliations, and the primary contact author’s complete mailing address, phone, fax and e-mail.

Abstracts should be limited to 300 words and should describe objectives, results, conclusions and the significance of your work.

Abstract receipt will be acknowledged electronically. Abstract title and corresponding primary author will be posted weekly on the PLANS web site at www.plans2006.org. If your name does not appear after two weeks, please call the Institute of Navigation National Office at (703) 383-9688.

Authors will be notified of acceptance in late January and sent an electronic author’s kit with presentation and publication guidelines. Papers will be published in the public domain. Classified or ITAR restricted abstracts and papers will not be accepted.

All presenting primary authors will receive an author discount on registration fees.

List of Abstracts Received

PLANS Best Paper Awards 

• Walter R. Fried Memorial Award for Best Paper at PLANS - $750
  F. Goldenberg, Geomagnetic Navigation Beyond the Magnetic Compass

• Best Track Paper - $100
  Track A: M. Miller T. Nguyen, and C. Yang, Symmetric Phase-Only Matched Filter (SPOMF) for Frequency-Domain Software GNSS Receivers
  Track B: J. Wendel, O. Meister, R. Mönikes, and G.F. Trommer, Time-Differenced Carrier Phase Measurements for Tightly Coupled GPS/INS Integration
  Track C: D. Lawrence, R.B. Langley, D. Kim, F-C. Chan, and B. Pervan, Decorrelation of Troposphere Across Short Baselines
  Track D: D.E. Gustafson, J.M. Elwell, and J.A. Soltz, Innovative Indoor Geolocation Using RF Multipath Diversity

• Best Student Paper - $400
  D.B. Jourdan, N. Roy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Optimal Sensor Placement for Agent Localization

Awards were presented to the lead authors of the best paper. The selection criteria included: technical content, innovation, importance and timeliness of the subject matter; and conciseness, clarity and completeness of the written material. Additionally, papers must be present in the PLANS proceedings to receive an award.

Walter R. Fried Memorial Award for Best Paper at PLANS

This newly created award will be presented to the lead author of the best paper. The Walter Fried Award for the Best Paper is comprised of a personalized plaque for the lead author and a financial honorarium of $750 to that same person. The selection criteria includes:  technical content, innovation, importance and timeliness of the subject matter; and conciseness, clarity and completeness of the written material.  The paper must appear in the proceedings and be presented by the lead author who must be present to receive the award at the PLANS Awards Luncheon.  

Walter R. Fried

Walter Fried was born in Vienna, Austria in 1923. He immigrated to the United States at the age of 17 and first resided in Cincinnati, Ohio. During World War II, he served in the U. S. Army in Europe as a translator and interpreter. After the war, Walter earned his engineering degrees at the University of Cincinnati and Ohio State University.

Walter’s first professional job was at Wright Field in the then new field of airborne radar.  His next job was at the General Precision Company in New Jersey where he contributed to the development of multi-beam Doppler radar for navigation system applications. This was followed by an assignment as Chief Scientist for the F-111 avionics at the North American Autonetics Division in California where he was also involved with the beginnings of the GPS program. He then became the Technical Director at Hughes Aircraft for the Relative Navigation portion of the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS).  

In recognition of his professional engineering accomplishments, Walter was elected to be a Fellow in the IEEE in 1981 “for contributions and technical leadership in the development of Doppler radar and relative navigation systems.” 

During his distinguished career, Walter generously volunteered his time to the IEEE Aerospace Electronics Systems Society (AESS) by serving on the Board of Governors for many years and coordinating the activities of the AESS Technical Panels and the Distinguished Lecturers Program of which he was also a participant. He was the AESS representative on the PLANS Executive Committee since the first conference in 1976 until his death at 75 in 1998.

Walter lectured widely throughout the world on navigation topics and was also well known internationally, for his work as a co-editor of both the 1^st and 2^nd editions of the important reference book, Avionics Navigation Systems.

2006 Recipient

This paper includes a description of a Geomagnetic Navigation system that utilizes the correlation principle of actual position determination by finding the best fit between geomagnetic profile measured during the flight and the corresponding profile stored in the on-board map. A Geomagnetic Navigation System, consisting of an Inertial Block, a Precision Fluxgate Magnetometer, a Bank of Geomagnetic Data and an Integrated Navigation Processor with a built-in, three-dimensional correlator is described. The paper presents a precision fluxgate magnetometer, which can be employed for EMF on-board measurement. The problems of precision measurement of EMF on an aircraft are discussed along with recommendations to make such measurement possible in the aircraft´s real environment. Therefore, the content of the current paper can be useful for the development of future navigation systems that reference the maps of EMF, other Geophysical Fields of the Earth or other planets.

Kershner Award

The Executive Committee of PLANS 1986 established an award for outstanding achievement.  The purpose was to recognize individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the technology of navigation and position equipment, systems or practices.  The committee has established this as a PLANS tradition, thus permitting the IEEE to recognize those who have contributed most significantly to this modern era of electronic navigation.  

It is appropriate that the award has been named for Dr. Richard B. Kershner (1913-1982).  Dr. Kershner participated in the initial conception and then led the development of Transit, the world’s first navigation satellite system.  His technical contributions and his leadership of the Program at the Johns Hopkins Applied Phusics Laboratory are examples of the highest standards of personal and professional performance which this award is intended to recognize.  The Transit Program was first funded in 1959, and the system become operational in 1964.  During this short interval Dr. Kershner directed the development and launch of some of the world’s first satellites, developed user equipment for both submarines and surface ships, and founded the science of satellite Doppler geodesy to improve knowledge of the earth’s gravity field.  The result was a navigation satellite system which served the U.S. Navy and tens of thousands of civil users worldwide.  

The PLANS 2006 Kershner Award was presented to Dr. Myron Kayton.

Dr. Myron Kayton has 50 years of -experience designing avionic, navigation, communication, and computer-automation systems.

Dr. Kayton received a Ph.D. in Instrumentation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960, an M.S. from Harvard University with a concentration in electrical engineering, and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from The Cooper Union.

From 1960 to 1965, he was section head at Litton’s Guidance and Control Division where he designed and analyzed some of the earliest multi-sensor navigation systems.

From 1965 to 1968, Dr. Kayton served as deputy manager for Lunar Module Guidance and Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center where his office directed the contractors designing two inertial navigation systems, an alignment telescope, and the flight controls.

From 1968 to 1981 at TRW, Dr. Kayton served as chief engineer for spacelab avionics, head of system engineering for space shuttle avionics, and project engineer for the electronics of the inertial upper stage and a nuclear power plant, among many assignments.

Presently, Dr. Kayton is a consulting engineering at Kayton Engineering Company serving clients in the areas of automotive electronic systems, automated process systems, upper-stage spacecraft, a satellite interceptor, commercial communication systems, numerous aircraft avionic systems, and a dozen land navigators.

Dr. Kayton is a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), was an elected member of the corporate board of directors, and served two terms as president of its Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS). He has been technical chairman for several conference sessions, keynote speaker, and an active member of standards committees for navigation sensors and computers for nuclear power plants. Dr. Kayton taught at UCLA and is a IEEE Distinguished Lecturer. He is the author of numerous papers and of the standard reference text, Avionics and Navigation Systems (1st and 2nd editions) and of Navigation: Land, Sea, Air, and Space. He is a past recipient of the IEEE’s Millennium Medal. He is listed in Who’s Who in Engineering, Who’s Who in America, and in American Men and Women in Science.

The PLANS 2006 Executive Committee is proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of Dr. Myron Kayton.  

Past Recipients of the Kershner Award:

1986 Bradford Parkinson
1988 Fred Aronowitz
1990 Bahar Uttam
1992 Alvin Pierce and Eric Swanson
1994 Joseph Killpatrick
1996 Charles Trimble
1998 Charles C. (Chuck) Counselman III
2000 Mr. Tom Stansell
2002 R. Grover Brown
2004 Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack
2006 Dr. Myron Kayton

History of the Symposium

The Position Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS) was established in 1976 by the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, with the support of its Board of Governors. It has been the premier IEEE conference in the field of navigation and positioning systems. The first PLANS was held in 1976 in San Diego, California. Since that time PLANS has been held bi-annually in a variety of locations. In addition to San Diego in 1978, 1984, and 2000, these locations included Atlantic City, NJ (1980 and 1994); Las Vegas, NV (1986 and 1982); Orlando, FL (1990); Monterey, CA (1992 and 2004); Atlanta, GA (1996); and Palm Springs, CA (1998 and 2002).

The technical programs of each of the PLANS conferences have covered the full spectrum of navigation techniques, such as radio systems, satellite systems, inertial systems, multisensor systems, tracking systems, and integrated communication and navigation systems. The application areas have included navigation and positioning systems for both civil and military aviation, marine, land and space vehicles. PLANS has consistently attracted the technical leaders in industry, government and the user community. The papers presented at the PLANS technical sessions have been recognized for their high quality, have represented the most recent innovations in the field and have therefore frequently served as major references in the field.

In recent years, PLANS has further increased its emphasis on civil and commercial applications. Examples of these have included Air Traffic Management, GPS Wide Area and Local Area Augmentation Systems for civil aviation (WAAS and LAAS), the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) positioning requirements for land vehicles, Kinematic Surveying techniques and Precision Agriculture and Construction.

A unique feature of each PLANS has been the availability at the start of the conference of its Proceedings containing the full technical papers, for immediate use by the attendees of the conference.

Each PLANS Conference has sponsored a number of excellent Tutorial Seminars on topics reflecting recent advances in the technologies and systems of interest to engineers working in the field of navigation and positioning. At many of the past PLANS conferences, unusual tours were made available to attendees as part of the conference program. As an example, at the PLANS in Atlanta, GA in 1996, tours were made through the Control Center of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), the Control Center of Delta Airlines, the Georgia Department of Transportation Advanced Traffic Management Center, as well some Georgia Institute of Technology Laboratories.

A highlight of past PLANS conferences has been the presentation of the prestigious Kershner award to outstanding contributors to the field of navigation sensors and systems. These have included the true pioneers whose innovations have found long-time and world-wide use.

In March 2005, the IEEE and ION entered into an agreement whereby both organizations would equally sponsor and support the technical program and conference management of the PLANS 2006 conference. As part of the agreement, the PLANS 2006 conference will replace the ION’s annual summer meeting. The ION’s Annual Awards and Fellow awards, which are typically awarded during the ION’s summer meeting, will be awarded during the course of PLANS 2006. IEEE and ION are optimistic that the merging of the two closely spaced meetings will result in improved paper quality and increased attendance for maximum networking benefits to conference attendees.

Hotel and Accommodations

Please note: Due to the proximity of PLANS 2006, Loews Coronado Bay Resort does not have rooms available on all nights. You may wish to reserve a room at one of the alternate hotels listed below.

Loews Coronado Bay Resort San Diego
4000 Coronado Bay Road,
Coronado, CA 92118
Phone: (619) 424-4000
Fax: (619) 424-4400
Web: http://www.loewshotels.com/hotels/sandiego/

To make your hotel reservations at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort, phone: 800-815-6397 or 619-424-4000, fax: 619-424-4470. The special conference rate is $195 single/double per night. Limited government rates available to those U.S. government employees paying for the room with a U.S. government credit card and traveling with government travel orders. Be sure to identify yourself as an PLANS meeting participant to receive the special rate!

On a fifteen-acre private peninsula bordered by the Pacific Ocean and the San Diego Bay, the lodging at Loews Coronado Bay Resort boasts spectacular panoramic water views in a seaside setting with countless unique activities designed for your relaxation and enjoyment. Nearby San Diego offers a wealth of culture and attractions, our concierge staff can point the way but don’t be surprised if you’re content to see it from your balcony.

The hotel is approximately 25 minutes from downtown San Diego and 30 minutes from San Diego International Airport.

Other Coronado Hotels

Coronado Island Marriott Resort
2000 2nd Street
Coronado, CA 92118
Phone: 1-619-435-3000
Web: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/SANCI
$235 per night, for reservations made via their web site. Guests employed by companies with corporate contracts may be able to obtain discounted rates. This rate is not guaranteed, and may increase as rooms are filled.

Glorietta Bay Inn
1630 Glorietta Blvd.
Coronado, CA 92118
Phone: 800-283-9383 or 619-435-3101.
Web: http://www.gloriettabayinn.com/
$179 per night for standard room (while they last). There are suites and deluxe rooms available at slightly higher rates ($190-$240). These rates are not guaranteed, and may increase as rooms are filled.

Exhibits of the Latest Equipment and Services

EXHIBITING AT PLANS 2006 IS AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3…
STEP 1: Submit your IEEE/ION PLANS 2006 Exhibit Contract [PDF]
STEP 2: Download the Decorator Kit and complete necessary forms. [PDF]
STEP 3: Submit the Exhibitor Hall Pass/Registration Form. [PDF]

Exhibitor List/Booth Availability

TO RESERVE YOUR EXHIBIT BOOTH SPACE

• Reserve your booth by returning the exhibit contract and payment to:
  • Larry Cortland
    PLANS Exhibit Chair
    31456 Corte Sonora
    Temecula, CA 92592

    Phone: 951-693-0877
    Fax: 858-826-9363
    E-mail: lcortland@juno.com

• Make your individual reservations online with an official PLANS hotel (exhibitor�s expense)
• Specify the representative who will be using the full complimentary registration

YOUR EXHIBIT PACKAGE INCLUDES

• A standard 8� x 10� booth setup including 8� high background drape and 3� high side draped partition
• Listing in the PLANS 2006 proceedings
• A complimentary standard 7� x 44� sign listing company name and booth number
• One complimentary convention registration for every 8� x 10� space rental
• Sponsorship of the Exhibitor Hosted Reception
• Technical sessions designed especially for PLANS manufacturers and end-users

EXHIBITOR OPTIONS

• Host Special Catered Events
• Host Event Entertainment
• Sponsor a Student Award for Academic Achievement in the preparation of a technical paper. Your sponsorship supports student attendance and participation at the conference.

For additional information, contact:  

Larry Cortland
PLANS Exhibit Chair
31456 Corte Sonora
Temecula, CA 92592

Phone: 951-693-0877
Fax: 858-826-9363
E-mail: lcortland@juno.com

Navigation Software
Marvin MayCourse Description

Facility with software that performs navigation algorithms is a critical skill for navigation systems engineers. This course describes and provides software, mostly in MATLAB, to perform many key navigation functions. These include: a) a kinematically correct trajectory generator; b) time conversion functions; c) coordinate conversion functions; d) GPS ephemeris, solution, path loss, troposphere, ionosphere, relativistic functions; e) strapdown inertial navigation algorithms; and f) gravity routines and several others. The course shall include examples and applications for the software. Students will receive, where applicable, a CD ROM of the navigation software.

Course Overview

• Introduction/Motivation
• Software General Characteristics
• Time Routines
• GPS Routines
• Trajectory Generator
• Inertial Navigation Routines
• Other
• Examples

Biography

Marvin B. May is the chief navigation technologist at ARL Penn State’s Navigation Research and Development Center in Warminster, PA where he also manages their navigation education program. He has a BSEE from City College of NY and a MS from New York University, doctoral courses at Polytechnic Institute and is a professional engineer. He is an adjunct professor at several universities and teaches master’s degree and sponsor directed navigation courses for the Penn State University. He is a recognized navigation specialist with expertise in GPS, inertial and geophysical navigation. During his navy career he has worked at the Navy’s Navigation Laboratory of the Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center (NCCOSC), and his experience includes eight years as chief analyst for GPS responsible for satellite navigation systems analysis, laboratory testing and integration issues. May has served as chair of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter and is the national marine navigation representative and historian of the Institute of Navigation. He has written numerous articles on navigation and has served on high-level navigation committees.