Biography
Dr. Aboelmagd Noureldin is a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) with Cross-Appointment at both the School of Computing and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University. He is also the founder and the director of the Navigation and Instrumentation (NavINST) research group at RMC. He leads research in the field of inertial navigation, global navigation satellite systems, wireless location and navigation, and intelligent multi-sensor systems with applications related to the positioning and navigation of autonomous vehicles and mobile robot systems. Dr. Noureldin holds B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (1993) and M.Sc. in Engineering Physics (1997) both from Cairo University, Egypt. In addition, he holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2002) from The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Noureldin is a Senior member of IEEE and a professional member of the Institute of Navigation (ION). He published two books, 4 book chapters and over 320 papers in academic journals, conferences and workshop proceedings, in which he received several awards. Dr. Noureldin organized and participated in organizing many national and international conferences and chaired many conferences. Dr. Noureldin is currently the associate editor of Sensors (MDPI). He has also served as a guest editor of several special issues in multi-sensor positioning and navigation. Dr. Noureldin’s research has resulted in active leadership involvement in several projects funded by government and industry, attracting significant research funding and supervising more than 100 highly qualified personnel (HQP) at postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate levels.
Abstract
In the past decade, there has been an unprecedented surge in the adoption of autonomous vehicles (AVs) across diverse sectors, encompassing academia, industry, transportation, aviation, defense, and government agencies. This surge has brought self-driving cars, unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the spotlight. AVs rely heavily on GNSS as the cornerstone for positioning and navigation. Ensuring AVs' safe and efficient operation necessitates reliable, accurate, and high-precision positioning across all environmental and operational conditions. Recent years have seen a concerning rise in jamming and spoofing attacks targeting GNSS signals, impacting both military and civilian applications. Furthermore, in urban environments, GNSS signals can be severely obstructed or distorted due to multipath interference. Given the critical safety implications associated with AVs, an urgent demand exists for alternative wireless technologies that can complement or provide complete independence from GNSS. Relying on its large bandwidth and massive MIMO capabilities, the emerging 5G/6G mmWave-based wireless network provides an attractive opportunity for reliable high-precision positioning for AVs where GNSS cannot work. This presentation will cover the recent development at the NavINST Research Lab for wireless high-precision positioning and navigation, achieving a decimeter level of positioning accuracy, comparing GNSS precise point positioning (PPP) to 5G-based mmWave wireless technology, discussing the merits and limitations of each technology and demonstrating the capabilities in real road test trajectories performed by the NavINST land vehicle setup in different Canadian cities. The presentation will also discuss the future of wireless positioning.
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