scholarly journals Improvement of Anomalous Behavior Detection of GNSS Signal Based on TDNN for Augmentation Systems

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 3800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daehee Kim ◽  
Jeongho Cho
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Anomalous Behavior ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Integrity Monitoring ◽  
Delayed Neural Networks ◽  
Stringent Performance ◽  
Integrity Assurance ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite

The reliability of a navigation system is crucial for navigation purposes, especially in areas where stringent performance is required, such as civil aviation or intelligent transportation systems (ITSs). Therefore, integrity monitoring is an inseparable part of safety-critical navigation applications. The receiver autonomous integrity monitor (RAIM) has been used with the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) to provide integrity monitoring within avionics itself, such as in civil aviation for lateral navigation (LNAV) or the non-precision approach (NPA). However, standard RAIM may not meet the stricter aviation availability and integrity requirements for certain operations, e.g., precision approach flight phases, and also is not sufficient for on-ground vehicle integrity monitoring of several specific ITS applications. One possible way to more clearly distinguish anomalies in observed GNSS signals is to take advantage of time-delayed neural networks (TDNNs) to estimate useful information about the faulty characteristics, rather than simply using RAIM alone. Based on the performance evaluation, it was determined that this method can reliably detect flaws in navigation satellites significantly faster than RAIM alone, and it was confirmed that TDNN-based integrity monitoring using RAIM is an encouraging alternative to improve the integrity assurance level of RAIM in terms of GNSS anomaly detection.

scholarly journals A Proposal of a Troposphere Model in a GNSS Simulator for VANET Applications

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 2491
Author(s):  
Mauro Tropea ◽  
Angelo Arieta ◽  
Floriano De Rango ◽  
Francesco Pupo
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Propagation Delay ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Navigation Systems ◽  
Vehicle Positioning ◽  
Satellite Navigation Systems ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite

Vehicle positioning is becoming an important issue related to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs). Novel vehicles and autonomous vehicles need to be localized under different weather conditions and it is important to have a reliable positioning system to track vehicles. Satellite navigation systems can be a key technology in providing global coverage and providing localization services through many satellite constellations such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and so forth. However, the modeling of positioning and localization systems under different weather conditions is not a trivial objective especially considering different factors such as receiver sensitivity, dynamic weather conditions, propagation delay and so forth. This paper focuses on the use of simulators for performing different kinds of tests on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) systems in order to reduce the cost of the positioning testing under different techniques or models. Simulation driven approach, combined with some specific hardware equipment such as receivers and transmitters can characterize a more realistic scenario and the simulation can consider other aspects that could be complex to really test. In this work, the main contribution is the introduction of the Troposphere Collins model in a GNSS simulator for VANET applications, the GPS-SDR-SIM software. The use of the Collins model in the simulator allows to improve the accuracy of the simulation experiments throughout the reduction of the receiver errors.

A Cooperative Positioning Scheme Based on Extended Kalman Filter for Curve Warning Systems

2014 ◽  
Vol 915-916 ◽  
pp. 1189-1193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Du ◽  
Nan Liu ◽  
Rui Fang ◽  
Xiang Hui Song
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Extended Kalman Filter ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Black Spot ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Cooperative Positioning ◽  
Roadside Unit ◽  
Time Position ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite

Cooperative positioning (CP) is one of the core features in intelligent transportation systems (ITS) which is used to increase the positioning accuracy via wireless communication between vehicles and infrastructures. The global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is always unavailable near black spot such as the curve which needs to be solved. So, in this paper, a novel CP scheme is proposed for the curve warning scenario with limited GNSS by utilizing the information of received signal strength and pointer angular of the roadside unit which is in a special dual-transmitter outphasing architecture. An extended Kalman filter is founded to estimate the real-time position of the vehicle in the curve section. The whole warning scenario is analyzed by computer simulation, and the result shows the feasibility of the method.

scholarly journals A Robust Cubature Kalman Filter with Abnormal Observations Identification Using the Mahalanobis Distance Criterion for Vehicular INS/GNSS Integration

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (23) ◽  
pp. 5149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingbing Gao ◽  
Gaoge Hu ◽  
Xinhe Zhu ◽  
Yongmin Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Mahalanobis Distance ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
System Integration ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Scaling Factor ◽  
Cubature Kalman Filter ◽  
Noise Covariance ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite

INS/GNSS (inertial navigation system/global navigation satellite system) integration is a promising solution of vehicle navigation for intelligent transportation systems. However, the observation of GNSS inevitably involves uncertainty due to the vulnerability to signal blockage in many urban/suburban areas, leading to the degraded navigation performance for INS/GNSS integration. This paper develops a novel robust CKF with scaling factor by combining the emerging cubature Kalman filter (CKF) with the concept of Mahalanobis distance criterion to address the above problem involved in nonlinear INS/GNSS integration. It establishes a theory of abnormal observations identification using the Mahalanobis distance criterion. Subsequently, a robust factor (scaling factor), which is calculated via the Mahalanobis distance criterion, is introduced into the standard CKF to inflate the observation noise covariance, resulting in a decreased filtering gain in the presence of abnormal observations. The proposed robust CKF can effectively resist the influence of abnormal observations on navigation solution and thus improves the robustness of CKF for vehicular INS/GNSS integration. Simulation and experimental results have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed robust CKF for vehicular navigation with INS/GNSS integration.

A Cooperative Positioning Scheme Based on Beam-Forming for Intelligent Transportation Systems

2014 ◽  
Vol 945-949 ◽  
pp. 3255-3259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Du ◽  
Nan Liu ◽  
Rui Fang ◽  
Nan Li ◽  
Xiang Hui Song
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Vehicular Networks ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Beam Forming ◽  
Main Process ◽  
Cooperative Positioning ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite

Cooperative positioning (CP) originating in wireless sensor networks (WSN) is expected to enhance the accuracy of real-time positioning by exchanging location related information in vehicular network via wireless communication. A novel CP system based on beam-forming for vehicular networks is proposed by this work. Its application includes several roadside units equipped with a kind of transceiver based on an special dual-transmitter outphasing architecture which are utilized to broadcast the spatial directivity and correct receive angle information to vehicles with onboard wireless communication units in desired areas. The goal of enhancement positioning via vehicle-to-infrastructure communication can be acquired by a data fusion means based on the extended Kalman filter when GNSS is available and a cooperative solution based on the least-squares method under the condition that the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is available respectively. The main process of positioning and all the key technical points of the system's application are modeled and analyzed mathematically. And the results of computer simulation confirm the technical practicability for the proposed method.

scholarly journals Analyses of the sensitivity of multi-constellation advanced receiver autonomous integrity monitoring vertical protection level availability to error parameters and a failure model over China

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 168781401877619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueen Zheng ◽  
Ye Liu ◽  
Guochao Fan ◽  
Jing Zhao ◽  
Chengdong Xu
Keyword(s):  
Satellite System ◽  
Protection Level ◽  
Integrity Monitoring ◽  
System Service ◽  
Service Stations ◽  
Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite ◽  
Range Error ◽  
Monitoring Algorithm ◽  
Advanced Receiver

The availability of advanced receiver autonomous integrity monitoring for vertical guidance down to altitudes of 200 ft (LPV-200) is discussed using real satellite orbit/ephemeris data collected at eight international global navigation satellite system service stations across China. Analyses were conducted for the availability of multi-constellation advanced receiver autonomous integrity monitoring and multi-fault advanced receiver autonomous integrity monitoring, and the sensitivity of availability in response to changes in error model parameters (i.e. user range accuracy, user range error, Bias-Nom and Bias-Max) was used to compute the vertical protection level. The results demonstrated that advanced receiver autonomous integrity monitoring availability based on multiple constellations met the requirements of LPV-200 despite multiple-fault detections that reduced the availability of the advanced receiver autonomous integrity monitoring algorithm; the advanced receiver autonomous integrity monitoring availability thresholds of the user range error and Bias-Nom used for accuracy were more relevant to geographic information than the user range accuracy and Bias-Max used for integrity at the eight international global navigation satellite system service stations. Finally, the possibility of using the advanced receiver autonomous integrity monitoring algorithm for a Category III navigation standard is discussed using two sets of predicted errors, revealing that the algorithm could be used in 79% of China.

scholarly journals Monitoring Aircraft Position Using EGNOS Data for the SBAS APV Approach to the Landing Procedure

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 1945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamil Krasuski ◽  
Damian Wierzbicki
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
International Civil Aviation Organization ◽  
Positioning Accuracy ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite ◽  
Service Data ◽  
Computational Strategy ◽  
Better Than

The aim of this paper is to present the problem of the implementation of the EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) data for the processing of aircraft position determination. The main aim of the research is to develop a new computational strategy which might improve the performance of the EGNOS system in aviation, based on navigation solutions of an aircraft position, using several GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) onboard receivers. The results of an experimental test conducted by the Cessna 172 at EPDE (European Poland Deblin) (ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) code, N51°33.07’/E21°53.52’) aerodrome in Dęblin are presented and discussed in this paper. Two GNSS navigation receivers with the EGNOS positioning function for monitoring changes in the parameters of the aircraft position in real time during the landing phase were installed onboard a Cessna 172. Based on obtained research findings, it was discovered that the positioning accuracy was not higher than 2.1 m, and the integrity of positioning did not exceed 19 m. Moreover, the availability parameter was found to equal 1 (or 100%); also, no intervals in the continuity of the operation of the EGNOS system were recorded. In the paper, the results of the air test from Dęblin were compared with the parameters of positioning quality from the air test conducted in Chełm (ICAO code: EPCD, N51°04’57.8” E23°26’15”). In the air test in Chełm, the obtained parameters of EGNOS quality positioning were: better than 4.9 m for accuracy, less than 35.5 m for integrity, 100% for availability, and no breaks in continuity. Based on the results of the air tests in Dęblin and Chełm, it was concluded that the parameters of the EGNOS positioning quality in aviation for the SBAS (Satellite Based Augmentation System) APV (Approach to Vertical guidance) procedure were satisfied in accordance with the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) requirements. The presented research method can be utilized in the SBAS APV landing procedure in Polish aviation. In this paper, the results of PDOP (Position Dilution of Precision) are presented and compared to the two air tests in Dęblin and Chełm. The maximum results of PDOP amounted to 1.4 in the air test in Dęblin, whereas they equaled 4.0 in the air test in Chełm. The paper also shows how the EGNOS system improved the aircraft position in relation to the only GPS solution. In this context, the EGNOS system improved the aircraft position from about 78% to 95% for each ellipsoidal coordinate axis.

scholarly journals Integrity Concept for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships’ Position Sensors

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 2075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paweł Zalewski
Keyword(s):  
Optical Sensors ◽  
International Association ◽  
Performance Standards ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Differential Gps ◽  
Integrity Monitoring ◽  
Primary Means ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite ◽  
Radio Beacon ◽  
Future Concepts

The primary means for electronic position fixing currently in use in majority of contemporary merchant ships are shipborne GPS (Global Positioning System) receivers or DGPS (Differential GPS) and IALA (International Association of Lighthouse Authorities) radio beacon receivers. More advanced GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) receivers able to process signals from GPS, Russian GLONASS, Chinese Beidou, European Galileo, Indian IRNSS, Japan QZSS, and satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS), are still relatively rare in maritime domain. However, it is expected that such combined or multi-system receivers will soon become more common in maritime transport and integrated with gyro, inertial, radar, laser, and optical sensors, and they will become indispensable onboard maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS). To be prepared for a malfunction of any position sensors, their state-of-the-art integrity monitoring should be developed and standardized, taking into account the specificity of MASS and e-navigation safety. The issues of existing requirements, performance standards, and future concepts of integrity monitoring for maritime position sensors are discussed and presented in this paper.

scholarly journals EGNOS Based APV Procedures Development Possibilities In The South-Eastern Part Of Poland

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wojciech Z. Kaleta
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Accuracy ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
The South ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
System Integrity ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite ◽  
First Time

AbstractOn 14th and 15th March 2011 for the first time approach with vertical guidance (APV-I) was conducted on Polish territory in Katowice, Kraków and Mielec. This was the milestone for GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) and Area Navigation (RNAV) use as a new instrument approach chance for NPA (Non-Precision Approach) and PA (Precision Approach) in Poland. The paper presents the experiment study of EGNOS SIS (Signal in Space) due to APV (Approach with Vertical Guidance) procedures development possibilities in the south-eastern part of Poland. Researches were conducted from January 2014 till June 2014 in three Polish cities: Warszawa, Kraków and Rzeszów. EGNOS as SBAS (Satellite Based Augmentation System) in according with ICAO's Annex 10 has to meet restrictive requirements for three dimensional accuracy, system integrity, availability and continuity of SIS. Because of ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference) states to EGNOS coverage in the eastern part of Europe, location of mention above stations, shows real usefulness for SIS tests and evaluation of the results [EUROCONTROL, 2008].

Failure Modes and Models for Integrated GPS/INS Systems

2007 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umar Iqbal Bhatti ◽  
Washington Yotto Ochieng
Keyword(s):  
Failure Modes ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Data Consistency ◽  
Coupling Mechanism ◽  
Integrity Monitoring ◽  
Potential Failure ◽  
Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite

GPS is the most widely used global navigation satellite system. By design, there is no provision for real time integrity information within the Standard Positioning Service (SPS). However, in safety critical sectors like aviation, stringent integrity performance requirements must be met. This can be achieved externally or at the receiver level through receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM). The latter is a cost effective method that relies on data consistency, and therefore requires redundant measurements. An external aid to provide this redundancy can be in the form of an Inertial Navigation System (INS). This should enable continued performance even during RAIM holes (when no redundant satellite measurements are available). However, due to the inclusion of an additional system and the coupling mechanism, integrity issues become more challenging. To develop an effective integrity monitoring capability, a good understanding of the potential failure modes of the integrated system is vital. In this paper potential failure modes of integrated GPS/INS systems are identified. This is followed by the specification of corresponding models that would be required to investigate the capability of existing integrity algorithms and to develop enhancements or new algorithms.

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