A low-cost tightly coupled GPS/INS for small UAVs augmented with multiple GPS antennas

Navigation, Journal of the Institute of Navigation

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-44

  Hirokawa, Rui ^a   Ebinuma, Takuji ^b  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COSTS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

AMBIGUITY RESOLUTION; ATTITUDE ACCURACY; CARRIER-PHASE MEASUREMENT; HARDWARE IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION; IN-FLIGHT PERFORMANCE; MEMS INERTIAL SENSORS; RECEIVER MODULES; TIGHTLY-COUPLED;

SATELLITE ANTENNAS;

EID: 77955084572     PISSN: 00281522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-4296.2009.tb00442.x     Document Type: Article

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