A fast satellite selection algorithm: Beyond four satellites

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 740-747

  Zhang, Miaoyan ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geometric dilution of precision (GDOP); Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS); Satellite selection

Indexed keywords

FAST ALGORITHMS; FAST SATELLITE; GEOMETRIC DILUTION OF PRECISION; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVERS; NAVIGATION SIGNALS; OPTIMAL GEOMETRY; QUASI-OPTIMAL; REALTIME PROCESSING; SELECTION ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; SATELLITES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 79952406074     PISSN: 19324553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTSP.2009.2028381     Document Type: Article

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