Integrated GNSS with different accuracy of track database for safety-critical railway control systems

GPS Solutions

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-179

  Zheng, Yuheng ^a   Cross, Paul ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; GNSS; Integrity; Railway; Track database

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; GNSS; INTEGRATED GNSS; INTEGRATED POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; INTEGRITY; KEY FEATURE; POSITIONING ACCURACY; RAILWAY; RAILWAY APPLICATIONS; RAILWAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; RAILWAY NETWORK; RAILWAY TRACK; REQUIRED NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE; SAFETY-CRITICAL; TIGHTLY-COUPLED; TRAIN LOCATION;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; RAILROADS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONTROL SYSTEM; DATABASE; GNSS; GPS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RAILWAY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 84859266823     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-011-0216-x     Document Type: Article

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