Performance analysis of constrained loosely coupled GPS/INS integration solutions

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 15983-16007

  Falco, Gianluca ^a   Einicke, Garry A ^b   Malos, John T ^b   Dovis, Fabio ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE MARIO BOELLA   (Italy)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constraints; GPS outages; Kalman filter; Loosely coupled integration

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINTS; GPS OUTAGES; GPS/INS INTEGRATION; LOOSELY-COUPLED INTEGRATION; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; REFERENCE TRAJECTORIES;

KALMAN FILTERS;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 84870558852     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s121115983     Document Type: Article

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