Multipath mitigation and NLOS detection using vector tracking in urban environments

GPS Solutions

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 249-262

  Hsu, Li Ta ^a   Jan, Shau Shiun ^a   Groves, Paul D ^b   Kubo, Nobuaki ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Multipath mitigation; Non line of sight (NLOS) detection; Strobe correlator; Urban canyon; Vector delay lock loop (VDLL); Vector tracking

Indexed keywords

DELAY LOCK LOOPS; KALMAN FILTERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; URBAN PLANNING; VECTORS;

MULTI-PATH MITIGATION; NONLINE OF SIGHT; STROBE CORRELATORS; URBAN CANYONS; VECTOR DELAY LOCK LOOPS; VECTOR TRACKING;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84925289338     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-014-0384-6     Document Type: Article

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