Robust UAV Relative Navigation with DGPS, INS, and Peer-to-Peer Radio Ranging

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 935-944

  Gross, Jason N ^a   Gu, Yu ^a   Rhudy, Matthew B ^b  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative remote sensing; cooperative UAVs; differential GPS INS; multi sensor fusion; relative navigation

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; BALLOONS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PEER TO PEER NETWORKS; RADIO NAVIGATION; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRACKING (POSITION); UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CARRIER-PHASE DIFFERENTIAL GPS; COOPERATIVE UAVS; DIFFERENTIAL CARRIER PHASE; DIFFERENTIAL GPS; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS (INS); MULTI-SENSOR FUSION; RELATIVE NAVIGATION;

INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 85027941136     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2014.2383357     Document Type: Article

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