Title: A cost-effective system design approach for vehicle positioning using GNSS/INS integration

Authors: Xiaoying Kong; Li Liu; Tich Phuoc Tran

Addresses: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia ' Faculty of Engineering, Building J05, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia ' Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia

Abstract: This paper presents a system design approach for vehicle positioning systems. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and inertial sensors are major positioning measurements used in this approach. A number of phases are designed in this approach including: system architecture design using an estimator, GNSS error modelling, estimator low level design, simulation and experiment design, frequency domain simulation, time domain experiment, sensor selection and deployment decision making. This approach enables to model GNSS errors from end user's view point, and choose low cost inertial sensors to meet positioning system requirements using a new sensor selection criterion.

Keywords: engineering design; system design; GNSS; GPS; INS; IMU; shaping filter; GPS-INS integration; data fusion; vehicle positioning; global navigation satellite systems; inertial sensors; simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVS.2012.048533

International Journal of Vehicle Safety, 2012 Vol.6 No.1, pp.28 - 47

Received: 24 Sep 2011
Accepted: 14 Dec 2011

Published online: 31 Dec 2014 *

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