Title: A shaping filter approach to model GPS errors

Authors: Xiaoying Kong

Addresses: University of Technology, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia

Abstract: Although Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) provides positioning information with high precision, when DGPS is unavailable in some situations, stand-alone GPS has to be used in vehicle navigation. The accuracy of standard GPS is low due to position measurement errors. This paper presents a frequency domain modelling approach to model GPS errors and increase GPS positioning accuracy. This approach models GPS errors using shaping filter. External sensors are employed to reduce GPS errors. This paper also presents an approach to select external sensors to meet the accuracy requirements of positioning system.

Keywords: GPS errors; global positioning systems; shaping filter; GPS-INS integration; data fusion; sensor modelling; vehicle navigation; position measurement errors; frequency domain modelling; positioning accuracy; external sensors; inertial navigation systems.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVICS.2008.022353

International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems, 2008 Vol.1 No.3/4, pp.181 - 194

Published online: 02 Jan 2009 *

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