GNSS array-aided positioning and attitude determination: Real data analyses

Copyright © (2014) by the Institute of Navigation All rights reserved. GNSS positioning and navigation have become ubiquitous with a wide variety of challenging applications including attitude determination and relative navigation. In this contribution, we analyse the performance of a novel integrat...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nadarajah, Nandakumaran, Teunissen, Peter, De Bakker, P.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Institute of Navigation 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47931
_version_ 1848757970022694912
author Nadarajah, Nandakumaran
Teunissen, Peter
De Bakker, P.
author_facet Nadarajah, Nandakumaran
Teunissen, Peter
De Bakker, P.
author_sort Nadarajah, Nandakumaran
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description Copyright © (2014) by the Institute of Navigation All rights reserved. GNSS positioning and navigation have become ubiquitous with a wide variety of challenging applications including attitude determination and relative navigation. In this contribution, we analyse the performance of a novel integrated navigation method for array-aided relative positioning and attitude determination using real data. We consider two platforms equipped with multiple GNSS receivers/antennas. Precise GNSS positioning and attitude determination rely on successful resolution of the carrier phase integer ambiguities. The Multivariate Constrained-Least squares AMBiguity Decorrelation Adjustment (MC-LAMBDA) method is used to reliably resolve platform ambiguities making use of the knowledge of antenna geometry in the local body frame. This reliable platform processing consequently enhances the between-platform ambiguity resolution and baseline estimation. Using real data, we demonstrate that this method not only enhances the attitude determination but also improves the between-platform ambiguity resolution and the between-platform baseline estimates. Our study includes performance analyses of the array-aided positioning method in terms of number of antennas per platform, number of frequencies, and multi-GNSS vs a single system.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T09:36:33Z
format Conference Paper
id curtin-20.500.11937-47931
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T09:36:33Z
publishDate 2014
publisher Institute of Navigation
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-479312017-01-30T15:36:28Z GNSS array-aided positioning and attitude determination: Real data analyses Nadarajah, Nandakumaran Teunissen, Peter De Bakker, P. Copyright © (2014) by the Institute of Navigation All rights reserved. GNSS positioning and navigation have become ubiquitous with a wide variety of challenging applications including attitude determination and relative navigation. In this contribution, we analyse the performance of a novel integrated navigation method for array-aided relative positioning and attitude determination using real data. We consider two platforms equipped with multiple GNSS receivers/antennas. Precise GNSS positioning and attitude determination rely on successful resolution of the carrier phase integer ambiguities. The Multivariate Constrained-Least squares AMBiguity Decorrelation Adjustment (MC-LAMBDA) method is used to reliably resolve platform ambiguities making use of the knowledge of antenna geometry in the local body frame. This reliable platform processing consequently enhances the between-platform ambiguity resolution and baseline estimation. Using real data, we demonstrate that this method not only enhances the attitude determination but also improves the between-platform ambiguity resolution and the between-platform baseline estimates. Our study includes performance analyses of the array-aided positioning method in terms of number of antennas per platform, number of frequencies, and multi-GNSS vs a single system. 2014 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47931 Institute of Navigation restricted
spellingShingle Nadarajah, Nandakumaran
Teunissen, Peter
De Bakker, P.
GNSS array-aided positioning and attitude determination: Real data analyses
title GNSS array-aided positioning and attitude determination: Real data analyses
title_full GNSS array-aided positioning and attitude determination: Real data analyses
title_fullStr GNSS array-aided positioning and attitude determination: Real data analyses
title_full_unstemmed GNSS array-aided positioning and attitude determination: Real data analyses
title_short GNSS array-aided positioning and attitude determination: Real data analyses
title_sort gnss array-aided positioning and attitude determination: real data analyses
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47931