Cooperative Localisation of a GPS-Denied UAV using Direction-of-Arrival Measurements

A GPS-denied UAV (Agent B) is localised through INS alignment with the aid of a nearby GPS-equipped UAV (Agent A), which broadcasts its position at several time instants. Agent B measures the signals' direction of arrival with respect to Agent B's inertial navigation frame. Semidefinite pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Russell, James S, Ye, Mengbin, Anderson, Brian DO, Hmam, Hatem, Sarunic, Peter
Format: Journal Article
Published: IEEE 2019
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160104500
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78258
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Summary:A GPS-denied UAV (Agent B) is localised through INS alignment with the aid of a nearby GPS-equipped UAV (Agent A), which broadcasts its position at several time instants. Agent B measures the signals' direction of arrival with respect to Agent B's inertial navigation frame. Semidefinite programming and the Orthogonal Procrustes algorithm are employed, and accuracy is improved through maximum likelihood estimation. The method is validated using flight data and simulations. A three-agent extension is explored.