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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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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author Russell, James S
Ye, Mengbin
Anderson, Brian DO
Hmam, Hatem
Sarunic, Peter
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description 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.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-782582022-10-27T06:08:37Z Cooperative Localisation of a GPS-Denied UAV using Direction-of-Arrival Measurements Russell, James S Ye, Mengbin Anderson, Brian DO Hmam, Hatem Sarunic, Peter 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. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78258 10.1109/TAES.2019.2942704 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160104500 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190100887 IEEE fulltext
spellingShingle Russell, James S
Ye, Mengbin
Anderson, Brian DO
Hmam, Hatem
Sarunic, Peter
Cooperative Localisation of a GPS-Denied UAV using Direction-of-Arrival Measurements
title Cooperative Localisation of a GPS-Denied UAV using Direction-of-Arrival Measurements
title_full Cooperative Localisation of a GPS-Denied UAV using Direction-of-Arrival Measurements
title_fullStr Cooperative Localisation of a GPS-Denied UAV using Direction-of-Arrival Measurements
title_full_unstemmed Cooperative Localisation of a GPS-Denied UAV using Direction-of-Arrival Measurements
title_short Cooperative Localisation of a GPS-Denied UAV using Direction-of-Arrival Measurements
title_sort cooperative localisation of a gps-denied uav using direction-of-arrival measurements
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160104500
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160104500
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78258