Abstract The paper presents the use of the Fast-Time navigational simulator to verify the location of designed elements of navigational infrastructure in vicinity of a high traffic fairway. The aim of the study is to perform the analysis of navigational safety in vicinity of newly constructed quay placed to the east of the island Ostrow Brdowski. The Quay is intended handling of large steel structures. The Fast-Time simulation is performed to evaluate the safety of the navigation passage through the fairway along the quay for the future use of vessels which length may exceed 260 m. This kind of simulation method has been implemented to make a statistical analysis based on a large amount of data, the collection of which would be very expensive and time consuming using a Real-Time simulator.
{"title":"Determination of the Risk of Location the Quay for Large Steel Components Handling in Vicinity of the Fairway Using the Fast-Time Simulation Method","authors":"K. Marcjan, L. Gucma","doi":"10.1515/aon-2018-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aon-2018-0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The paper presents the use of the Fast-Time navigational simulator to verify the location of designed elements of navigational infrastructure in vicinity of a high traffic fairway. The aim of the study is to perform the analysis of navigational safety in vicinity of newly constructed quay placed to the east of the island Ostrow Brdowski. The Quay is intended handling of large steel structures. The Fast-Time simulation is performed to evaluate the safety of the navigation passage through the fairway along the quay for the future use of vessels which length may exceed 260 m. This kind of simulation method has been implemented to make a statistical analysis based on a large amount of data, the collection of which would be very expensive and time consuming using a Real-Time simulator.","PeriodicalId":30601,"journal":{"name":"Annual of Navigation","volume":"25 1","pages":"108 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48234984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract To investigate and remove the network effect to the national GNSS network the results obtained from three GNSS networks which are tied to ITRF2008 using minimal constraints were compared. The first network is the EUREF Permanent Network (EPN), the second is EPN subnetwork processed by WUT LAC (WUT), the third is exactly Ukraine reference network (URN). The position differences between these networks - EPN and URN (WUT and URN) can reach 9.1 (6.6) mm for X, 4 (3.8) mm for Y and 11.7 (12.2) mm for Z. To obtain consistent station positions and velocities without network effect two weekly solutions were combined. The results demonstrate that the network effect on the local solution (Ukraine reference network) can be eliminated. This approach is valid because the same data analysis strategy was applied during both network processing.
{"title":"Removing the Influence of Network Effect on Local Position Solution","authors":"J. Ćwiklak, S. Savchuk, S. Doskich","doi":"10.1515/aon-2018-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aon-2018-0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract To investigate and remove the network effect to the national GNSS network the results obtained from three GNSS networks which are tied to ITRF2008 using minimal constraints were compared. The first network is the EUREF Permanent Network (EPN), the second is EPN subnetwork processed by WUT LAC (WUT), the third is exactly Ukraine reference network (URN). The position differences between these networks - EPN and URN (WUT and URN) can reach 9.1 (6.6) mm for X, 4 (3.8) mm for Y and 11.7 (12.2) mm for Z. To obtain consistent station positions and velocities without network effect two weekly solutions were combined. The results demonstrate that the network effect on the local solution (Ukraine reference network) can be eliminated. This approach is valid because the same data analysis strategy was applied during both network processing.","PeriodicalId":30601,"journal":{"name":"Annual of Navigation","volume":"25 1","pages":"155 - 164"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44093393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Today, electromagnetic waves are the basic medium for all communication tasks. This applies also to navigation, where the most commonly waves have lengths measured in centimetres (radar, GPS) and longer, such as the waves used in the AIS or DGPS technologies. Navigators are mostly interested in the communication functionality of the used systems, i.e. such factors as range of the system and signal-to-noise ratio. This leads directly to increasing the transmitters’ power. However, it is important to bear in mind that the electromagnetic field can endanger human health, therefore, establishing the level of radiation both on vessels and near the shore transmitters is crucial in this context. The experience of authors shows that the knowledge of the most of navigators hereupon is not large. From this result extremely irresponsible behaviors of one persons, as well as inexplicable phobias others. This article presents the subject using the example of the electromagnetic field present near a lighthouse emitting AIS and DGPS signals. Relevant measurements were made at the Rozewie lighthouse by certified laboratory of Maritime Institute in Gdansk according the polish standards and internal, certified procedures. Results of the measurements were related to the national and European standards for electromagnetic field measurements in the context of occupational health and safety.
{"title":"The Electromagnetic Field in the Vicinity of Radio-Navigation Systems","authors":"Natalia JÓŹWIK-MICHAŁOWSKA, Andrzej Felski","doi":"10.1515/aon-2018-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aon-2018-0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Today, electromagnetic waves are the basic medium for all communication tasks. This applies also to navigation, where the most commonly waves have lengths measured in centimetres (radar, GPS) and longer, such as the waves used in the AIS or DGPS technologies. Navigators are mostly interested in the communication functionality of the used systems, i.e. such factors as range of the system and signal-to-noise ratio. This leads directly to increasing the transmitters’ power. However, it is important to bear in mind that the electromagnetic field can endanger human health, therefore, establishing the level of radiation both on vessels and near the shore transmitters is crucial in this context. The experience of authors shows that the knowledge of the most of navigators hereupon is not large. From this result extremely irresponsible behaviors of one persons, as well as inexplicable phobias others. This article presents the subject using the example of the electromagnetic field present near a lighthouse emitting AIS and DGPS signals. Relevant measurements were made at the Rozewie lighthouse by certified laboratory of Maritime Institute in Gdansk according the polish standards and internal, certified procedures. Results of the measurements were related to the national and European standards for electromagnetic field measurements in the context of occupational health and safety.","PeriodicalId":30601,"journal":{"name":"Annual of Navigation","volume":"25 1","pages":"109 - 124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48895639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Multibeam Echo Sounder Systems (MBES) shallow water surveys provide capability not only acquiring bathymetric data useful for determining isobaths and mapping features on the seafloor which may be a hazard to navigation. They also allow detection of objects smaller or deeper than those required for the safety of seafaring and International Hydrography Organization (IHO) standards. In this article some of issues related to of efficient MBES shallow water surveys are stressed. Additionally a draft of post-processing techniques and result data format together with tools allowing extraction of bottom object from bathymetric data are presented.
{"title":"Detection of Small Bottom Objects From Multibeam Echosounder Data","authors":"Dominik Iwen, M. Wąż","doi":"10.1515/aon-2018-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aon-2018-0015","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Multibeam Echo Sounder Systems (MBES) shallow water surveys provide capability not only acquiring bathymetric data useful for determining isobaths and mapping features on the seafloor which may be a hazard to navigation. They also allow detection of objects smaller or deeper than those required for the safety of seafaring and International Hydrography Organization (IHO) standards. In this article some of issues related to of efficient MBES shallow water surveys are stressed. Additionally a draft of post-processing techniques and result data format together with tools allowing extraction of bottom object from bathymetric data are presented.","PeriodicalId":30601,"journal":{"name":"Annual of Navigation","volume":"25 1","pages":"219 - 232"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43191401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The paper describes a problem and an algorithm for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The algorithm developed by the authors estimates the flight trajectory and builds a map of the terrain below the UAV. As a tool for estimating the UAV position and other parameters of flight, a particle filter was applied. The proposed algorithm was tested and analyzed by simulations and the paper presents a simulator developed by the authors and used for SLAM testing purposes. Chosen simulation results, including maps and UAV trajectories constructed by the SLAM algorithm are included in the paper.
{"title":"Simulation and Analysis of Particle Filter Based Slam System","authors":"P. Kaniewski, Pawel Slowak","doi":"10.1515/aon-2018-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aon-2018-0010","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The paper describes a problem and an algorithm for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The algorithm developed by the authors estimates the flight trajectory and builds a map of the terrain below the UAV. As a tool for estimating the UAV position and other parameters of flight, a particle filter was applied. The proposed algorithm was tested and analyzed by simulations and the paper presents a simulator developed by the authors and used for SLAM testing purposes. Chosen simulation results, including maps and UAV trajectories constructed by the SLAM algorithm are included in the paper.","PeriodicalId":30601,"journal":{"name":"Annual of Navigation","volume":"25 1","pages":"137 - 153"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46486738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Vázquez, E. Lacarra, J. Morán, M. A. Sánchez, A. González, J. Bruzual
Abstract EDAS (EGNOS Data Access Service) is the EGNOS internet broadcast service, which provides free of charge access to the data collected and generated by the EGNOS infrastructure. EDAS disseminates over the Internet, both in real time and via an FTP archive, the raw data of the GPS, GLONASS (no commitment on GLONASS data is provided (1)) and EGNOS GEO satellites collected by the receivers located at the EGNOS reference stations, which are mainly distributed over Europe and North Africa. The EDAS services offer several types of GNSS data in various protocols and formats, such as DGNSS corrections. This paper reports on the results of some in-field tests conducted by ESSP and Topcon Agriculture to confirm the suitability of EDAS DGNSS corrections for precision farming in Europe. The European Commission (EC) is the owner of EGNOS system (including EDAS) and has delegated the exploitation of EGNOS to the European GNSS Agency (GSA). EDAS service provision is performed by ESSP, as EGNOS Services Provider, under contract with the GSA, the EGNOS program manager. In the ENC 2018 article “EDAS (EGNOS Data Access Service): Differential GPS corrections performance test with state-of-the-art precision agriculture system”, ESSP and Topcon Agriculture presented the results of the first in-field test conducted in a dynamic and real-life environment in the summer of 2017. The test results indicated that the EDAS DGNSS corrections could enable a reliable pass-to-pass accuracy performance for a wide range of precision agriculture applications and become an attractive solution for cereal farms, when the farm is located in the vicinity of an EGNOS reference station. In particular, Topcon Agriculture acknowledged that the observed performance was sufficient to support the following precision agriculture applications: spraying and spreading of any crop type, tilling and harvesting of cereal. Then, ESSP and Topcon Agriculture engaged in additional testing activities to further characterise the EDAS DGPS performance in different scenarios (i.e. at various European locations and with a variety of distances between the designated farm and the target EGNOS reference station). In each test, multiple runs with the rover tractors have been performed over the reference patterns predefined in the Topcon guidance systems. Data recorded during the tests has been analysed in detail, looking at the key performance indicators (e.g. cross track error and pass-to-pass performance) that characterize the EDAS DGPS performance for precision agriculture applications. Different techniques for the computation of the pass-to-pass accuracy performance have been used, including a procedure to measure live in the field and a post-processing alternative. The diversity of scenarios available allows drawing conclusions on the applicability of EDAS DGPS corrections (in terms of maximum distance from the target EGNOS station) for precision agriculture and also understanding the impact of operati
{"title":"EDAS (EGNOS Data Access Service) Differential GNSS Corrections: A Reliable Free-of-Charge Alternative for Precision Farming in Europe","authors":"J. Vázquez, E. Lacarra, J. Morán, M. A. Sánchez, A. González, J. Bruzual","doi":"10.1515/aon-2019-0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/aon-2019-0005","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract EDAS (EGNOS Data Access Service) is the EGNOS internet broadcast service, which provides free of charge access to the data collected and generated by the EGNOS infrastructure. EDAS disseminates over the Internet, both in real time and via an FTP archive, the raw data of the GPS, GLONASS (no commitment on GLONASS data is provided (1)) and EGNOS GEO satellites collected by the receivers located at the EGNOS reference stations, which are mainly distributed over Europe and North Africa. The EDAS services offer several types of GNSS data in various protocols and formats, such as DGNSS corrections. This paper reports on the results of some in-field tests conducted by ESSP and Topcon Agriculture to confirm the suitability of EDAS DGNSS corrections for precision farming in Europe. The European Commission (EC) is the owner of EGNOS system (including EDAS) and has delegated the exploitation of EGNOS to the European GNSS Agency (GSA). EDAS service provision is performed by ESSP, as EGNOS Services Provider, under contract with the GSA, the EGNOS program manager. In the ENC 2018 article “EDAS (EGNOS Data Access Service): Differential GPS corrections performance test with state-of-the-art precision agriculture system”, ESSP and Topcon Agriculture presented the results of the first in-field test conducted in a dynamic and real-life environment in the summer of 2017. The test results indicated that the EDAS DGNSS corrections could enable a reliable pass-to-pass accuracy performance for a wide range of precision agriculture applications and become an attractive solution for cereal farms, when the farm is located in the vicinity of an EGNOS reference station. In particular, Topcon Agriculture acknowledged that the observed performance was sufficient to support the following precision agriculture applications: spraying and spreading of any crop type, tilling and harvesting of cereal. Then, ESSP and Topcon Agriculture engaged in additional testing activities to further characterise the EDAS DGPS performance in different scenarios (i.e. at various European locations and with a variety of distances between the designated farm and the target EGNOS reference station). In each test, multiple runs with the rover tractors have been performed over the reference patterns predefined in the Topcon guidance systems. Data recorded during the tests has been analysed in detail, looking at the key performance indicators (e.g. cross track error and pass-to-pass performance) that characterize the EDAS DGPS performance for precision agriculture applications. Different techniques for the computation of the pass-to-pass accuracy performance have been used, including a procedure to measure live in the field and a post-processing alternative. The diversity of scenarios available allows drawing conclusions on the applicability of EDAS DGPS corrections (in terms of maximum distance from the target EGNOS station) for precision agriculture and also understanding the impact of operati","PeriodicalId":30601,"journal":{"name":"Annual of Navigation","volume":"26 1","pages":"46 - 58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47448812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zoltán Koppányi, V. Navrátil, Haowei Xu, C. Toth, D. Grejner-Brzezinska
This study addresses the problem of short UWB (ultra-wide band) outages in a UWB/IMU (inertial measurement unit) integrated navigation system. UWB outages may occur due to non-line-of-sight between the UWB radios. To mitigate the errors during short UWB outages, we consider the special dynamics of the platform by adaptively applying constraints in the navigation filter. The application presented here is the navigation problem of the unexploded ordnances (UXOs) mapping platform. A UXO platform moves straight or performs turns or stops; these are the three dynamic states with pre-defined constraints. Two neural networks are examined to determine the current dynamic state based on IMU data. Tests on open-sky and canopied areas were carried out for the performance assessment. The networks were trained on the open-sky dataset, and then tested on the canopied area. The detected improvement of the proposed solution is 10–30% (10–15 cm) for 5–10 s long outages.
{"title":"Using Adaptive Motion Constraints to Support UWB/IMU Based Navigation","authors":"Zoltán Koppányi, V. Navrátil, Haowei Xu, C. Toth, D. Grejner-Brzezinska","doi":"10.1002/NAVI.227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/NAVI.227","url":null,"abstract":"This study addresses the problem of short UWB (ultra-wide band) outages in a UWB/IMU (inertial measurement unit) integrated navigation system. UWB outages may occur due to non-line-of-sight between the UWB radios. To mitigate the errors during short UWB outages, we consider the special dynamics of the platform by adaptively applying constraints in the navigation filter. The application presented here is the navigation problem of the unexploded ordnances (UXOs) mapping platform. A UXO platform moves straight or performs turns or stops; these are the three dynamic states with pre-defined constraints. Two neural networks are examined to determine the current dynamic state based on IMU data. Tests on open-sky and canopied areas were carried out for the performance assessment. The networks were trained on the open-sky dataset, and then tested on the canopied area. The detected improvement of the proposed solution is 10–30% (10–15 cm) for 5–10 s long outages.","PeriodicalId":30601,"journal":{"name":"Annual of Navigation","volume":"65 1","pages":"247-261"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/NAVI.227","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42961381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos Alcaide-Guillén, A. Vidal-Pantaleoni, José-Ramón Martín-Romero
The aim of this work is to perform a proof of concept study in order to assess if the pre-correlation differential detector can be used to tackle the GPS signal acquisition in a high dynamics scenario problem. The high dynamics scenario to be studied is the case in which a GPS receiver is used in a LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellite mission. The receiver’s appropriateness for the case study is demonstrated via computational cost study and detector statistical characterization. GPS L1 C/A legacy signals for the context are simulated using a Spirent GSS7700 signal generator. The signals are sampled using a USRPX310 as an RF front-end. Using these samples, the receivers are implemented in Matlab using an SDR (Software Defined Radio) experimental setup. A specially designed figure of merit is used to measure the performance of the pre-correlation differential receiver in the realistic LEO satellite case study
{"title":"A Proof of Concept Study for a Fast Acquisition in a LEO Satellite GPS Receiver","authors":"Carlos Alcaide-Guillén, A. Vidal-Pantaleoni, José-Ramón Martín-Romero","doi":"10.1002/NAVI.224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/NAVI.224","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this work is to perform a proof of concept study in order to assess if the pre-correlation differential detector can be used to tackle the GPS signal acquisition in a high dynamics scenario problem. The high dynamics scenario to be studied is the case in which a GPS receiver is used in a LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellite mission. The receiver’s appropriateness for the case study is demonstrated via computational cost study and detector statistical characterization. GPS L1 C/A legacy signals for the context are simulated using a Spirent GSS7700 signal generator. The signals are sampled using a USRPX310 as an RF front-end. Using these samples, the receivers are implemented in Matlab using an SDR (Software Defined Radio) experimental setup. A specially designed figure of merit is used to measure the performance of the pre-correlation differential receiver in the realistic LEO satellite case study","PeriodicalId":30601,"journal":{"name":"Annual of Navigation","volume":"65 1","pages":"231-246"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/NAVI.224","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42815257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kai Shen, Yuanqing Xia, Meiling Wang, K. Neusypin, A. Proletarsky
{"title":"Quantifying Observability and Analysis in Integrated Navigation","authors":"Kai Shen, Yuanqing Xia, Meiling Wang, K. Neusypin, A. Proletarsky","doi":"10.1002/NAVI.225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/NAVI.225","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30601,"journal":{"name":"Annual of Navigation","volume":"65 1","pages":"169-181"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/NAVI.225","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43735731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}