Cooperative Positioning for Urban Environments based on GNSS and IEEE 802.11p

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Schwarzbach ◽  
Benjamin Reichelt ◽  
Oliver Michler ◽  
Patrick Richter ◽  
Toralf Trautmann
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environments ◽  
Ieee 802.11P ◽  
Cooperative Positioning

scholarly journals An Empirical Study on V2X Enhanced Low-Cost GNSS Cooperative Positioning in Urban Environments

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (23) ◽  
pp. 5201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Schwarzbach ◽  
Albrecht Michler ◽  
Paula Tauscher ◽  
Oliver Michler
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Position Estimation ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Ieee 802.11P ◽  
Traffic Information ◽  
Automated Driving ◽  
Cooperative Positioning

High-precision and lane selective position estimation is of fundamental importance for prospective advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving functions, as well as for traffic information and management processes in intelligent transportation systems (ITS). User and vehicle positioning is usually based on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), which, as stand-alone positioning, does not meet the necessary requirements in terms of accuracy. Furthermore, the rise of connected driving offers various possibilities to enhance GNSS positioning by applying cooperative positioning (CP) methods. Utilizing only low-cost sensors, especially in urban environments, GNSS CP faces several demanding challenges. Therefore, this contribution presents an empirical study on how Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technologies can aid GNSS position estimation in urban environments, with the focus being solely on positioning performance instead of multi-sensor data fusion. The performance of CP utilizing common positioning approaches as well as CP integration in state-of-the-art Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANET) is displayed and discussed. Additionally, a measurement campaign, providing a representational foundation for validating multiple CP methods using only consumer level and low-cost GNSS receivers, as well as commercially available IEEE 802.11p V2X communication modules in a typical urban environment is presented. Evaluating the algorithm’s performance, it is shown that CP approaches are less accurate compared to single positioning in the given environment. In order to investigate error influences, a skyview modelling seeking to identify non-line-of-sight (NLoS) effects using a 3D building model was performed. We found the position estimates to be less accurate in areas which are affected by NLoS effects such as multipath reception. Due to covariance propagation, the accuracy of CP approaches is decreased, calling for strategies for multipath detection and mitigation. In summary, this contribution will provide insights on integration, implementation strategies and accuracy performances, as well as drawbacks for local area, low-cost GNSS CP in urban environments.

Breaking the Gridlock of Spatial Correlations in GPS-Aided IEEE 802.11p-Based Cooperative Positioning

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (12) ◽  
pp. 9554-9569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gia-Minh Hoang ◽  
Benoit Denis ◽  
Jerome Harri ◽  
Dirk T. M. Slock
Keyword(s):  
Ieee 802.11P ◽  
Spatial Correlations ◽  
Cooperative Positioning

scholarly journals An Integrated Dead Reckoning with Cooperative Positioning Solution to Assist GPS NLOS Using Vehicular Communications

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 2895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Nascimento ◽  
Bruno Kimura ◽  
Daniel Guidoni ◽  
Leandro Villas
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Dead Reckoning ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Ieee 802.11P ◽  
Vehicular Communication ◽  
Cooperative Positioning ◽  
Wide Range

In Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), the Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) paradigm based on the WAVE IEEE 802.11p standard is the main alternative for inter-vehicle communications. Recently, many protocols, applications, and services have been developed with a wide range of objectives, ranging from comfort to security. Most of these services rely on location systems and require different levels of accuracy for their full operation. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is an off-the-shelf solution for localization in VANETs and ITS. However, GPS systems present problems regarding inaccuracy and unavailability in dense urban areas, multilevel roads, and tunnels, posing a challenge for protocols, applications, and services that rely on localization. With this motivation, we carried out a characterization of the problems of inaccuracy and unavailability of GPS systems from real datasets, and regions around tunnels were selected. Since the nodes of the vehicular network are endowed with wireless communication, processing and storage capabilities, an integrated Dead Reckoning aided Geometric Dilution of Precision (GDOP)-based Cooperative Positioning solution was developed and evaluated. Leveraging the potential of vehicular sensors, such as odometers, gyroscopes, and digital compasses, vehicles share their positions and kinematics information using vehicular communication to improve their location estimations. With the assistance of a digital map, vehicles adjust the final estimated position using the road geometry. The situations of GPS unavailability characterized in the datasets were reproduced in a simulation environment to validate the proposed localization solution. The simulation results show average gains in Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) between 97% to 98% in comparison with the stand-alone GPS solution, and 83.00% to 88.00% against the GPS and Dead Reckoning (DR) only solution. The average absolute RMSE was reduced to the range of 3 to 5 m by vehicle. In addition, the proposed solution was shown to support 100% of the GPS unavailability zones on the evaluated scenarios.

The influence of natural and urban environments on attentional processing of emotional stimuli

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chrono Nu ◽  
Katie Mullin ◽  
Hailey Edwards ◽  
Kailey Kornhauser ◽  
Russell Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environments ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
Attentional Processing

Minimetrò in Perugia as leverage for urban regeneration

TERRITORIO ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 148-163
Author(s):  
Luca Fondacci
Keyword(s):  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Peripheral Area ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Historical Centre

In the 1970s, the fragile historical centre of the city of Perugia was a key area where the binomial of sustainable mobility and urban regeneration was developed and applied. At the turn of the xxi century, the low carbon automatic people-mover Minimetrò broadened that application from the city's historical centre to the outskirts, promoting the enhancement of several urban environments. This paper is the outcome of an investigation of original sources, field surveys and direct interviews, which addresses the Minimetrò as the backbone of a wide regeneration process which has had a considerable impact on the economic development of a peripheral area of the city which was previously devoid of any clear urban sense. The conclusion proposes some solutions to improve the nature of the Minimetrò as an experimental alternative means of transport.

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