For unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to survive hostile operational environments, it is always preferable to utilize all wireless positioning sources available to fuse a robust position. While belief propagation is a well-established method for all source data fusion, it is not an easy job to handle all the mathematics therein. In this work, a comprehensive mathematical framework for belief propagation-based all-source positioning of UAVs is developed, taking wireless sources including Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) space vehicles, peer UAVs, ground control stations, and signal of opportunities. Based on the mathematical framework, a positioning algorithm named Belief propagation-based Opportunistic Positioning of UAVs (BOPU) is proposed, with an unscented particle filter for Bayesian approximation. The robustness of the proposed BOPU is evaluated by a fictitious scenario that a group of formation flying UAVs encounter GNSS countermeasures en route. Four different configurations of measurements availability are simulated. The results show that the performance of BOPU varies only slightly with different measurements availability.
Robust all-source positioning of UAVs based on belief propagation
EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (Internet) ; 2013 , 1 ; 1-11
2013
11 Seiten
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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