A Satellite and Inertial Navigation Solution in Crises Management Operation for Transport and Relief Goods Application

Abstract:

The EU funded SPARTACUS project pursues the implementation of a small size, low-power consumption, tracking-unit integrating satellite receiver and antenna with terrestrial inertial sensors, enabling a dead reckoning functionality. In case of a good GNSS signal coverage, precise positioning and timing capabilities of the system are double-checked, while the positioning accuracy for dead reckoning has to be validated. In this paper, the results of field tests simulations are presented in order to validate the positioning performance in the absence of the GNSS signal. Two goals are pursued to secure tracking and functionalities customized for: (i) critical transport assets, and (ii) flow of relief support goods from the sending side to the receiving place.

• Periodical: Advances in Science and Technology (Volume 101)
• Pages: 168-176
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.101.168
• Online since: October 2016
• Authors: Fabio Casciati, Sara Casciati, Lucia Faravelli, Michele Vece*
• Keywords: GNSS, Inertial Navigation Systems, Position Accuracy, Tracking Unit, Transport

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