{"title":"Mode N - A new Navigation System & A-PNT Concept for Aviation","authors":"Steffen Marquard, F. Madritsch","doi":"10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317468","url":null,"abstract":"Mode N [N‘=Navigation] is a new concept for a ground-based system to provide navigation service by complementing and later substituting the currently used distance measurement equipment (DME) with a system based on secondary surveillance radar signal formats while retaining legacy DME functionality. Mode N as a terrestrial system provides an alternative position, navigation and timing system (A-PNT) to backup global navigation satellite systems. Mode N combines maximum spectrum efficiency, backward compatibility with legacy systems, easy transition from DME to Mode N without a fixed date approach and the simple exchange of avionics. This paper provides a description on the motivation to develop Mode N, the system concept and expected benefits.","PeriodicalId":157951,"journal":{"name":"2020 European Navigation Conference (ENC)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123077120","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}
William Roberts, Joshua J. R. Critchley-Marrows, M. Ivanovici, Malgorzata Siutkowska, V. Barreau, L. Arzel, Soufian Ayachi, A. Lopez, Xavier Banque-Casanovas, Miquel Garcia, Thiago Tavares, M. Kirova, P. Costenco, K. Kanawka, Adam Piech
{"title":"High Accuracy Navigation for the Mass Market - the FLAMINGO Initiative","authors":"William Roberts, Joshua J. R. Critchley-Marrows, M. Ivanovici, Malgorzata Siutkowska, V. Barreau, L. Arzel, Soufian Ayachi, A. Lopez, Xavier Banque-Casanovas, Miquel Garcia, Thiago Tavares, M. Kirova, P. Costenco, K. Kanawka, Adam Piech","doi":"10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317324","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317324","url":null,"abstract":"FLAMINGO is developing a service to facilitate for high accuracy positioning in smartphones and IOT devices. Currently, smartphones can only achieve accuracies of several meters at best, and IOT systems desire low power, connectivity, and a highly accurate location. FLAMINGO will deliver a service that targets sub-meter accuracies in both client- and server-side positioning scenarios. Through this, a new suite of location-based applications will be enabled, that were before infeasible, as well as enhancing existing location products. Substantial server infrastructure is developed to remove user GNSS knowledge needs, where an Application Program Interface (API) is provided to simplify integration. Modified PPP and RTK processing procedures are used to provide the high accuracy positioning.","PeriodicalId":157951,"journal":{"name":"2020 European Navigation Conference (ENC)","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122563965","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}
{"title":"Augmenting the Time and Frequency Transfer Capabilities of Galileo","authors":"P. Delva, C. Courde, E. Samain, U. Kostic","doi":"10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317454","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we discuss about the future of time and frequency transfer in space. Several ideas were proposed by the Galileo Science Advisory Committee of the European Space Agency concerning the augmentation of the time and frequency transfer capabilities of the second generation of Galileo. Such an upgrade would highly benefit science and civil applications which rely on high quality products, such as the building of highly stable and accurate reference frames and timescales. We present in more details the development of a passive and active laser reflector array by CNRS/OCA and Sigma-Works, as well as the ISLANDER project, which aims at experimenting a new approach for GNSS PVT solutions based on inter-satellite links.","PeriodicalId":157951,"journal":{"name":"2020 European Navigation Conference (ENC)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130186690","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}
{"title":"Global Navigation Satellite Systems Contributing To Space Weather Services For Civil Aviation","authors":"K. Kauristie","doi":"10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317314","url":null,"abstract":"With continuously increasing global air traffic the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has acted to incorporate safety from space weather into its aviation regulations. In November 2019 three global service centers started operational monitoring of space weather with the task to provide aviation community with advisories in the case of strong solar storms. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) have a central role in ICAO's space weather context as an important asset in probing ionospheric space weather, but also as a critical system supporting avionics while being challenged by ionospheric variations. In this paper we describe how ICAO space weather services have been built and are maintained by the PECASUS (Partnership for Excellence in Civil Aviation Space weather User Services) consortium. Concerning GNSS, the ICAO guidance is to follow the variations in Total Electron Content (TEC) and in phase and amplitude scintillation. In our future prospects we discuss the opportunities to link those parameters more closely with the parameters that the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS) is using to characterize space weather activity.","PeriodicalId":157951,"journal":{"name":"2020 European Navigation Conference (ENC)","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125434517","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}
{"title":"Highly Accurate Video-Based Train Localization - replacing Balises with Natural Reference Points","authors":"Darius Burschka, C. Robl","doi":"10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317441","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, visual odometry has been successfully applied as a video-based approach across domains. We adapted this approach to railways achieving excellent results without using any other conventional rail sensors. Herewith, we propose an extension to our visual rail odometry approach that allows to visually compensate for the inevitable odometry drifts based on sporadically visible local scene structures and that provides means for a highly accurate train localization based on existing geo-referenced infrastructure of the rail system. The specific conditions of the visual rail navigation require an adaptation of the conventional VSLAM (Video-based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) systems to cope with the limited and self-similar property of the observed area. We show how this extension can be used to replace the currently used train report system with a significantly increased global accuracy and reduced drift in the estimation between the geo-referenced rail structures like balises. Furthermore, a migration scenario is proposed which overcomes the issue of the approval of new localization systems. Area: Rail Navigation","PeriodicalId":157951,"journal":{"name":"2020 European Navigation Conference (ENC)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125540698","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}
S. Wallner, J. García-Molina, G. López-Risueño, J. Hahn, J.J. Floch, F. Soualle, Till Schmitt, G. D. Broi, M. Ouedraogo, T. Wörz, G. D. Pasquale, C. Vazquez, M. Paonni
{"title":"Novel Concepts on GNSS Signal Design serving Emerging GNSS User Categories: Quasi-Pilot Signal","authors":"S. Wallner, J. García-Molina, G. López-Risueño, J. Hahn, J.J. Floch, F. Soualle, Till Schmitt, G. D. Broi, M. Ouedraogo, T. Wörz, G. D. Pasquale, C. Vazquez, M. Paonni","doi":"10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317352","url":null,"abstract":"The use cases of GNSS applications are continuously expanding and new categories of GNSS chipsets are emerging that are driven by needs including low complexity and low power consumption. Internet of Things (IoT) devices are the most prominent representatives of these new user categories. It is understood that existing GNSS signals, which are to a large extent designed to enable high accuracy, are not ideally suited for these emerging user categories. This paper introduces possible concepts identified in the frame of Galileo Evolution activities referred to as Quasi-Pilot (QP) signal that are designed to also comply with the needs of IoT devices. The main driver for the design of a QP signal is the reduction of the acquisition complexity, enabling a rapid and robust time ambiguity resolution together with the possibility of enabling a long coherent integration to achieve sufficient sensitivity in challenging environment if needed. In addition a QP signal design should enable a handover to existing legacy signals for the user to exploit also the high accuracy capabilities that these signals offer.","PeriodicalId":157951,"journal":{"name":"2020 European Navigation Conference (ENC)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117044026","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}
A. Jokinen, Ryan Yang, Y. Tseng, Hongtao Yu, Mingo Tsai, G. Hau, A. Pirsiavash, Marco Mendonca
{"title":"Allystar low power/small chip size dual-frequency RTK solution","authors":"A. Jokinen, Ryan Yang, Y. Tseng, Hongtao Yu, Mingo Tsai, G. Hau, A. Pirsiavash, Marco Mendonca","doi":"10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317353","url":null,"abstract":"The lowest power and smallest size, dual-frequency GNSS SoC chip with embedded Real Time Kinematic (RTK) solution available on the market developed by Allystar is introduced in this paper. RTK engine performance is evaluated using GPS L1/L2C and BeiDou B1I/B2I and alternatively using GPS L1/L5 and Galileo E1/E5a signals. It is shown that having dual-frequency observations will provide significant benefits over single-frequency RTK in terms of reliability, fixing rate and accuracy. RTK is tested in both static and kinematic environments, under high-multipath and signal blockage conditions. Results are obtained using RTK engine implemented on a GNSS chip with - only 39 mA current draw at 3.3V. In addition, future development is discussed.","PeriodicalId":157951,"journal":{"name":"2020 European Navigation Conference (ENC)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123754802","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}
A. Rügamer, F. Garzia, D. Meister, J. R. V. D. Merwe, S. Taschke, Xabier Zubizarreta, F. Kunzi, Ricardo Monroy Gonzalez Plata, S. Urquijo, Christoph Miksovsky, W. Felber, J. Wendel
{"title":"Enhanced Robustness and Spoofing Resistance by Galileo PRS Processing","authors":"A. Rügamer, F. Garzia, D. Meister, J. R. V. D. Merwe, S. Taschke, Xabier Zubizarreta, F. Kunzi, Ricardo Monroy Gonzalez Plata, S. Urquijo, Christoph Miksovsky, W. Felber, J. Wendel","doi":"10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317344","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents and discusses some of the enhancements in robustness against jamming and spoofing using unique features of the cryptographically protected Galileo PRS signals. Different techniques exploiting these PRS properties have been implemented and evaluated on the German national PRS test receiver (PROOF). It is shown that the used HDDM interference mitigation method is already as good as the state-of-the-art in high-end GNSS receivers for OS signals. Then the benefits of cryptographically protected signals are discussed with a demonstration how trusted PRS signals can be used to detect and mitigate spoofing attacks also in comparison to one potential Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OS-NMA) configuration.","PeriodicalId":157951,"journal":{"name":"2020 European Navigation Conference (ENC)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115473077","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}
G. Marucco, Michele Ligios, Sisay Adugna Chala, P. Rosengren
{"title":"Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication: Exploitation in the Frame of an E-Security Infrastructure","authors":"G. Marucco, Michele Ligios, Sisay Adugna Chala, P. Rosengren","doi":"10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317472","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes how the Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) is exploited in the frame of the e-security infrastructure developed by the GalileO-based trustEd Applications for health and SustainabilitY (GOEASY) project. The GOEASY general objective is the provision of the technical and business foundations to enable a new generation of trusted and dependable mass-market Location-Based Services (LBS) and Applications for engaging, stimulating and rewarding citizens for more sustainable behaviors. The first three chapters of the paper describe the GOEASY platform and provides an overview of the two pilot applications that have been developed in the frame of the project to support the demonstration phase. The last chapters of the paper deal with the implementation and the performance evaluation of the authentication algorithm.","PeriodicalId":157951,"journal":{"name":"2020 European Navigation Conference (ENC)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123921131","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}
V. Schneider, Cosmin Delea, J. Oeffner, Benjamin Sarpong, Hans-Christoph Burmeister, C. Jahn
{"title":"Robotic service concepts for the port of tomorrow: Developed via a small-scale demonstration testbed","authors":"V. Schneider, Cosmin Delea, J. Oeffner, Benjamin Sarpong, Hans-Christoph Burmeister, C. Jahn","doi":"10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317486","url":null,"abstract":"The development of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) has been impelled in recent decades by oceanographic and military applications. USVs are ideally suited to perform routine tasks in port environments - such as collecting bathymetry data - and can act as a platform to develop new applications for the port of the future. This paper elaborates possible robotic service concepts for a port environment and describes the construction of a demonstration vehicle as a modular platform as well as the integration of the necessary software infrastructure in order to show the complete service pipeline. A key component of the development is the involvement of practitioners and potential end users from the port authority of Europe's 3rd largest seaport- the port of Hamburg.","PeriodicalId":157951,"journal":{"name":"2020 European Navigation Conference (ENC)","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127412433","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}