Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31450683›Full record

ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Reliable Indoor Pseudolite Positioning Based on a Robust Estimation and Partial Ambiguity Resolution Method.

Xin Li, Guanwen Huang, Peng Zhang, Qin Zhang

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xin LiCollege of Geology Engineering and Geomantic, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710054, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1255-9173
Guanwen HuangCollege of Geology Engineering and Geomantic, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710054, China.
Peng ZhangSchool of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China. pzhang@sgg.whu.edu.cn.
Qin ZhangCollege of Geology Engineering and Geomantic, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710054, China.
Chang'an University · CNWuhan University · CN

Funding

the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation No.2018M633441the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Chang'an University No.300102268102the Programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 41790445, 41774025, 41604001, and 41731066
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The unscented Kalman filter (UKF) can effectively reduce the linearized model error and the dependence on initial coordinate values for indoor pseudolite (PL) positioning unlike the extended Kalman filter (EKF). However, PL observations are prone to various abnormalities because the indoor environment is usually complex. Standard UKF (SUKF) lacks resistance to frequent abnormal observations. This inadequacy brings difficulty in guaranteeing the accuracy and reliability of indoor PL positioning, especially for phase-based high-precision positioning. In this type of positioning, the ambiguity resolution (AR) will be difficult to achieve in the presence of abnormal observations. In this study, a robust UKF (RUKF) and partial AR (PAR) algorithm are introduced and applied in indoor PL positioning. First, the UKF is used for parameter estimation. Then, the anomaly recognition statistics and optimal ambiguity subset of PAR are constructed on the basis of the posterior residuals. The IGGIII scheme is adopted to weaken the influence of abnormal observation, and the PAR strategy is conducted in case of failure of the conventional PL-AR. The superiority of our proposed algorithm is validated using the measured indoor PL data for code-based differential PL (DPL) and phase-based real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning modes. Numerical results indicate that the positioning accuracy of RUKF-based indoor DPL is higher with a decimeter-level improvement compared that of the SUKF, especially in the presence of large gross errors. In terms of high-precision RTK positioning, RUKF can correctly identify centimeter-level anomalous observations and obtain a corresponding positioning accuracy improvement compared with the SUKF. When relatively large gross errors exist, the conventional method cannot easily realize PL-AR. By contrast, the combination of RUKF and the PAR algorithm can achieve PL-AR for the selected ambiguity subset successfully and can improve the positioning accuracy and reliability significantly. In summary, our proposed algorithm has certain resistance ability for abnormal observations. The indoor PL positioning of this algorithm outperforms that of the conventional method. Thus, the algorithm has some practical application value, especially for kinematic positioning.

Indexed as

differential PL (DPL)indoor pseudolite (PL)partial ambiguity resolution (PAR)real-time kinematic (RTK) positioningrobust unscented kalman filter (RUKF)standard unscented kalman filter (SUKF)

Identifiers

PMID31450683
PMCPMC6749441
OpenAlexW2972560886

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.