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T1 Analysis of synchronous localization systems for UAVs urban applications
A1 Díez González, Javier
A1 Ferrero Guillén, Rubén
A1 Verde García, Paula
A1 Martínez Gutiérrez, Alberto
A1 Alija Pérez, José Manuel
A1 Pérez García, Hilde
A2 Ingenieria Mecanica
K1 Ingeniería mecánica
K1 UAV
K1 Localization
K1 TOA
K1 TDOA
K1 Cramér–Rao Bounds
K1 Metaheuristics
AB [EN] Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicles (UAVs) represent an active research topic over multiple fields for performing inspection, delivery and surveillance applications among other operations. However, achieving the utmost efficiency requires drones to perform these tasks without the need of human intervention, which demands a robust and accurate localization system for achieving a safe and efficient autonomous navigation. Nevertheless, currently used satellite-based localization systems like GPS are insufficient for high-precision applications, especially in harsh scenarios like indoor and deep urban environments. In these contexts, Local Positioning Systems (LPS) have been widely proposed for satisfying the localization requirements of these vehicles. However, the performance of LPS is highly dependent on the actual localization architecture and the spatial disposition of the deployed sensor distribution. Therefore, before the deployment of an extensive localization network, an analysis regarding localization architecture and sensor distribution should be taken into consideration for the task at hand. Nonetheless, no actual study is proposed either for comparing localization architectures or for attaining a solution for the Node Location Problem (NLP), a problem of NP-Hard complexity. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a comparison among synchronous LPS for determining the most suited system for localizing UAVs over urban scenarios. We employ the Cràmer–Rao-Bound (CRB) for evaluating the performance of each localization system, based on the provided error characterization of each synchronous architecture. Furthermore, in order to attain the optimal sensor distribution for each architecture, a Black-Widow-Optimization (BWO) algorithm is devised for the NLP and the application at hand. The results obtained denote the effectiveness of the devised technique and recommend the implementation of Time Difference Of Arrival (TDOA) over Time of Arrival (TOA) systems, attaining up to 47% less localization uncertainty due to the unnecessary synchronization of the target clock with the architecture sensors in the TDOA architecture.
PB Elsevier
SN 0925-2312
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/17377
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/17377
NO Díez-González, J., Ferrero-Guillén, R., Verde, P., Martínez-Gutiérrez, A., Alija-Pérez, J.-M., & Perez, H. (2024). Analysis of synchronous localization systems for UAVs urban applications. Neurocomputing, 564(126969), 126969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2023.126969
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 18-may-2024