Low-latency GNSS multipath simulator for real-time applications in autonomous driving

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE/ACM 25th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT)
EditorsJose Maria Cecilia, Francisco J. Martinez
Number of pages8
ISBN (electronic)978-1-6654-3326-6
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event25th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT) - Valencia, Spain
Duration: 27 Sept 202129 Sept 2021
Conference number: 25

Abstract

It is essential to periodically provide precise position estimations to realize fully autonomous driving in all kinds of environments, especially in dense urban areas. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology has the potential to provide positioning accuracy at a centimetre level. In urban environments the occurrence of satellite signal reflection and diffraction, also called multipath, is a challenging source of GNSS errors. A scalable real-time multipath simulator is created to face this problem and mitigate potential multipath errors. The inputs of the simulator are 3D building data, satellite positions and vehicle positions. A GPU memory manager and a specialised load balancer allow fast multipath analysis. Experiments show that the outputs of the simulator can improve the positioning accuracy of the positioning engine. The scalability of the simulator is shown by connecting the multipath simulator with a traffic simulator.

Keywords

    autonomous driving, GNSS, gpgpu, multipath, performance, traffic simulation

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Research Area (based on ÖFOS 2012)

  • TECHNICAL SCIENCES
  • Environmental Engineering, Applied Geosciences
  • Geodesy, Surveying
  • Satellite geodesy
  • TECHNICAL SCIENCES
  • Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Engineering
  • Sensor systems

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Low-latency GNSS multipath simulator for real-time applications in autonomous driving. / O´Connor, Marcus Christopher; Ruwisch, Fabian; Kersten, Tobias et al.
2021 IEEE/ACM 25th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT). ed. / Jose Maria Cecilia; Francisco J. Martinez. 2021.

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O´Connor, MC, Ruwisch, F, Kersten, T, Skupin, C, Ren, L, Wübbena, T & Schön, S 2021, Low-latency GNSS multipath simulator for real-time applications in autonomous driving. in JM Cecilia & FJ Martinez (eds), 2021 IEEE/ACM 25th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT). 25th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT), Valencia, Spain, 27 Sept 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/ds-rt52167.2021.9576146
O´Connor, M. C., Ruwisch, F., Kersten, T., Skupin, C., Ren, L., Wübbena, T., & Schön, S. (2021). Low-latency GNSS multipath simulator for real-time applications in autonomous driving. In J. M. Cecilia, & F. J. Martinez (Eds.), 2021 IEEE/ACM 25th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT) https://doi.org/10.1109/ds-rt52167.2021.9576146
O´Connor MC, Ruwisch F, Kersten T, Skupin C, Ren L, Wübbena T et al. Low-latency GNSS multipath simulator for real-time applications in autonomous driving. In Cecilia JM, Martinez FJ, editors, 2021 IEEE/ACM 25th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT). 2021 doi: 10.1109/ds-rt52167.2021.9576146
O´Connor, Marcus Christopher ; Ruwisch, Fabian ; Kersten, Tobias et al. / Low-latency GNSS multipath simulator for real-time applications in autonomous driving. 2021 IEEE/ACM 25th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT). editor / Jose Maria Cecilia ; Francisco J. Martinez. 2021.
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