Exclusion of GNSS NLOS Receptions Caused by Dynamic Objects in Heavy Traffic Urban Scenarios Using Real-Time 3D Point Cloud: An Approach without 3D Maps

04/29/2018
by   Weisong Wen, et al.
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Absolute positioning is an essential factor for the arrival of autonomous driving. Global Navigation Satellites System (GNSS) receiver provides absolute localization for it. GNSS solution can provide satisfactory positioning in open or sub-urban areas, however, its performance suffered in super-urbanized area due to the phenomenon which are well-known as multipath effects and NLOS receptions. The effects dominate GNSS positioning performance in the area. The recent proposed 3D map aided (3DMA) GNSS can mitigate most of the multipath effects and NLOS receptions caused by buildings based on 3D city models. However, the same phenomenon caused by moving objects in urban area is currently not modelled in the 3D geographic information system (GIS). Moving objects with tall height, such as the double-decker bus, can also cause NLOS receptions because of the blockage of GNSS signals by surface of objects. Therefore, we present a novel method to exclude the NLOS receptions caused by double-decker bus in highly urbanized area, Hong Kong. To estimate the geometry dimension and orientation relative to GPS receiver, a Euclidean cluster algorithm and a classification method are used to detect the double-decker buses and calculate their relative locations. To increase the accuracy and reliability of the proposed NLOS exclusion method, an NLOS exclusion criterion is proposed to exclude the blocked satellites considering the elevation, signal noise ratio (SNR) and horizontal dilution of precision (HDOP). Finally, GNSS positioning is estimated by weighted least square (WLS) method using the remaining satellites after the NLOS exclusion. A static experiment was performed near a double-decker bus stop in Hong Kong, which verified the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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