3G Third Generation 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project A.R.N.I. Azienda Regionale per la Navigazione Interna ACK Acknowledge ADC Analog to Digital Converter ADNR European Committee for Standardization AFC Automatic Frequency Control AGC Automatic Gain Control API Application Programming Interface ASMS-TF Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems Task Force B/M Broad/Multi BER Bit Error Rate BLER...

All inertial-only locator systems contain some level of drift that causes the error in the position estimate to grow. A number of techniques have been proposed to minimize this drift however without some external means to periodically establish an absolute correction, the position error continues to increase with time, motions exhibited, and distance traveled. Typically, this external position ...

Rendezvous and docking/berthing are key manoeuvers for various missions [1]. In those rendezvous phases where the accuracy of absolute navigation (e.g. by satellite navigation services like GPS or GLONASS) is no longer sufficient, sensors have to provide information about the relative position of active vehicle (chaser) and passive vehicle (target). Satellite navigation (differential GPS), radi...

This paper explores the added-value of using interactive head-mounted displays to support command and control of first responders during emergency response. Specifically, it describes and evaluates a prototype system that makes use of Google Glass to enable in-field receiving of information from a command center, as well as in-field navigation and video streaming. The viability and usefulness o...

Current GPS technologies for satellite navigation are relatively costly, heavy, and utilize a high amount of power. This makes such systems difficult for small satellites to support. In this paper, we describe a lowcost, low-weight, low-power GPS navigation system to support smaller satellites. A key component of our solution involves our patented TIDGET-based receiver design, which takes a bri...

Current GPS technologies for satellite navigation are relatively costly, heavy, and utilize a high amount of power. This makes such systems difficult for small satellites to support. In this paper, we describe a lowcost, low-weight, low-power GPS navigation system to support smaller satellites. A key component of our solution involves our patented TIDGET-based receiver design, which takes a bri...

Accurate position and orientation data are the bases for successful navigation. In this paper, we design and analyze the micro-navigation satellite network that share orientation information among the satellite network. Satellites use GPS, IMU and lasers to align with each other, transferring and sharing the accurate absolute and relative orientation information. Our design includes a GPS and I...