• DocumentCode
    1356590
  • Title

    Lowest GDOP in 2-D scenarios

  • Author

    Levanon, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tel Aviv Univ., Israel
  • Volume
    147
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    149
  • Lastpage
    155
  • Abstract
    Position determination in two-dimensional (2-D) scenarios is examined. The results can apply to position location in cellular systems using the system infrastructure. It is shown that the lowest possible geometric dilution of precision (GDOP) attainable from range or pseudo-range measurements to N optimally located points is 2/√N. The significance of 2/√N in bearing-only position determination is also pointed out. Contour GDOP maps demonstrate that it is worthwhile to add one absolute-range measurement (more difficult to implement) to the set of pseudo-ranges (relatively easy to implement)
  • Keywords
    cellular radio; direction-of-arrival estimation; measurement errors; position measurement; radio direction-finding; 2D scenarios; absolute-range measurement; bearing-only position determination; cellular systems; contour GDOP maps; geometric dilution of precision; lowest GDOP; measurement error; optimally located points; position determination; position determination error; position location; pseudo-range measurements; range measurements; system infrastructure;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Radar, Sonar and Navigation, IEE Proceedings -
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1350-2395
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ip-rsn:20000322
  • Filename
    850811