On the hybrid augmentation of inter-vehicular communication assisted localization using previous path detection

A sincere and ingenious effort has been made towards addressing the localization problem in the modern world by marrying the primary and well established inter-vehicular communication assisted localization (IVCAL) using GPS method to newly devised previous path detection (PPD) technology. The outcome is a new robust methodology combining the two systems standalone benefits of absolute and relative location methods respectively. The proposed system includes GPS, Kalman Filter, IVCAL and PPD as basic building blocks. The system architecture of the proposed method has been presented in a stepwise manner. The pitfalls of earlier localization methods using GPS and then the suggested improvements using PPD had been demonstrated with the help of developed model framework within MATLAB© simulation environment. The results are presented for an assumed localization problem similar to the one reported out in literature, which has been built up so as to challenge and test effectively the basic capabilities of proposed system.