Real time tracking of TV satellites on moving vehicles using Kalman filter

Author

Kocadag, Fatih ; Demirkol, Askin

Author_Institution

I.T. Centre, Abant Izzet Baysal Univ., Bolu, Turkey

fYear

2015

fDate

19-20 Feb. 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper presents a real time tracking of TV satellites on mobile vehicles using Kalman filter. Kalman filter is adapted to tracking the satellite for uninterrupted broadcasting on moving vehicles. Information about the real time position of the vehicle and satellite is gathered with the aid of onboard sensors on an android device and then analyzed on an android based application. A real time application has been implemented continuously to calculate the azimuth and elevation angle of the satellite. Accelerometer and magnetometer sensors are used for collecting the information on the position of the antenna. GPS sensor is used for collecting the latitude and longitude data of the vehicle. These data are then used for calculating the azimuth and elevation angle of a parabolic dish antenna.

Keywords

Android (operating system); Global Positioning System; Kalman filters; accelerometers; antennas; direct broadcasting by satellite; magnetometers; satellite tracking; smart phones; television broadcasting; vehicles; Android device; GPS sensor; Kalman filter; TV satellite; accelerometer sensor; azimuth angle; elevation angle; latitude data; longitude data; magnetometer sensor; mobile vehicle; moving vehicle; onboard sensor; parabolic dish antenna; real time tracking; uninterrupted broadcasting; Azimuth; Kalman filters; Mobile communication; Real-time systems; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Vehicles; Azimuth angle; Elevation angle; Kalman Filter; Parabolic dish antenna; Real time tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), 2015 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Noida

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5990-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPIN.2015.7095286

Filename

7095286