• DocumentCode
    978576
  • Title

    Robustness of TOA and TDOA Positioning Under Suboptimal Weighting Conditions

  • Author

    Ju-Yong Do ; Rabinowitz, M. ; Enge, Per

  • Author_Institution
    Stanford Univ., Stanford
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1177
  • Lastpage
    1180
  • Abstract
    The performance robustness of time of arrival (TOA) and time difference of arrival (TDOA) is evaluated when measurement variances are not accurately known or are approximated. If the actual variances are applied, then TOA and TDOA are known to have equal performance. However, if suboptimal weighting matrices are applied either due to inaccurate knowledge of measurement error statistics or for simplified implementations in practice, there are performance losses proportional to the number of ranging sources.
  • Keywords
    Monte Carlo methods; error statistics; measurement errors; time-of-arrival estimation; suboptimal weighting matrices; time difference of arrival; time of arrival; Covariance matrix; Error analysis; Least squares approximation; Loss measurement; Measurement errors; Performance loss; Position measurement; Robustness; Time difference of arrival; Time measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.2007.4383608
  • Filename
    4383608