Unscented Particle Smoother and Its Application to Transfer Alignment of Airborne Distributed POS

This paper deals with the problem of state estimation for the transfer alignment of airborne distributed position and orientation system (distributed POS). For a nonlinear system, especially with large initial attitude errors, the performance of linear estimation methods will degrade. In this paper,...

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Main Authors: Xiaolin Gong, Xiaorui Zheng, Xing-Gang Yan, Zhaoxing Lu
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3898734
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description This paper deals with the problem of state estimation for the transfer alignment of airborne distributed position and orientation system (distributed POS). For a nonlinear system, especially with large initial attitude errors, the performance of linear estimation methods will degrade. In this paper, a nonlinear smoothing algorithm called the unscented particle smoother (UPS) is proposed and utilized in the off-line transfer alignment of airborne distributed POS. In this algorithm, the measurements are first processed by the forward unscented particle filter (UPF) and then a backward smoother is used to achieve the improved solution. The performance of this algorithm is compared with that of a similar smoother known as the unscented Rauch-Tung-Striebel smoother. The simulation results show that the UPS effectively improves the estimation accuracy and this work offers a new off-line transfer alignment approach of distributed POS for multiantenna synthetic aperture radar and other airborne earth observation tasks.
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spelling doaj-art-19a82845aa9a419f8cfbb9499c09e8e92025-08-20T03:55:47ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59661687-59742018-01-01201810.1155/2018/38987343898734Unscented Particle Smoother and Its Application to Transfer Alignment of Airborne Distributed POSXiaolin Gong0Xiaorui Zheng1Xing-Gang Yan2Zhaoxing Lu3School of Instrumentation Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, ChinaSchool of Instrumentation Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, ChinaSchool of Engineering and Digital Arts, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NT, UKSchool of Instrumentation Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, ChinaThis paper deals with the problem of state estimation for the transfer alignment of airborne distributed position and orientation system (distributed POS). For a nonlinear system, especially with large initial attitude errors, the performance of linear estimation methods will degrade. In this paper, a nonlinear smoothing algorithm called the unscented particle smoother (UPS) is proposed and utilized in the off-line transfer alignment of airborne distributed POS. In this algorithm, the measurements are first processed by the forward unscented particle filter (UPF) and then a backward smoother is used to achieve the improved solution. The performance of this algorithm is compared with that of a similar smoother known as the unscented Rauch-Tung-Striebel smoother. The simulation results show that the UPS effectively improves the estimation accuracy and this work offers a new off-line transfer alignment approach of distributed POS for multiantenna synthetic aperture radar and other airborne earth observation tasks.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3898734
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Unscented Particle Smoother and Its Application to Transfer Alignment of Airborne Distributed POS
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
title Unscented Particle Smoother and Its Application to Transfer Alignment of Airborne Distributed POS
title_full Unscented Particle Smoother and Its Application to Transfer Alignment of Airborne Distributed POS
title_fullStr Unscented Particle Smoother and Its Application to Transfer Alignment of Airborne Distributed POS
title_full_unstemmed Unscented Particle Smoother and Its Application to Transfer Alignment of Airborne Distributed POS
title_short Unscented Particle Smoother and Its Application to Transfer Alignment of Airborne Distributed POS
title_sort unscented particle smoother and its application to transfer alignment of airborne distributed pos
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3898734
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