A Testbed for GNSS-Based Positioning and Navigation Technologies in Smart Cities

In urban contexts, the increasing density of electronic devices equipped with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers and complementary positioning technologies is attracting research and development efforts devoted to an improvement of the quality of life towards the smart city paradigm...

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Autores: Minetto, Alex|||0000-0002-0586-7151, Dovis, Fabio|||0000-0001-6078-9099, Vesco, Andrea|||0000-0001-7431-6655, Garcia-Fernandez, Miquel|||0000-0003-4844-6004, López-Cruces, Àlex|||0000-0002-9412-5669, Trigo, José Luis, Molina, Marc, Pérez-Conesa, Alejandro, Gáñez Fernández, Joaquín, Seco-Granados, Gonzalo|||0000-0003-2494-6872, López-Salcedo, José A.|||0000-0002-5392-6005
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:233808
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/233808
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/smartcities3040060
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:GNSS
LTE
Smart cities
Wi-Fi™
Collaborative positioning
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Resumo:In urban contexts, the increasing density of electronic devices equipped with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers and complementary positioning technologies is attracting research and development efforts devoted to an improvement of the quality of life towards the smart city paradigm. Vehicular and pedestrian positioning and navigation capabilities are among the major drivers for innovation in this process. Ultra-low-cost electronics such as smartphones and Internet of Things (IoT) sensors aim at providing accurate and reliable positioning solutions through a set of promising solutions. Among these, snapshot positioning allows to remotely perform the post-processing of GNSS signals in IoT sensor networks while Wi-Fi™ ranging and cooperative positioning provide auxiliary anchors of opportunity to enhance indoor/outdoor positioning capabilities. This paper presents an innovative platform to perform a centralised testing and assessment of such positioning and navigation technologies along with a set of results obtained in the context of the European project HANSEL, by relying on current network technologies and infrastructures (i.e., Wi-Fi™ and cellular connectivity).