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An improved cooperative localization method for multiple autonomous underwater vehicles based on acoustic round-trip ranging

  • Wei Gao
  • , Yalong Liu
  • , Bo Xu
  • , Yanting Che
  • Harbin Engineering University

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Abstract

Cooperative localization (CL) plays an important role in the application of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) simultaneously, by communicating with each other through acoustic modems on-board, which can not only increase the navigation performance but also reduce the navigation cost. Compared to one-way-ranging (OWR) based on precise time synchronized, the round-trip ranging (RTR) is simple and widely used for AUVs CL. However, it is challenging for existing scheme that the low update rate for each AUV restricts the number of AUVs cooperated seriously. To improve the performance of multiple AUVs CL based on RTR, we propose a new message exchange mechanism that reduce message exchange times and then the overall update rate is increased for each AUV. Simulation and lake-water field trial results confirm the advantage of the proposed CL scheme for multiple AUVs based on acoustic RTR.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2014 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium, PLANS 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1420-1423
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781479933204
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2014 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium, PLANS 2014 - Monterey, CA, United States
Duration: 5 May 20148 May 2014

Publication series

NameRecord - IEEE PLANS, Position Location and Navigation Symposium

Conference

Conference2014 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium, PLANS 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMonterey, CA
Period5/05/148/05/14

Keywords

  • autonomous underwater vehicles
  • cooperative localization
  • round-trip ranging

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