ION GPS 2001 Best Presentation Award Winners

ION GPS 2001 Best Presentation Award Winners

Session A1: GNSS Status, Control & Spectrum Management
Testing and Research on Interference to GPS from UWB Transmitters: M. Luo, M. Koein, D. M. Akos, S. Pullen, P. Enge, Stanford University; B. Erlandson, Collins/RTCA; S. Frodge, U.S. Dept. of Transportation

Session B1: Receiver Design I
Mitigation of the Near-Far Problem by Successive Interference Cancellation: P.H. Madhani, R. Axelrad, University of Colorado at Boulder; K. Krumvieda, J. Thomas, Data Fusion Corporation

Session C1: New Applications of Satellite Navigation
Integrating GPS, INS and Augmented Reality for Sub-surface Visualisation: G.W. Roberts, A. Evans, A. Dodson, B. Denby, R. Hollands, S. Cooper, IESSG, University of Nottingham, UK

Session C1: New Applications of Satellite Navigation
Centralised Kalman Filter for Augmented GPS Pedestrian Navigation: V. Gabaglio, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Session D1: Network-Based Techniques for RTK Applications
Study of a Simplified Approach in Utilising Information from Permanent Reference Station Arrays: H.J. Euler, Leica Geosystems AG, Switzerland; C. R. Keenan, B. E. Zebhauser, G. Wuebbena, Geo++GmbH

Session E1: Land Applications
Performance Testing of a Low Cost System for Automated Documentation of Crash Scenes using GPS (AutoDOCS-GPS): C.E. Rodgers, OPTIMUS Corporation

Session F1: Aviation Applications
The use of Raw GPS for Vertical Navigation: J.D. A. Graham, NAV Canada

Session A2: GPS Modernization I
The New L2 Civil Signal: R.D. Fontana, GPS Joint Program Office; W. Cheung, Science Applications International Corporation; T.A. Stansell, Jr., Stansell Consulting

Session B2: Receiver Design II
On Implementing GPS Block Processing Techniques in Fixed-Point Programmable Hardware: S. Gunawardena, F. van Graas, Ohio University

Session C2: Jamming & Unintentional Interference
Test Results of a Digital Beamforming GPS Receiver in a Jamming Environment: A. Brown, N. Gerein, NAVSYS Corporation

Session D2: Carrier Phase-Based Positioning I
On-line GPS Integrity Monitoring and Deformation Analysis for Structural Monitoring Applications: C. Ogaja, The University of New South Wales, Australia

Session E2: GPS Meteorology
4D-VAR Assimilation of GPS-derived ZTD: A Case Study: L. Cucurull, A. Rius, IEEC-CSIC, Spain; F. Vandenberghe, NCAR; M. de Pondeca, FSU

Session F2: Precision Landing Applications
The LAAS VHF Data Broadcast Service Volume Modeling, Siting, Flight Inspection, and Flight Test Results: T. Skidmore, A. Wilson, B. Foyen, Ohio University; O. Nyhus, Honeywell; M. Dickinson, Federal Aviation Administration

Session A3: Galileo
GALILEO System Architecture - Status and Concepts: T. Weber, H. Trautenberg C. Schäfer, Astrium

Session B3: MEMS Inertial Measuring Units
MEMS-IMU Based Pedestrian Navigator for Handheld Devices: J. Käppi, University of Technology, Finland; J. Syrjärinne, Nokia Mobile Phones, Finland; J. Saarinen, Tampere University of Technology Finland

Session B3: MEMS Inertial Measuring Units
Improving the Performance of Satellite Navigation Systems for Land Mobile Applications Through the Integration of MEMS Inertial Sensors: A. Kealy, S. Scott-Young, F. Leahy, The University of Melbourne, Australia; P. Cross, University College London, UK

Session C3: Indoor & Cell-Phone Location
Understanding the Indoor GPS Signal: A. Haddrell, A.R. Pratt, Parthus (UK) Ltd

Session D3: Carrier Phase-Based Positioning II
Reliability Analysis of a Quasi-Instantaneous Ambiguity Fixing Method: T. Cunha, P. Tomé, S. Cunha, L. Bastos, University of Porto, Portugal

Session E3: Marine Applications & Tools
An Ionospheric Warning and Alert System for the Canadian Coast Guard DGPS Service: S. Skone, M. El-Gizawy, S.M. Shrestha, University of Calgary, Canada; S. Ryan, Canadian Coast Guard

Session F3: Ground-Based Augmentation Systems
Transient Performance Analysis of a Multicorrelator Signal Quality Monitor: R.E. Phelts, A. Mitelman, S. Pullen, D. Akos, P. Enge, Stanford University

Session A4: GNSS Augmentation Systems I
EGNOS System Test Bed Evolution and Utilisation: H. Secretan, J. Ventura-Traveset, F. Toran, European Space Agency, France; G. Solari, European Space Agency Belgium; S. Basker, Booz-Allen & Hamilton Ltd. UK

Session B4: Antenna Technology
Calibrating the L1 and L2 Phase Centers of a Block IIA Antenna: G.L. Mader, National Geodetic Survey; F. Czopek, Boeing Company

Session C4: Integration of GPS & Galileo
The Effect of Galileo on Carrier Phase Ambiguity Resolution: P. Alves, The University of Calgary, Canada

Session D4: Algorithms & Methods I
How to Deal with Station Dependent Errors - New Developments of the Absolute Field Calibration of PCV and Phase-Multipath with a Precise Robot: V. Böder, F. Menge, G. Seeber, Institut fur Erdmessung, Universitat Hannover, Germany; G. Wübbena, M. Schmitz, Geo++®, Gesellschaft fur Satellitengestutzte geodatische und navigatorische Technologien mbH, Germany

Session E4: Time Keeping & Synchronization
Frequency Transfer Using GPS/GLONASS Carrier Phase: H.M. Peng, K.Y. Tu, C.S. Liao, National Standard Time and Frequency Lab., TL, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., Taiwan; F.R. Chang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Session F4: Space Applications
GPS Range Safety for the H-IIA Launch Vehicle: T. Miyano, S. Matsumoto, Y. Suzuki, T. Mugitani, N. Kohtake; National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)

Session A5: GNSS Augmentation Systems II
Satellite Failure Detection for EGNOS: A. Schuster Bruce, A. Quiles, Thales Avionics, UK; A.J. van Dierendonck, AJ Systems; A. Jakab, J. Wiebe, NovAtel Inc, Canada

Session B5: Military Applications
A Passive GPS Bistatic Radar Altimeter for Aircraft Navigation: D. Masters, P. Axelrad, University of Colorado; V. Zavorotny, NOAA/ETL; S.J. Katzberg, NASA Langley Research Center; F. Lalezari, Ball Aerospace Corporation

Session C5: Atmospheric Effects
The Low-Latitude Ionosphere: Monitoring its Behaviour with GPS: M. Fedrizzi, E. Rodrigues de Paula, I.J. Kantor; Institute Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, R.B. Langley, M.C. Santos; University of New Brunswick, Canada, A. Komjathy; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology

Session D5: Algorithms & Methods II
Automatic Determination of Vertical Deflections in Real-Time by Combining GPS and Digital Zenith Camera for Solving the "GPS-Height-Problem": C. Hirt, Institut fr Erdmessung, Universitt Hannover, Germany

Session F5: Multi-Sensor Integrated Navigation Systems I
Development of GPS Aided Inertial Navigation System for High Speed Flight Demonstrator: M. Harigae, National Aerospace Laboratory, Japan; T. Nishizawa, National Space Development Agency of Japan; H. Tomita, TOSHIBA Corporation, Japan

Session A6: GPS Modernization II
Ideas for GPS IV: T.L McKendree, Raytheon Systems Company

Session B6: Receiver Design III
Reconfigurable Dual Frequency Software GPS Receiver and Applications: A. Jovancevic, A. Brown, S. Ganguly, M. Kirchner, S. Zigic, Center for Remote Sensing, Inc.; L. Scott, LS Consulting Inc.; P. Ward, NAVWARD GPS Consulting

Session D6:
A Fuzzy System for Robust Estimation and Quality Assessment of GPS Data for Real-Time Applications: A. Wieser, Graz University of Technology, Austria

Session E6: Location-Based Tracking Applications
Real-Time GPS-Based Track and Cross Country Training Evaluation System: C.C. Miller, Carroll High School