A Doppler Based Navigation Algorithm

Ilir F. Progri, Jonathan Hill and William R. Michalson

Abstract:	This algorithm uses the GPS satellite system for navigation. It is an innovative algorithm, because it employs only the Doppler measurements and starts with a known initial location of the receiver. Initially, this algorithm was developed for fixed point GPS transmitters. In the paper we have successfully attempted to adapt this algorithm for moving satellites. This algorithm appears to perform far better than the pseudorange conventional least square algorithm (LSA), due to the small standard deviation of the Doppler measurement noise. While we have already developed and tested this algorithm with simulated data, we will attempt to provide test results with live satellites.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 2001 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation January 22 - 24, 2001 Westin Long Beach Hotel Long Beach, CA
Pages:	482 - 490
Cite this article:	Progri, Ilir F., Hill, Jonathan, Michalson, William R., "A Doppler Based Navigation Algorithm," Proceedings of the 2001 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, Long Beach, CA, January 2001, pp. 482-490.
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