AN INTEGRATED FUTURE Steve Hewitson - 8 July 2014
Locata Commercial Model Integrated reference system for testing in a GPS contested environment Locata OEM Locata Technology Integrator (LTI) Market Product Fleet management for mining operations Vehicle guidance and automation LocataLite Rover
US Air Force WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE Ultra High Accuracy Reference System
White Sands Missile Range Ultra High Accuracy Reference System (UHARS) Locata Transceivers
White Sands Missile Range Ultra High Accuracy Reference System (UHARS) GPS Jammed Primary Requirements: 18cm 3D Accuracy PDOPS<3.0 30 mile (48km) Acquisition & Tracking Locata Transceivers
White Sands Missile Range 746 th Test Squadron Aircraft Rover Install Locata Antenna The current USAF Truth Reference For CDR trials an unmodified commercial Locata receiver was compared to this unit
White Sands Missile Range Network - Technical Demonstration + 10 LocataLites for Operational Network Master Tech Demo Slaves
White Sands Missile Range Network Master Site (NOP) USAF White Sands LocataNet covering approx 1,300 sq. miles A LocataLite Slave site
White Sands Missile Range Positioning Performance Altitude: 25,000 ft Ground Speed: ~300 knots Duration: 30 minute Horizontal Accuracy: ~6cm Vertical Accuracy: ~15cm 3D Accuracy: ~16cm
White Sands Missile Range Acquisition & Tracking Performance
White Sands Missile Range Transmit Site Monumentation and Hardware Quadrifiler Ant. Tx #2 Quadrifiler Ant. Tx #1 Grid Ant. Concrete Pillar #2 Met Station & Sensors PVC Pipe ~ 6 Feet J-BOX Shielded Cable to Locata Trailer
White Sands Missile Range Mobile Transmit Hardware Ultra-rugged, mobile, high power (10Watt Amplifiers), Continuous Operation Scheduled for operational flight testing Q4 2014
Newmont BODDINGTON GOLD MINE Leica Geosystems - JigSaw Position System
Jassist - Positioning System Tightly Integrated GNSS+Locata Measurements in Leica s Core Algorithm Library (CAL). Co-located GNSS and Locata antennas. Well-aligned phase centres Multipath mitigating reception patterns
Boddington Gold Mine Current Network North Pit Current Depth: 250m 140 kms (90 miles) SE of Perth Planned Depth: 850m 4 Semi-permanent LocataLite sites 12 mobile trailers South Pit Current Depth: 300m
Boddington Gold Mine JPS Performance Accuracy vs GNSS only Horizontal Difference Vertical Difference
Boddington Gold Mine JPS Performance - Typical availability over 1 week North Pit GPS only North Pit With Locata GNSS only 75.3% Availability GNSS+Locata 99.5% Availability Began running 2 JPS receivers in April 2012 on 2 production drill rigs. Newmont now mandated all high-precision machines in mine must be fitted with Locata
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety VEHICLE RESEARCH CENTRE Perrone Robotics - Vehicle Automation
Vehicle Research Centre Driver Tow System
Vehicle Research Centre Perrone Robotics - Autonomous Vehicle Test System (AVTS) Primary Requirements: Highway Speeds Operational in: Outdoors Covered test tracks Indoor labs Reliable and repeatable execution of test manoeuvres. Accuracy: <5cm
Vehicle Research Centre Target Vehicle
Vehicle Research Centre Test Vehicle Drop-in Actuator Kit (DAK)
Vehicle Research Centre Outdoor Transmit Sites
Vehicle Research Centre LocataNet Layout
Vehicle Research Centre Outdoor Test Track
Vehicle Research Centre Digital Terrain Model
Vehicle Research Centre Indoor Test Track
VRAY Correlator Beamforming
Multipath Antenna Gain Patterns and Beamforming Nominal Gain Pattern Phase Corrected Gain Pattern
Normalised Magnitude Multipath Antenna Gain Patterns and Beamforming τ 1.0 LOS Signal Constructive Multipath Constructive Multipath Signal Composite Correlation Signal τ 1 τ 0 τ N 0.5 0.0-1.0-0.5 0.0 +0.5 +1.0 +1.5 Delay [chips]
Normalised Magnitude Multipath Antenna Gain Patterns and Beamforming τ τ 0 τ 1 1.0 LOS Signal Constructive Multipath Constructive Multipath Signal Composite Correlation Signal τ N 0.5 0.0-1.0-0.5 0.0 +0.5 +1.0 +1.5 Delay [chips]
Correlator Beamforming for GPS Receivers AFIT - Cooperative Research and Development Agreement Existing CRPA Antenna GPS VRay Antenna Multiple Radios
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