Wireless Wide Area Networked System for Navigation, Communication and Tracking
Norman P. Coleman, Ken Lam, George Papanagopoulos, Ching-Fang Lin · AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit · 2006
[Abstract] The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the feasibility of an innovative Integrated Navigation, Communication and Wireless Wide Area Networked Precision Geolocation system for generic multi-agent high-performance real-time Combat Decision Aids System (CDAS) for Future Combat System (FCS) in which an innovative real-time multi-agent information fusion and decision-aid system is created to deploy in a battlespace environment for the FCS and Homeland Defense applications. In this system multi-agent communications, tracking, information fusion and decision aids components have been integrated for different applications. Currently, tracking personnel in a wide maneuvers range is normally accomplished by using Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment. Though the GPS receiver provides an easy positioning and navigation solution for a wide range of applications, the signals from GPS satellites can be jammed or blocked in complicated terrain, such as, metropolitan buildings canopies, caves, and indoor environments. The Wireless Wide Area Networked Precision Geolocation System incorporates the coremicro® Palm Navigator that performs network communication, improves geolocation accuracy when loss of the GPS signal occurs, and increases the tracking area coverage at the same time. The system has been integrated with ARDEC’s CDAS FCS applications.∗