Experimental evaluation of outliers filtering techniques in networked acoustic localisation systems

Fenucci, Davide; Munafo, Andrea. 2021 Experimental evaluation of outliers filtering techniques in networked acoustic localisation systems. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 53 (2). 14582-14588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.1465

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.1465

Abstract/Summary

Localisation-aware underwater networks are gaining increasing attention in the marine robotics community thanks to their ability of providing navigational services. This can be beneficial in a number of applications, as for instance to support the navigation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) when traditional aiding systems are impractical or not cost effective. However, the unreliability of the acoustic channel, together with the additional overhead and constraints introduced by the network itself, result in localisation measurements that are intrinsically sporadic. This makes the outlier filtering problem of localisation measurements obtained through networked underwater systems particularly important and challenging. This paper uses experimental data to compare the integration of two different outlier filtering methodologies in an existing network-aided AUV navigation filter. The first method aims at pre-filtering the measurements to identify and discard potential outliers before they are fused in the navigation filter. The second one modifies the correction step of the Kalman filter to integrate measurements in an outlier-robust way. Results show that when the navigation filter is made outlier-robust the navigation performance increases and the system becomes less sensitive to tuning, a key characteristic for fielded systems.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.1465
ISSN:	24058963
Date made live:	17 Jan 2023 13:27 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533872

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.1465

ISSN:

24058963

Date made live:

17 Jan 2023 13:27 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533872