Multi-constellation blind beacon estimation, Doppler tracking, and opportunistic positioning with OneWeb, Starlink, Iridium NEXT, and Orbcomm LEO satellites

S Kozhaya, H Kanj, ZM Kassas - 2023 IEEE/ION Position …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel blind spectral approach is proposed for blind beacon estimation, Doppler tracking,
and opportunistic positioning with unknown low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite signals. The …

Flight demonstration of high altitude aircraft navigation with cellular signals

ZZM Kassas, J Khalife, AA Abdallah… - IEEE Intelligent …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the first demonstration of navigation with cellular signals of opportunity
(SOPs) on a high-altitude aircraft. An extensive flight campaign was conducted by the …

Assessment of cellular signals of opportunity for high-altitude aircraft navigation

ZZM Kassas, J Khalife, A Abdallah… - IEEE Aerospace and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Opportunistic navigation with cellular signals is studied and demonstrated on a high-altitude
aircraft. An extensive campaign was conducted by the Autonomous Systems Perception …

Aircraft navigation in GNSS-denied environments via radio SLAM with terrestrial signals of opportunity

ZM Kassas, N Khairallah, JJ Khalife… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A radio simultaneous localization and mapping (radio SLAM) framework enabling aircraft
navigation with terrestrial signals of opportunity (SOPs) is presented and experimentally …

[PDF][PDF] A look at the stars: Navigation with multi-constellation LEO satellite signals of opportunity

Z Kassas, S Kozhaya, J Saroufim, H Kanj, S Hayek - 2023 - kb.osu.edu
LEO satellite signals of opportunity (SOPs) from four LEO satellite constellations (Starlink,
OneWeb, Orbcomm and Iridium) and provides an overview of a LEO-agnostic opportunistic …

Toward Massive Satellite Signals of Opportunity Positioning: Challenges, Methods, and Experiments

G Fan, X Chen, Z Chen, R Zhang, P Wu… - Space: Science & …, 2024 - spj.science.org
Satellite signals of opportunity positioning (SSOOP) attempts to work out a navigation
solution with many non-global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) satellite signals, when …

I can hear you loud and clear: GNSS-less aircraft navigation with terrestrial cellular signals of opportunity

ZM Kassas, AA Abdallah… - … on Aerospace and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aircraft navigation without global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals is considered.
To this end, a high-sensitivity receiver design is presented that could exploit terrestrial …

[HTML][HTML] Drones for automated parcel delivery: Use case identification and derivation of technical requirements

S Zieher, E Olcay, K Kefferpütz, B Salamat… - Transportation Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Drone-based parcel delivery is a rapidly growing domain posing many technological and
operational challenges. Drone technologies have been under increasing levels of …

GNSS Software-Defined Radio: History, Current Developments, and Standardization Efforts

T Pany, D Akos, J Arribas, MZH Bhuiyan… - … : Journal of the Institute …, 2024 - navi.ion.org
Taking the work conducted by the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) software-
defined radio (SDR) working group during the last decade as a seed, this contribution …

GNSS software defined radio: history, current developments, and standardization efforts

D Akos, J Arribas, MZH Bhuiyan, P Closas… - Proceedings of the 35th …, 2022 - ion.org
Taking the work conducted by the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Software
Defined Radio (SDR) working group during the last decade as a seed, this contribution …