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Gnss & LOran-c in Road and raIl Applications

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GLORIA tests new alternatives for the position signals, develops and optimises combined GNSS/ Loran-C receiver systems and tests them in a series of road and rail applications and simulations including navigation, fleet management, traveller information in public transport, public transport management systems, intermodal goods monitoring and electronic fee collection. The investigations will be based on EGNOS, Eurofix and other GPS augmentation services, and on NELS Loran-C transmitters. Satellite based navigation connotates "main problems solved" for the future mobile European citizen. Considering actual field experiences this will turn out to be a hype unless position determination technologies look for affordable enhancements of signal availability. The problem addressed in GLORIA is therefore the true bottleneck for an accelerated take-up of future GALILEO-based applications in transport with ubiquitous affordable services to all. GLORIA investigates solutions to the mobile European citizen and unveils a valid migration path for the future GALILEO and a prerequisite for competitive future European value added services for mobility.

Objectives:
GLORIA aims at improving the market penetration of GNSS by combining it with the existing terrestrial Loran-C position determination system. This combination will improve the reliability and availability of the position determination and open the door to new applications and to major improvements in application designs for rail & road transport.
For this, GLORIA will:
- test the range of applicability and system performance of the combined system under typical situations of road & rail applications;
- develop and optimise receivers combining GNSS with Loran-C and using the complementary attributes of both approaches;
- identify market opportunities and assess the potential and develop implementation strategies for the most promising applications, with special emphasis on safety critical applications;
- investigate possible improvements of GALILEO system implementation mainly considering benefits from combinations with terrestrial position determination.
Thus GLORIA will be a major contributor to overcome technical limitations of GNSS based services for the citizen in land-mobile applications.

Work description:
The investigations of GLORIA will be based on EGNOS, Eurofix and other GPS augmentation services as one component, and on Loran-C provided by NELS (Northwest European Loran-C System) as second component.

GLORIA will use existing receivers of these systems for comparative testing of position determination qualities, and will develop and test combined receiver systems. With the experience gained, GLORIA will assess the link between the signal-in-space and the receiver on one side, and the link between the receiver and the added value in various applications in road and rail transport on the other side. Also extensions to other applications will be considered. Thus the project team will include GNSS and Loran-C specialists as well as application oriented experts in the various transport domains. All work will be based on a thorough analysis of user requirements in the envisaged applications including navigation, fleet management, traveller information and management systems in public transport, intermodal goods monitoring and electronic fee collection. GLORIA will profit from results of other projects, and will collaborate with ongoing projects.

The initial testing campaign will include three test vehicles with highly sophisticated test equipment, and simulations of the position determination by GALILEO in scenarios according to typical applications. The receiver system development and optimisation will include two experienced manufacturers of position determination equipment and will concentrate on algorithms to obtain the best possible and most reliable real-time vehicle position with reasonable processing needs. The optimisation process will include intensive testing in real life situations.

To assess the potential of the new technology and to identify possible constraints as well as strategies to avoid them GLORIA will follow a market oriented approach. It will list the applications with the highest benefits gained from combined GNSS/Loran-C receivers. For this, it will evaluate existing applications, possible extensions and new markets, e.g. in the intermodal domain.

One focus of GLORIA will be on the dissemination of the results, to enhance the market opportunities already at an early stage. This will include input to standardisation of the position determination data interface in the vehicles.

Milestones:
Main milestones and expected results are:
- input to the GNSS forum on requirements for GALILEO derived from investigations on combined receiver systems (8 months after project start);
- 2 prototypes of combined GNSS/ Loran-C receiver systems, one designed for the mass market and one for high performance (18 months after project start);
- and a detailed assessment of market opportunities and strategies including at least six major applications for road & rail (24 months after project start).

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MAN TECHNOLOGIE AG
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FRANZ-JOSEF-STRAUSS-STRASSE 5
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Ostatnia aktualizacja: 10 Marca 2023

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