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VTC
2010
IEEE
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DVB-S Signal Tracking Techniques for Mobile Phased Arrays
Abstract—A system that uses adaptive beamforming techniques for mobile Digital Video Broadcasting Satellite (DVB-S) reception is proposed in this paper. The purpose is to enable ...
Koen C. H. Blom, Marcel D. van de Burgwal, Kenneth...
VTC
2010
IEEE
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Performance Evaluation of Mobile Multicast Session Initialization Techniques for Remote Software Upload in Vehicle ECUs
— Updating software in vehicle Electronic Control Units (ECUs) will become a mandatory requirement for a variety of reasons, for examples, to update functionality of an existing ...
Irina Hossain, Syed Masud Mahmud, Moon Ho Hwang
SIAMCO
2010
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Dynamic Vehicle Routing with Priority Classes of Stochastic Demands
In this paper we introduce a dynamic vehicle routing problem in which there are multiple vehicles and multiple priority classes of service demands. Service demands of each priority...
Stephen L. Smith, Marco Pavone, Francesco Bullo, E...
INFOCOM
2010
IEEE
13 years 3 months ago
Extending Access Point Connectivity through Opportunistic Routing in Vehicular Networks
—Nowadays, the navigation systems available on cars are becoming more and more sophisticated. They greatly improve the experience of drivers and passengers by enabling them to re...
Ilias Leontiadis, Paolo Costa, Cecilia Mascolo
IJRR
2010
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Pedestrian Detection and Tracking Using Three-dimensional LADAR Data
The approach investigated in this work employs three-dimensional LADAR measurements to detect and track pedestrians over time. The sensor is employed on a moving vehicle. The algo...
Luis E. Navarro-Serment, Christoph Mertz, Martial ...
IJRR
2010
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13 years 3 months ago
FISST-SLAM: Finite Set Statistical Approach to Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
The solution to the problem of mapping an environment and at the same time using this map to localize (the simultaneous localization and mapping, SLAM, problem) is a key prerequis...
Bharath Kalyan, K. W. Lee, W. Sardha Wijesoma
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Navigation and control of the Nereus hybrid underwater vehicle for global ocean science to 10, 903 m depth: Preliminary results
— This paper reports an overview of the navigation and control system design for the new Nereus hybrid underwater robotic vehicle (HROV). Vehicle performance during its first se...
Louis L. Whitcomb, Michael V. Jakuba, James C. Kin...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Stabilizing a vehicle near rollover: An analogy to cart-pole stabilization
—An analogy between the dynamics of a cart-pole system and vehicle rollover dynamics is used to derive a controller for tipping up and stabilizing a planar model of a passenger v...
Steven C. Peters, James E. Bobrow, Karl Iagnemma
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Relaxed optimization for mode estimation in skid steering
— Skid-steered vehicles, by design, must skid in order to maneuver. The skidding causes the vehicle to behave discontinuously as well as introduces complications to the observati...
Timothy M. Caldwell, Todd D. Murphey
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Robust vehicle localization in urban environments using probabilistic maps
— Autonomous vehicle navigation in dynamic urban environments requires localization accuracy exceeding that available from GPS-based inertial guidance systems. We have shown prev...
Jesse Levinson, Sebastian Thrun