PiLoNav

Project Description: PiLoNav – Precise and integer Localisation and Navigation in Rail and Inlandwater Traffic Funding: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (Website)

Promoter: TÜV Rheinland (Website) Project Coordinator: DLR IKN Neustrelitz Project Partners:

• DLR IKN Neustrelitz
• DLR IKN Neustrelitz DLR ITS Braunschweig
• Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung Koblenz
• Bijour Delimon
• TU Dresden GIGG
• TU Dresden ITVS
• TU Dresden VLP

Responsible:

• Frank Richter
• Robert Richter
• Andre Heidrich
• Jens Petermann

Project Duration: 01-01-2012 - 05-31-2014

Project description

The PiLoNav project investigates that the vehicle data from additional terrestrial sensors (IMU, radar, optical sensors, etc.) is merged with the GNSS obtained positioning, navigation and timing information, and thus to form an integrated system. Such a system is called `Position, Navigation, and Timing Unit` (PNT Unit) in the case of the inland water transport and `Train Location Unit` (TLU) in the case of rail transport, respectively. Based on this, applications will be developed in the areas of operational traffic management and driver assistance that require reliable and continuous positioning, navigation, and timing information.

In order to specify suitable sensors, several possible influencing factors have to be detected and formulated on the traffic flow. That is, in the inland water transport, it does not suffice to plan and carry out sensitive maneuvers with the sole position of each ship. In addition, besides the static factors (bridges, quay walls, locks, etc.), it is necessary to react to the dynamic factors (temporal fluctuations of the water level, positions and routing of other road users, etc.) in the evaluation including the timely and predictive information. In the rail transport, the knowledge of routing and the routing condition (tunnels, stations, etc.) as well as the geographical peculiarities (canyons, mountain peaks, etc.) must be included.

In order to simulate different conditions in the context of the development process, there is another project content from PiLoNav to provide suitable environment simulators and signal generators for technology developments in rail and inland water transport.

Link to  Project page of our project partner DLR

Tasks ITVS

The tasks of the chair of transport systems information technology include the environment simulators and signal generators in order to investigate the function and performance of the development under laboratory conditions and the co-development of software modules for estimating the position and system monitoring/control.