Event-triggered extended Kalman filter for UAV monitoring system

Yanmin Liu, Xiaozhong Liao, Zihao Wang, Xi Chen, Xiangdong Liu, Zhen Li*

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Abstract

The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) formation needs the frequent data-exchanging of individual's state between units for monitoring and instruction uploading from the ground station, which inevitably occupies huge communication bandwidth. This paper presents the extended Kalman filter (EKF) design based on the event-triggered strategy to get UAVs greatly relieved of the communication burden with guaranteed accuracy. The event-triggered strategy firstly selects only the state measurements containing innovational information for the purpose of filtering. Due to the nonlinearity of UAV system, the EKF is further applied to make full use of the information from the prior event-trigger strategy so as to enhance the performance of estimation. The proposed algorithm is verified on the physical UAVs regarding the estimation quality and communication rate, demonstrating the robust dynamic performance with effectively reduced communication rate.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2020 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728133201
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event52nd IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2020 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 10 Oct 202021 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Volume2020-October
ISSN (Print)0271-4310

Conference

Conference52nd IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2020
CityVirtual, Online
Period10/10/2021/10/20

Keywords

  • Communication rate
  • Event-trigger strategy
  • Extended Kalman filter (EKF)
  • Real-time state estimation
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

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