GNSS RTK实时自适应换站方法

在中长基线的GNSS动态相对定位中,随着基线长度的增加,参考站与流动站之间误差的相关性会下降,导致模糊度无法快速固定,定位性能下降。在多GNSS参考站条件下,可以通过自适应选择距离更近的参考站,形成更加合理的基线,以保障RTK定位的精度。为解决换站后重新初始化模糊度所带来的定位结果重新收敛问题,本文提出了一种GNSS RTK实时自适应参考站换站算法,引入原参考站与新参考站之间的双差模糊度作为辅助,从而得到准确的新参考站与流动站之间的双差模糊度先验信息,避免了换站后模糊度的重新初始化,得到了连续的高精度定位结果。该方法可适用于实时定位,能够满足大范围RTK高精度连续定位的需求。利用香港CORS站数据进行验证,结果表明,本文换站算法能够克服换站导致的定位重收敛问题,且能够保障换站前后获得连续的高精度定位结果。     

非差增强信息与差分虚拟观测数据的等价变换理论

针对目前非差精密单点定位增强信息无法直接用于RTK（real time kinematic）相对定位的问题，研究了基于附加坐标约束的参考站非差精密单点模糊度固定解提取非差改正信息的方法，并建立了非差增强信息与虚拟参考站观测信息等价变换模型，重点论述了空间状态域信息（state space representation，SSR）在等价变换中的区别应用。根据RTK模糊度部分固定技术，利用实测数据设计实验证明了算法的正确性与可用性。结果表明，虚拟零基线可获得与网络RTK同等精度的定位效果，从而实现了区域增强系统在非差与差分模式上的高度统一。     

区域参考站网支撑的PPP和RTK一体化服务及其性能

GNSS区域参考站网可为大范围PPP和RTK终端用户提供快速精密定位服务,然而不同技术体制下的误差影响因素及服务模式不同,服务端数据处理方法及终端定位性能也会有所差异。本文在实现参考站非差模糊度固定的基础上,给出了基于区域参考站网的PPP及RTK一体化服务方法,并对两种技术体制的终端定位效果进行了全面评估。采用西北某省站间距约100 km的CORS站网数据进行试验分析,结果表明,采用区域参考站网解算的整数钟/UPD产品进行PPP固定解动态定位时精度较高,水平方向RMS可达0.5 cm,区域大气改正数可以显著提升定位终端的初始化速度,对于PPP和RTK,60.0%和87.7%的时段单历元即可得到固定解。需要注意的是,基于VRS模式的RTK定位等价于大气强约束,在大气建模精度较差时定位精度会显著下降,而采用虚拟大气约束的PPP-RTK定位精度几乎不受影响。     

Regional reference network augmented precise point positioning for instantaneous ambiguity resolution

Integer ambiguity fixing can significantly shorten the initialization time and improve the accuracy of precise point positioning (PPP), but it still takes approximate 15 min of time to achieve reliable integer ambiguity solutions. In this contribution, we present a new strategy to augment PPP estimation with a regional reference network, so that instantaneous ambiguity fixing is achievable for users within the network coverage. In the proposed method, precise zero-differenced atmospheric delays are derived from the PPP fixed solution of the reference stations, which are disseminated to, and interpolated at user stations to correct for L1, L2 phase observations or their combinations. With the corrected observations, instantaneous ambiguity resolution can be carried out within the user PPP software, thus achieving the position solutions equivalent to the network real-time kinematic positioning (NRTK). The strategy is validated experimentally. The derived atmospheric delays and the interpolated corrections are investigated. The ambiguity fixing performance and the resulted position accuracy are assessed. The validation confirms that the new strategy can provide comparable service with NRTK. Therefore, with this new processing strategy, it is possible to integrate PPP and NRTK into a seamless positioning service, which can provide an accuracy of about 10 cm anywhere, and upgrade to a few centimeters within a regional network.     

区域CORS网坐标时间序列周期特征分析

通过精密单点定位的方法获取了区域CORS网各基准站的坐标时间序列,并利用最大似然估计法和频谱分析法对其32个基准站坐标时间序列的周期特征进行了分析,获取了各基准站年周期、半年周期的振幅和相位值,以及各基准站的周期功率谱图。结果表明:GNSS基准站坐标时间序列不仅存在线性变化,还存在周期性变化,其中以U方向表征最为明显,与双差定位获得的坐标时间序列周期特性分析结果一致,说明以精密单点定位获取的GNSS基准站坐标时间序列是可靠的,可以用来分析基准站的变化特征。     

Instantaneous re-initialization in real-time kinematic PPP with cycle slip fixing

The network-based real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning has been widely used for high-accuracy applications. However, the precise point positioning (PPP) technique can also achieve centimeter to decimeter kinematic positioning accuracy without restriction of inter-station distances but is not as popular as network RTK for real-time engineering applications. Typically, PPP requires a long initialization time and continuous satellite signals to maintain the high accuracy. In case of phase breaks or loss of signals, re-initialization is usually required. An approach of instantaneous cycle slips fixing using undifferenced carrier phase measurements is proposed, which leads to instantaneous re-initialization for real-time PPP. In the proposed approach, various errors such as real-time orbit and clock errors, atmosphere delay and wind-up effects are first refined and isolated from integer cycle slips. The integer values of cycle slips can then be estimated and fixed with the LAMBDA technique by applying a cascade cycle slip resolution strategy. Numerical experiments with different user dynamics are carried out to allow a comprehensive evaluation of efficiency and robustness of the cycle slip fixing algorithm. The results show that the cycle slips can be fixed correctly in all cases considered and that data gaps of up to 300?s can be connected with high confidence. As a result, instantaneous re-initialization is achieved in the real-time PPP processing.     

PPP网解UPD模糊度固定的无基站差分大型CORS站整网快速精密解算

本文利用“国家基准一期工程”和上千全国部分省市CORS站的GNSS观测资料,基于PPP网解UPD模糊度固定技术实现了区域内无基站差分毫米级定位以及上千全国CORS站整网一次快速精密解算,这对于保障国家应急测绘快速响应、实现灾区基准快速建立以及快速获取和恢复国家统一坐标框架基准站坐标等具有重要的实用价值意义。首先,选取2015年8月1—31日198个国家GNSS连续运行基准站计算卫星端的宽巷、窄巷UPD,采用PPP网解UPD模糊度固定技术,对这些GNSS测站的载波相位进行模糊度固定:宽巷模糊度31 d固定率平均值在80%以上的测站共有193个;窄巷模糊度31 d固定率平均值在60%以上的测站共有165个。其次,对PPP整网一次快速解算定位结果进行统计分析,结果表明:31 d整网解算在NEU 3个方向的RMS分别为2.8、3.9、5.3 mm;标准差分别为2.1、3.2、6.7 mm。再者,使用中国区域内5个IGS观测站进行无基站差分精密定位,与SOPAC单天解ITRF2008框架下历元坐标的对比分析表明,31 d单日解外符合精度水平及高程方向均相差在毫米量级。最后,利用上述GNSS基准站解算出来的卫星端的宽、窄巷UPD(31 d),依次对2015年8月1—31日全国及部分省市1195个CORS站观测数据进行载波相位模糊度固定,得到无模糊度的精确相位观测值,从而使法方程中待估模糊度参数减少,克服了基准站网规模和测站个数的限制,实现了上千CORS站整网一次快速解算,对31 d月平均解与国际知名软件GAMIT/GLOBK的双差月解结果(2015年国家基础测绘任务成果)进行比较,结果显示,NEU 3个方向上差异在1 cm以内的测站分别为99.92%、99.33%、79.83%,其中U方向相差在1.5 cm为93.22%。综上所述,PPP网解UPD模糊度固定技术的方法,确保了区域内无基站精密定位、大网快速解算的精度和效率,能够满足灾区及国家坐标框架基准站坐标快速解算与恢复的迫切需求。     

高性能原子钟钟差建模及其在精密单点定位中的应用

鉴于当前许多IGS跟踪站均配置有高性能原子钟的现状,本文首先采用修正Allan方差法分析了不同IGS跟踪站的接收机钟随机噪声的时域特性,进而评估了不同类型接收机的短期稳定度及钟差建模的可行性,然后利用IGS站配有氢原子钟的观测数据,在精密单点定位算法中,通过对钟差参数进行短时建模约束接收机钟差的随机变化,进而改进精密单点定位(PPP)的定位性能。试验结果表明钟差建模方法显著降低了高程分量参数、天顶对流层延迟参数与接收机钟差参数之间的相关性,GNSS高程分量的精度可提高50%。该方法对于提升PPP技术在地壳形变监测、低轨卫星定轨、水汽监测及预报等高精度GNSS地学领域的应用水平具有一定意义。     

Android智能手机GNSS高精度实时动态定位

本文基于智能手机GNSS观测值的质量和性质,利用手机载波相位观测值不确定度进行粗差处理,使用星间单差法消除智能手机伪距和载波相位观测值之间差值不固定特性的影响,针对手机观测值修改滤波过程中的观测值噪声方差数值,采用不固定载波相位整周模糊度的常加速度动态单频Kalman滤波模型实现实时PPP和RTK两种定位方法,提高手机实时GNSS定位精度。使用某智能手机进行验证,单频实时动态PPP定位在99s内达到稳定状态,平面定位精度为1.51 m,高程精度为2.79 m;RTK定位在27 s内达到稳定状态,平面定位精度为0.73 m,高程精度为0.78 m。测试结果表明目前智能手机的GNSS定位模块具有提供更加精准的位置服务能力,甚至在某些特定场景下具有实施测绘作业的潜能。     

Real-time precise point positioning regional augmentation for large GPS reference networks

An increasing number of GNSS reference stations are installed around the world to provide real-time precise positioning services. In most of the current services, a full network solution is required for the precise determination of biases. Such a network solution is time consuming and difficult to achieve for very large regions such as Europe or China. Therefore, we developed a multi-layer processing scheme for precise point positioning (PPP) regional augmentation to avoid processing large networks. Furthermore, we use L1 and L2 raw observations and estimate atmospheric delays, which were properly constrained to the atmospheric corrections derived from the reference stations. Therefore, inaccurate representation of atmospheric delays due to temporal and/or spatial atmospheric fluctuations in the processing can be compensated. The proposed scheme of PPP regional augmentation was implemented into the operational real-time PPP service system at GFZ for validation. The real-time orbit and clock corrections, the uncalibrated phase delays, and regional augmentation corrections are generated by this system. The augmentation corrections from the regional network are investigated and the positioning performance in terms of positioning accuracy and time for fixed solution is demonstrated in real-time. Our results indicate that a reliable fixing is possible after 5 s on average. The positioning accuracy is about 12, 10, and 25 mm in east, north, and vertical direction, respectively.     

Ambiguity resolution in precise point positioning with hourly data

Precise point positioning (PPP) has become a powerful tool for the scientific analysis of Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements. Until recently, ambiguity resolution at a single station in PPP has been considered difficult, due to the receiver- and satellite-dependent uncalibrated hardware delays (UHD). However, recent studies show that if these UHD can be determined accurately in advance within a network of stations, then ambiguity resolution at a single station becomes possible. In this study, the method proposed by Ge et al. J Geod 82(7):389–399, 2007 is adopted with a refinement in which only one single-difference narrow-lane UHD between a pair of satellites is determined within each full pass over a regional network. This study uses the EUREF (European Reference Frame) Permanent Network (EPN) to determine the UHD from Day 245 to 251 in 2007. Then 12 International GNSS Service stations inside the EPN and 15 outside the EPN are used to conduct ambiguity resolution in hourly PPP. It is found that the mean positioning accuracy in all hourly solutions for the stations inside the EPN is improved from (3.8, 1.5, 2.8) centimeters to (0.5, 0.5, 1.4) centimeters for the East, North and Up components, respectively. For the stations outside the EPN, some of which are over 2,000 km away from the nearest EPN stations, the mean positioning accuracy in the East, North and Up directions still achieves (0.6, 0.6, 2.0) centimeters, respectively, when the EPN-based UHD are applied to these stations. These results demonstrate that ambiguity resolution at a single station can significantly improve the positioning accuracy in hourly PPP. Particularly, UHD can be even applied to a station which is up to thousands of kilometers from the UHD-determination network, potentially showing a great advantage over current network-based GPS augmentation systems. Therefore, it is feasible and beneficial for the operators of GPS regional networks and providers of PPP-based online services to provide these UHD estimates as an additional product.     

星座异构基准站网虚拟参考站数据生成方法

针对各地现有卫星导航定位基准站可用星座存在差异性的问题，提出了按星座分别生成虚拟参考站数据的方法。该方法通过修正接收机钟差影响，实现了多个参考站作为主参考站生成同一个站点的虚拟观测值，有效避免了单个主参考站星座兼容性的影响，可为流动站提供更多的可用卫星。试验针对部分基准站不兼容北斗卫星的情况，分别在开阔区域和房角区域测试了按星座组网前后流动站的定位性能。结果显示：更多基准站参与服务能够改善虚拟参考站数据质量；按星座组网后流动站的定位质量更优，尤其可以显著改善流动站在房角等有遮挡区域的可用性和定位质量。研究成果对于有效整合当前各类基准站数据资源、提升服务对星座的兼容性具有实用价值。     

PPP／INS组合系统研究进展与展望

随着GNSS多系统的建设,精密单点定位(PPP)技术向着实时固定解方向发展,PPP／INS组合系统因无需布设基准站,在导航测绘领域有着广泛应用前景。本文系统总结了GNSS多系统、PPP模糊度固定、INS辅助对PPP／INS组合系统的贡献,以及组合系统在滤波方法、平滑算法、随机模型建立等方面的工作,并展望了PPP／INS组合系统的发展趋势。      

Kinematic precise point positioning at remote marine platforms

Precise kinematic differential positioning using the global positioning system (GPS) at a marine platform usually requires a relatively short distance (e.g. <500 km) to a land-based reference station. As an alternative, precise point positioning (PPP) is normally considered free from this limiting requirement. However, due to the prerequisite of network-based satellite products, PPP at a remote marine platform may still be affected by its distance to the reference network. Hence, this paper investigates this scenario by configuring rings of reference stations with different radii centered on a to-be-positioned marine platform. Particularly, we applied ambiguity resolution at a single station to PPP by estimating uncalibrated phase delays (UPDs). We used three rings of reference stations centered on a vessel, with radii of roughly 900, 2,000 and 3,600 km, to determine satellite clocks and UPDs independently. For comparison, we also performed differential positioning based on a single reference station with baseline lengths of about 400, 1,700 and 2,800 km. We demonstrate that, despite the increasing ring-network radius to a few 1,000 km, the overall change in accuracy of the satellite clocks that are used at the vessel is smaller than 0.02 ns, and the RMS values of differences between the three sets of narrow-lane UPD estimates are around 0.05 cycles only. Moreover, the kinematic positioning accuracy of PPP is affected by the increasing ring-network radius, but can still achieve several centimeters after ambiguity resolution when the vessel is over a few 1,000 km away from the ring network, showing better performance than that of differential positioning. Therefore, we propose that ambiguity-fixed PPP can be used at remote marine platforms that support precise oceanographic and geophysical applications in open oceans.     

北斗三频宽巷组合网络RTK单历元定位方法

利用三频超宽巷/宽巷模糊度波长较长从而易于固定的优势,提出了一种基于北斗三频宽巷组合的网络RTK单历元定位方法。数据处理中心利用基准站实时生成并播发包含双差对流层和电离层延迟改正信息的虚拟观测值;用户站利用载波、伪距组合及分步解算的TCAR方法基于单个卫星对、单历元可靠固定两个超宽巷或宽巷模糊度。最后利用已固定模糊度且噪声最小的宽巷观测值和内插得到的大气延迟改正进行实时动态定位解算。试验结果表明,对于本文提出的网络RTK单历元定位方法,用户站宽巷模糊度单历元解算准确率高于99.9%,统计的定位中误差平面为3~4cm,高程方向约为5cm。     

On accuracy and reliability of instantaneous network RTK as a function of network geometry, station separation, and data processing strategy

The network-based approach to kinematic GPS positioning significantly increases the distance, over which carrier-phase ambiguity resolution can be performed. This can be achieved either by introducing geometric conditions based on the fixed reference locations, and/or through the use of reference network data to estimate the corrections to GPS observations that can be broadcast to the users. The Multi Purpose GPS Processing Software (MPGPS) developed at The Ohio State University uses the multiple reference station approach for wide area and regional differential kinematic GPS positioning. The primary processing algorithm uses the weighted free-net (WFN) approach with the distance-dependent weighting scheme to derive optimal estimates of the user coordinates and realistic accuracy measures. The WFN approach, combined with the single epoch (instantaneous) ambiguity resolution algorithm is presented here as one approach to real-time kinematic (RTK) GPS. Since for baselines exceeding ~100 km, the instantaneous ambiguity resolution may not always be possible due to the increasing observation noise and insufficient number of observations to verify the integer selection, an alternative approach, based on a single- (or multiple-) baseline solution, supported by a double-difference (DD) ionospheric delay propagated from the previous epoch is also presented. In this approach, some data accumulation, supported by the network-derived atmospheric corrections, is required at the beginning of the rover data processing to obtain the integer ambiguities; after this initialization period, the processing switches to the instantaneous RTK positioning mode. This paper presents a discussion on the effects of the network geometry, station separation and the data reduction technique on the final quality and reliability of the rover positioning solution. A 24-h data set of August 31, 2003, collected by the Ohio Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) network was processed by both techniques under different network geometry and reference station separation. Various solutions, such as (1) single-baseline solution for varying base-rover separation, (2) multi-baseline solution with medium-range base separation (over 100 km), and (3) multi-baseline solution with long-range base separation (up to 377 km), were obtained and compared for accuracy and consistency. The horizontal positioning accuracy achieved in these tests, expressed as the difference between the estimated coordinates and the known rover coordinates, is at the sub-decimeter level for the first approach, and at the centimeter-level for the second method, for baselines over 100 km. In the vertical coordinate, decimeter- and sub-decimeter levels were achieved for the two approaches, respectively. Even though all the results presented here were obtained in post-processing, both algorithms are suitable for real-time applications.     

长距离GPS/BDS双系统网络RTK方法

基于区域参考站网的网络实时动态定位(real-time kinematic,RTK)方法是实现全球定位系统(global positioning system,GPS)、北斗卫星导航系统(BeiDou satellite navigation system,BDS)高精度定位的主要手段。研究了一种长距离GPS/BDS双系统网络RTK方法,首先采用长距离参考站网GPS/BDS多频观测数据确定宽巷整周模糊度,利用引入大气误差参数的参数估计模型解算GPS/BDS双差载波相位整周模糊度;然后按照长距离参考站网观测误差特性的不同,分类处理参考站观测误差,利用误差内插法计算流动站观测误差,以改正流动站GPS/BDS双系统载波相位观测值的观测误差;最后使用流动站多频载波相位整周模糊度解算方法确定GPS/BDS载波相位整周模糊度并解算位置参数。使用长距离连续运行参考站(continuously operating reference stations,CORS)网的实测数据进行实验,结果表明,该方法能够利用长距离GPS/BDS参考站网实现流动站的厘米级定位。     

Assessment of correct fixing rate for precise point positioning ambiguity resolution on a global scale

Ambiguity resolution (AR) for a single receiver has been a popular topic in Global Positioning System (GPS) recently. Ambiguity-resolution methods for precise point positioning (PPP) have been well documented in recent years, demonstrating that it can improve the accuracy of PPP. However, users are often concerned about the reliability of ambiguity-fixed PPP solution in practical applications. If ambiguities are fixed to wrong integers, large errors would be introduced into position estimates. In this paper, we aim to assess the correct fixing rate (CFR), i.e., number of ambiguities correctly fixing to the total number of ambiguities correctly and incorrectly fixing, for PPP user ambiguity resolution on a global scale. A practical procedure is presented to evaluate the CFR of PPP user ambiguity resolution. GPS data of the first 3 days in each month of 2010 from about 390 IGS stations are used for experiments. Firstly, we use GPS data collected from about 320 IGS stations to estimate global single-differenced (SD) wide-lane and narrow-lane satellite uncalibrated phase delays (UPDs). The quality of UPDs is evaluated. We found that wide-lane UPD estimates have a rather small standard deviation (Std) between 0.003 and 0.004 cycles while most of Std of narrow-lane estimates are from 0.01 to 0.02 cycles. Secondly, many experiments have been conducted to investigate the CFR of integer ambiguity resolution we can achieve under different conditions, including reference station density, observation session length and the ionospheric activity. The results show that the CFR of PPP can exceed 98.0 % with only 1 h of observations for most user stations. No obvious correlation between the CFR and the reference station density is found. Therefore, nearly homogeneous CFR can be achieved in PPP AR for global users. At user end, higher CFR could be achieved with longer observations. The average CFR for 30-min, 1-h, 2-h and 4-h observation is 92.3, 98.2, 99.5 and 99.7 %, respectively. In order to get acceptable CFR, 1 h is a recommended minimum observation time. Furthermore, the CFR of PPP can be affected by diurnal variation and geomagnetic latitude variation in the ionosphere. During one day at the hours when rapid ionospheric variations occur or in low geomagnetic latitude regions where equatorial electron density irregularities are produced relatively frequently, a significant degradation of the CFR is demonstrated.     

非差非组合PPP-RTK:模型算法、终端样机与实测结果

智能驾驶、精密农业和无人机等新兴行业要求全球导航卫星系统(GNSS)提供更加快速、准确的导航定位服务。非差非组合PPP-RTK融合了精密单点定位(PPP)和实时动态定位(RTK)两者的优势,能灵活处理多频多模数据并实现区域广覆盖的快速高精度定位。然而,PPP-RTK仍处于技术研发阶段,产业化应用尚未完全成型。本文从理论到实践,构建了码分多址和频分多址非差非组合PPP-RTK模型,开发了相应的实时解算软件,并研制了一款终端样机。基于平均站间距为154 km的京津冀参考网估计的精密改正产品,将终端样机分别搭载在无人机、农机和跑车上,开展了实时动态定位试验。试验结果表明,PPP-RTK终端样机在3个场景下的模糊度首次固定时间分别为5、2和7 s,模糊度固定成功率分别为99.79%、99.14%和98.96%,水平和高程定位精度分别在1 cm和4 cm左右。试验结果证明了自研PPP-RTK终端样机能提供连续、可靠、高精度的定位服务。     

基于非差观测的网络实时动态定位方法及其在连续运行基准站跨网服务中的应用

基于非差观测的网络实时动态定位(RTK)方法通过提供每颗卫星的误差改正量,使网内用户获得与网络RTK方法等价的快速精密单点定位服务。当用户跨越连续运行基准站(CORS)网内由不同参考站组成的子网(参考子网)甚至跨越不同CORS网时,都能有效避免因所选取的主参考站变化而引起的模糊度重新初始化,从而保持观测时段内用户定位结果的连续可靠和跨CORS网服务时算法上的无缝衔接。通过对海上实测动态数据处理结果的分析,验证该方法的定位精度、初始化时间与现有网络RTK方法在量级上的一致性,以及跨不同参考子网和CORS网时实现无缝衔接的有效性。