顾及码频间偏差的GPS/GLONASS实时卫星钟差估计

在进行GPS/GLONASS联合卫星钟差估计时,GLONASS码频间偏差（inter-frequency bias,IFB）因卫星频率间的差异而无法被测站接收机钟差参数吸收,其一部分将进入GLONASS卫星钟差估值中。通过引入多个"时频偏差"参数（inter-system and inter-frequency bias,ISFB）及附加基准约束对测站GLONASS码IFB进行函数模型补偿,实现其与待估卫星钟差参数的有效分离,并对所估计实时卫星钟差和实时精度单点定位（real-time precise point positioning,RT-PPP）进行精度评估。结果表明,在卫星钟差估计观测方程中忽略码IFB,会明显降低GLONASS卫星钟差估值精度;新方法能有效避免码IFB对卫星钟差估值的影响,所获得GPS、GLONASS卫星钟差与ESA（European Space Agency）事后精密钟差产品偏差平均均方根值分别小于0.2 ns、0.3 ns。利用实时估计卫星钟差进行静态RT-PPP,当观测时段长为2 h时,GPS单系统、GPS/GLONASS组合系统的3D定位精度优于10 cm,GLONASS单系统3D定位精度约为15 cm;三种模式24 h单天解的3D定位精度均优于5 cm。     

单站多参数GLONASS码频间偏差估计及其对组合精密单点定位的影响

在分析传统GPS/GLONASS组合PPP数学模型中忽略GLONASS码IFB不足的基础上,提出一种基于"多参数"的组合PPP与码IFB估计算法。将"频间偏差"与"系统时差"参数进行合并,通过引入多个独立的"时频偏差"参数对组合PPP中的GLONASS码IFB进行函数模型补偿,同时可实现基于单个测站观测数据的码IFB精确估计。对配备6种GNSS品牌接收机的30个IGS站实测数据进行GLONASS码IFB估计与分析。结果表明:各品牌接收机不同频率通道的GLONASS码IFB可达数米,且表现出与频率的明显相关性,但难以通过简单函数建模为其提供精确的先验改正值;相同品牌接收机的GLONASS码IFB整体上具有相似的特性,而在个别测站会表现出异常特征;即使接收机类型、固件版本及天线类型完全相同的测站,GLONASS码IFB值也可能存在显著差异。新算法能实现对GLONASS码IFB的有效补偿,明显加快组合PPP的收敛速度。虽然引入多个附加参数会导致函数模型自由度减小,但对定位精度的影响有限,与传统"单参数"法进行组合PPP的定位精度相当。     

BDS-3新频率与Galileo单频组合伪距单点定位精度分析

为对比分析北斗三号（BDS-3）/Galileo相同频率伪距单点定位精度,基于MGEX（Multi-GNSS Experiment）分布的跟踪站实测数据,分析了BDS-3、Galileo以及BDS-3/Galileo单系统单频、双系统相同频率组合和非相同频率组合伪距单点定位精度. 经研究发现,BDS-3/Galileo相比单系统有效提升了卫星可见数与卫星空间分布几何结构,在单系统定位方面,BDS-3系统B1C和B2a伪距单点定位精度优于Galileo对应相同频率的伪距单点定位精度,在双系统定位方面,BDS-3/Galileo相同频率组合伪距单点定位精度优于非相同频率组合,双系统组合定位对Galileo单系统定位精度提升优于BDS-3,表明BDS-3相同频率的设计有效地提升了与Galileo系统的兼容性.      

BDS/Galileo四频精密单点定位模型性能分析与比较

北斗卫星导航系统和Galileo卫星系统都可以提供4个频率信号上的服务。本文通过与双频无电离层模型（DF）比较,评估分析了4种BDS/Galileo四频PPP模型性能,即四频无电离层双组合模型（QF1）、四频无电离层组合模型（QF2）、四频非差非组合模型（QF3）和附加电离层约束四频非差非组合模型（QF4）,同时通过等价性原则理论上证明了QF1、QF2、QF3模型的等价性。此外,用1个月参考站的静态数据和1组动态数据分析了四频静态,仿动态和动态PPP性能。试验结果表明,BDS-3 B1C和B2a新频点伪距噪声要略大于B1I和B3I信号,Galileo卫星4个频率上的伪距噪声相差并不明显。对于静态和仿动态PPP模型,QF1、QF2和QF3模型定位性能基本上一致。通过附加外部电离层约束,四频PPP模型性能受到影响,BDS（BDS-2+BDS-3）静态QF4模型相比于QF1、QF2和QF3模型平均收敛时间分别减少了4.4%、4.4%和5.4%,Galileo静态Q4模型平均收敛时间相比于Q3模型增加了16.8 min。对于动态PPP,四频PPP模型相比于双频PPP性能得到提升显著,相比于QF1模型,BDS和Galileo单系统QF4模型三维定位精度分别提高了11.4%和31.4%。BDS/Galileo双系统PPP性能要优于单系统PPP。     

Android智能手机GNSS定位性能分析

随着全球卫星导航系统(GNSS)的发展和移动通信技术的进步,用户对位置服务(LBS)提出了更高的要求. 本文采用市面上常见的两部Android智能手机采集GNSS数据,对Android智能手机伪距单点定位(SPP)和单频精密单点定位(PPP)算法进行研究,分析了在不同条件下智能手机的SPP、单频PPP定位性能. 结果表明:在使用多普勒平滑伪距和信噪比随机模型的基础上,Android智能手机GPS单系统的SPP定位精度可达3 m,GPS、Galileo、GLONASS、北斗卫星导航系统(BDS)四系统定位精度可达亚米级. 在单频PPP静态定位中,在GPS单系统下,定位精度仅能达到米级,且收敛时间较长;在GPS、Galileo、GLONASS、BDS四系统下,定位精度可达亚米级,且平面方向可在40 min内收敛. 在单频PPP动态定位中,手机的定位精度仅能达到米级.      

QZSS与BDS-3组合伪距单点定位精度分析

针对当前BDS-3/QZSS组合定位性能,基于MEGX跟踪站实测数据,分析了BDS-3/QZSS兼容频率与非兼容频率组合的伪距单点定位精度.经研究发现,当前BDS-3单系统伪距单点定位精度能满足普通定位要求;而BDS-3/QZSS组合较BDS-3单系统在卫星可见数、卫星空间几何构型、伪距单点定位精度等方面均有明显改善;QZSS系统L1、L5频率对BDS-3系统兼容频率伪距单点定位精度的提升优于非兼容频率,兼容频率定位精度约提升了34％.     

顾及频率间偏差的GPS/GLONASS卫星钟差实时估计

GPS/GLONASS卫星钟差联合估计过程中，由于GLONASS系统采用频分多址技术区分卫星信号，因而会产生频率间偏差（IFB）^[1]。本文在GPS/GLONASS卫星定轨过程中的IFB参数特性分析的基础上，引入IFB参数，实现顾及频率间偏差的GPS/GLONASS卫星钟差实时估计。同时，为解决实时估计中待估参数过多导致的实时性较弱等问题，基于非差伪距观测值和历元间差分相位观测值改进实时估计数学模型，实现多系统卫星钟差的联合快速估计。结果表明：GPS/GLONASS联合估计时需引入IFB参数并优化其估计策略，采用MGEX和iGMAS跟踪站的实测数据进行实时钟差解算，快速估计方法可实现1.6 s逐历元快速、高精度估计，与GBM提供的最终精密卫星钟差相比，GPS卫星钟差实时精度约为0.210 ns，GLONASS卫星约为0.298 ns。     

多卫星导航系统精密单点定位精度分析

随着北斗卫星导航系统（BDS）于2012年底正式提供亚太地区区域性服务,研究BDS与其他卫星导航系统的组合定位尤为重要。本文主要分析BDS与GPS、GLONASS组合精密单点定位（PPP）,统一了三类卫星的时间系统和空间系统,给出了PPP非差组合模型,利用九峰站全天观测数据进行实验,得到初步结论：组合定位系统能够减少单系统的收敛时间;组合定位系统的定位精度比单系统的定位精度高。     

北斗广域实时精密定位服务系统研究与评估分析

采用IGS、MGEX、北斗地基增强网的实时观测数据,研制北斗广域精密定位服务系统,实时生成北斗高精度轨道、钟差、电离层产品,提供厘米级北斗双频PPP、分米级单频PPP、米级单频伪距定位服务。对实时产品评估分析的结果表明:北斗卫星实时轨道与钟差产品URE统计精度约为2.0cm,实时电离层精度优于4.0TECU。采用全国分布的实时测站动态定位精度(95%置信度)评估分析表明:北斗双频PPP精度存在明显的区域特征,高纬度以及西部边缘地区的定位精度平面约0.2m,高程约0.3m;中部地区定位精度平面优于0.1m,高程优于0.2m,接近GPS实时PPP精度水平;北斗与GPS融合可以提高单北斗、单GPS的定位性能,尤其是显著加快了PPP收敛时间,收敛时间缩短到20min内。另外,除边缘地区外,北斗单频PPP实现平面0.5m,高程1.0m;北斗单频伪距单点定位实现平面2.0m,高程3.0m。     

PPP/PPP-RTK新进展与北斗/GNSS PPP定位性能比较

首先简要回顾了精密单点定位（PPP）技术在最近几年的发展现状,重点总结了高采样率钟差实时快速估计、多系统组合PPP模糊度固定、多频GNSS PPP模型及其模糊度固定、PPP快速初始化、PPP-RTK等若干热点方向的最新研究进展。在此基础上,利用目前四大卫星导航系统（GPS、GLONASS、Galileo、北斗）最新的实际观测数据,全面比较分析了各系统及多系统组合PPP定位性能,重点给出了北斗二号+北斗三号PPP浮点解和固定解的定位精度、收敛时间和首次固定时间。结果表明：我国北斗导航卫星系统已经可以实现与其他导航卫星系统基本相当的PPP定位性能。北斗二号+北斗三号组合PPP的收敛时间/首次固定时间20~30 min;静态解的东、北、天方向定位精度在毫米到厘米级;动态解水平方向约5 cm,高程方向约7 cm;多系统组合可显著提高PPP定位精度、收敛时间和首次固定时间：固定解定位精度比浮点解在东、北、天方向分别提升了14.8%、12.0%和12.8%;相比单GPS,多系统组合PPP浮点解的收敛时间和固定解首次固定时间分别缩短了36.5%和40.4%。     

Simultaneous estimation of GLONASS pseudorange inter-frequency biases in precise point positioning using undifferenced and uncombined observations

GLONASS precise point positioning (PPP) performance is affected by the inter-frequency biases (IFBs) due to the application of frequency division multiple access technique. In this contribution, the impact of GLONASS pseudorange IFBs on convergence performance and positioning accuracy of GLONASS-only and GPS + GLONASS PPP based on undifferenced and uncombined observation models is investigated. Through a re-parameterization process, the following four pseudorange IFB handling schemes were proposed: neglecting IFBs, modeling IFBs as a linear or quadratic polynomial function of frequency number, and estimating IFBs for each GLONASS satellite. One week of GNSS observation data from 132 International GNSS Service stations was selected to investigate the contribution of simultaneous estimation of GLONASS pseudorange IFBs on GLONASS-only and combined GPS + GLONASS PPP in both static and kinematic modes. The results show that considering IFBs can speed up the convergence of PPP using GLONASS observations by more than 20%. Apart from GLONASS-only kinematic PPP, the positioning accuracy of GLONASS-only and GPS + GLONASS PPP is comparable among the four schemes. Overall, the scheme of estimating IFBs for each GLONASS satellite outperforms the other schemes in both convergence time reduction and positioning accuracy improvement, which indicates that the GLONASS IFBs may not strictly obey a linear or quadratic function relationship with the frequency number.     

GLONASS pseudorange inter-channel biases and their effects on combined GPS/GLONASS precise point positioning

Combined GPS/GLONASS precise point positioning (PPP) can obtain a more precise and reliable position than GPS PPP. However, because of frequency division multiple access, GLONASS carrier phase and pseudorange observations suffer from inter-channel biases (ICBs) which will influence the accuracy and convergence speed of combined GPS/GLONASS PPP. With clear understanding of the characteristics of carrier phase ICBs, we estimated undifferenced GLONASS pseudorange ICBs for 133 receivers from five manufacturers and analyzed their characteristics. In general, pseudorange ICBs corresponding to the same firmware have strong correlations. The ICB values of two receivers with the same firmware may be different because of different antenna types, and their differences are closely related to frequency. Pseudorange ICBs should be provided for each satellite to obtain more precise ICBs as the pseudorange ICBs may vary even on the same frequency. For the solutions of standard point positioning (SPP), after pseudorange ICB calibration, the mean root mean square (RMS) improvements of GLONASS SPP reach up to 57, 48, and 53 % for the East, North, and Up components, while combined GPS/GLONASS SPP reach up to 27, 17, and 23 %, respectively. The combined GPS/GLONASS PPP after pseudorange ICB calibration evidently improved the convergence speed, and the mean RMS of PPP improved by almost 50 % during the convergence period.     

Method for real-time self-calibrating GLONASS code inter-frequency bias and improvements on single point positioning

Utilization of frequency-division multiple access (FDMA) leads to GLONASS pseudorange and carrier phase observations suffering from variable levels inter-frequency bias (IFB). The bias related with carrier phase can be absorbed by ambiguities. However, the unequal code inter-frequency bias (cIFB) will degrade the accuracy of pseudorange observations, which will affect positioning accuracy and convergence of precise point positioning (PPP) when including GLONASS satellites. Based on observations made on un-differenced (UD) ionospheric-free combinations, GLONASS cIFB parameters are estimated as a constant to achieve GLONASS cIFB real-time self-calibration on a single station. A total of 23 stations, with different manufacturing backgrounds, are used to analyze the characteristics of GLONASS cIFB and its relationship with variable receiver hardware. The results show that there is an obvious common trend in cIFBs estimated using broadcast ephemeris for all of the different manufacturers, and there are unequal GLONASS inter-satellite cIFB that match brand manufacture. In addition, a particularly good consistency is found between self-calibrated receiver-dependent GLONASS cIFB and the IFB products of the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). Via a comparative experiment, it is also found that the algorithm of cIFB real-time self-calibration not only corrects receiver-dependent cIFB, but can moreover eliminate satellite-dependent cIFB, providing more stable results and further improving global navigation satellite system (GNSS) point positioning accuracy. The root mean square (RMS) improvements of single GLONASS standard point positioning (SPP) reach up to 54.18 and 53.80% in horizontal and vertical direction, respectively. The study’s GLONASS cIFB self-estimation can realize good self-consistency between cIFB and stations, working to further promote convergence efficiency relative to GPS?+?GLONASS PPP. An average improvement percentage of 19.03% is observed, realizing a near-consistent accuracy with GPS?+?GLONASS fusion PPP.     

Impact of GLONASS pseudorange inter-channel biases on satellite clock corrections

GLONASS carrier phase and pseudorange observations suffer from inter-channel biases (ICBs) because of frequency division multiple access (FDMA). Therefore, we analyze the effect of GLONASS pseudorange inter-channel biases on the GLONASS clock corrections. Different Analysis Centers (AC) eliminate the impact of GLONASS pseudorange ICBs in different ways. This leads to significant differences in the satellite and AC-specific offsets in the GLONASS clock corrections. Satellite and AC-specific offset differences are strongly correlated with frequency. Furthermore, the GLONASS pseudorange ICBs also leads to day-boundary jumps in the GLONASS clock corrections for the same analysis center between adjacent days. This in turn will influence the accuracy of the combined GPS/GLONASS precise point positioning (PPP) at the day-boundary. To solve these problems, a GNSS clock correction combination method based on the Kalman filter is proposed. During the combination, the AC-specific offsets and the satellite and AC-specific offsets can be estimated. The test results show the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed clock combination method. The combined clock corrections can effectively weaken the influence of clock day-boundary jumps on combined GPS/GLONASS kinematic PPP. Furthermore, these combined clock corrections can improve the accuracy of the combined GPS/GLONASS static PPP single-day solutions when compared to the accuracy of each analysis center alone.     

GLONASS phase bias estimation and its PPP ambiguity resolution using homogeneous receivers

Integer ambiguity resolution (IAR) appreciably improves the position accuracy and shortens the convergence time of precise point positioning (PPP). However, while many studies are limited to GPS, there is a need to investigate the performance of GLONASS PPP ambiguity resolution. Unfortunately, because of the frequency-division multiple-access strategy of GLONASS, GLONASS PPP IAR faces two obstacles. First, simultaneously observed satellites operate at different wavelengths. Second and most importantly, distinct inter-frequency bias (IFB) exists between different satellites. For the former, we adopt an undifferenced method for uncalibrated phase delay (UPD) estimation and proposed an undifferenced PPP IAR strategy. We select a set of homogeneous receivers with identical receiver IFB to perform UPD estimation and PPP IAR. The code and carrier phase IFBs can be absorbed by satellite wide-lane and narrow-lane UPDs, respectively, which is in turn consistent with PPP IAR using the same type of receivers. In order to verify the method, we used 50 stations to generate satellite UPDs and another 12 stations selected as users to perform PPP IAR. We found that the GLONASS satellite UPDs are stable in time and space and can be estimated with high accuracy and reliability. After applying UPD correction, 91 % of wide-lane ambiguities and 99 % of narrow-lane ambiguities are within (?0.15, +0.15) cycles of the nearest integer. After ambiguity resolution, the 2-hour static PPP accuracy improves from (0.66, 1.42, 1.55) cm to (0.38, 0.39, 1.39) cm for the north, east, and up components, respectively.     

多卫星系统融合精密单点定位性能分析

随着全球四大卫星导航系统格局的成型,卫星定位系统已从单系统模式发展为如今多系统、多频率融合定位、交互操作的模式。在分析多系统精密单点定位模型及各误差项处理策略的基础上,利用RTKLIB进行GPS,GLONASS,GALILEO,BDS多系统融合精密单点定位试验,并分析其动/静态定位性能。实验结果表明:在单系统空间几何构型较差的情况下,多系统融合精密单点定位较单GPS定位精度可提高20%~40%,收敛时间可缩短35%~50%;在截止高度角超过40°的情况下,单系统会因可见卫星数量不足而无法完成连续定位,而多系统仍能实现高精度的连续定位。这在城区、山区或卫星遮蔽较严重的不利环境中有重要的利用价值。     

Rapid PPP ambiguity resolution using GPS+GLONASS observations

Integer ambiguity resolution (IAR) in precise point positioning (PPP) using GPS observations has been well studied. The main challenge remaining is that the first ambiguity fixing takes about 30 min. This paper presents improvements made using GPS+GLONASS observations, especially improvements in the initial fixing time and correct fixing rate compared with GPS-only solutions. As a result of the frequency division multiple access strategy of GLONASS, there are two obstacles to GLONASS PPP-IAR: first and most importantly, there is distinct code inter-frequency bias (IFB) between satellites, and second, simultaneously observed satellites have different wavelengths. To overcome the problem resulting from GLONASS code IFB, we used a network of homogeneous receivers for GLONASS wide-lane fractional cycle bias (FCB) estimation and wide-lane ambiguity resolution. The integer satellite clock of the GPS and GLONASS was then estimated with the wide-lane FCB products. The effect of the different wavelengths on FCB estimation and PPP-IAR is discussed in detail. We used a 21-day data set of 67 stations, where data from 26 stations were processed to generate satellite wide-lane FCBs and integer clocks and the other 41 stations were selected as users to perform PPP-IAR. We found that GLONASS FCB estimates are qualitatively similar to GPS FCB estimates. Generally, 98.8% of a posteriori residuals of wide-lane ambiguities are within \(\pm 0.25\) cycles for GPS, and 96.6% for GLONASS. Meanwhile, 94.5 and 94.4% of narrow-lane residuals are within 0.1 cycles for GPS and GLONASS, respectively. For a critical value of 2.0, the correct fixing rate for kinematic PPP is only 75.2% for GPS alone and as large as 98.8% for GPS+GLONASS. The fixing percentage for GPS alone is only 11.70 and 46.80% within 5 and 10 min, respectively, and improves to 73.71 and 95.83% when adding GLONASS. Adding GLONASS thus improves the fixing percentage significantly for a short time span. We also used global ionosphere maps (GIMs) to assist the wide-lane carrier-phase combination to directly fix the wide-lane ambiguity. Employing this method, the effect of the code IFB is eliminated and numerical results show that GLONASS FCB estimation can be performed across heterogeneous receivers. However, because of the relatively low accuracy of GIMs, the fixing percentage of GIM-aided GPS+GLONASS PPP ambiguity resolution is very low. We expect better GIM accuracy to enable rapid GPS+GLONASS PPP-IAR with heterogeneous receivers.