Ambiguity resolved precise point positioning with GPS and BeiDou

作者:Li, P (Li Pan)^{[ 1,2 ]} ; Zhang, XH (Zhang Xiaohong)^{[ 1,2,3 ]} ; Guo, F (Guo Fei)^{[ 1,2,3 ]}

JOURNAL OF GEODESY

卷: 91

期: 1

页: 25-40

DOI: 10.1007/s00190-016-0935-4

出版年: JAN 2017

摘要

This paper focuses on the contribution of the global positioning system (GPS) and BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS) observations to precise point positioning (PPP) ambiguity resolution (AR). A GPS + BDS fractional cycle bias (FCB) estimation method and a PPP AR model were developed using integrated GPS and BDS observations. For FCB estimation, the GPS + BDS combined PPP float solutions of the globally distributed IGS MGEX were first performed. When integrating GPS observations, the BDS ambiguities can be precisely estimated with less than four tracked BDS satellites. The FCBs of both GPS and BDS satellites can then be estimated from these precise ambiguities. For the GPS + BDS combined AR, one GPS and one BDS IGSO or MEO satellite were first chosen as the reference satellite for GPS and BDS, respectively, to form inner-system single-differenced ambiguities. The single-differenced GPS and BDS ambiguities were then fused by partial ambiguity resolution to increase the possibility of fixing a subset of decorrelated ambiguities with high confidence. To verify the correctness of the FCB estimation and the effectiveness of the GPS + BDS PPP AR, data recorded from about 75 IGS MGEX stations during the period of DOY 123-151 (May 3 to May 31) in 2015 were used for validation. Data were processed with three strategies: BDS-only AR, GPS-only AR and GPS + BDS AR. Numerous experimental results show that the time to first fix (TTFF) is longer than 6 h for the BDS AR in general and that the fixing rate is usually less than 35 % for both static and kinematic PPP. An average TTFF of 21.7 min and 33.6 min together with a fixing rate of 98.6 and 97.0 % in static and kinematic PPP, respectively, can be achieved for GPS-only ambiguity fixing. For the combined GPS + BDS AR, the average TTFF can be shortened to 16.9 min and 24.6 min and the fixing rate can be increased to 99.5 and 99.0 % in static and kinematic PPP, respectively. Results also show that GPS + BDS PPP AR outperforms single-system PPP AR in terms of convergence time and position accuracy.

作者关键词:Precise point positioning; Ambiguity resolution; Time to first fix; Combined GPS and BDS; Fixing rate; Fractional cycle bias

KeyWords Plus:NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM; RESOLUTION; GLONASS; MODEL; ACCURACY; RECEIVER; ANTENNAS; ORBIT

通讯作者地址: Zhang, XH (通讯作者)

通讯作者地址: Zhang, XH (通讯作者)

通讯作者地址: Zhang, XH (通讯作者)

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电子邮件地址:xhzhang@sgg.whu.edu.cn

SPRINGER, 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA

研究方向:Geochemistry & Geophysics; Remote Sensing

Web of Science 类别:Geochemistry & Geophysics; Remote Sensing

文献类型:Article

语种:English

入藏号: WOS:000392314400003

ISSN: 0949-7714

eISSN: 1432-1394

Impact Factor (影响因子): 2.486