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A unified cycle-slip, multipath estimation, detection and mitigation method for VIO-aided PPP in urban environments / Bo Xu in GPS solutions, vol 27 n° 2 (April 2023)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 27 n° 2 (April 2023) . - n° 59 Titre : A unified cycle-slip, multipath estimation, detection and mitigation method for VIO-aided PPP in urban environments Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Bo Xu, Auteur ; Shoujian Zhang, Auteur ; Kaifa Kuang, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2023 Article en page(s) : n° 59 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] filtre de Kalman [Termes IGN] glissement de cycle [Termes IGN] milieu urbain [Termes IGN] modèle stochastique [Termes IGN] navigation autonome [Termes IGN] navigation inertielle [Termes IGN] odomètre [Termes IGN] phase [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] signal GNSS [Termes IGN] trajet multiple Résumé : (auteur) Accurate, continuous and reliable positioning is required in autonomous driving. The precise point positioning (PPP) technique, which can provide a global accurate positioning service using a single global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver, has attracted much attention. Nevertheless, due to the cycle slips and multipath effects in the GNSS signal, the performance of PPP is severely degraded in urban areas, which has a negative effect on the PPP/inertial navigation system (INS)/vision integrated navigation. Moreover, the carrier phase observations with un-modeled multipath cause false detection of small cycle slips and lead to deviation in the state variable estimation in PPP. Therefore, an effective cycle slip/multipath estimation, detection and mitigation (EDM) method is proposed. A clustering method is used to separate the cycle slips and multipath from the carrier phase observations aided by visual inertial odometry (VIO) positioning results. The influence of the carrier phase multipath on state variable estimation is reduced by adjusting the stochastic ambiguity model in the Kalman filter. The proposed EDM method is validated by vehicle experiments conducted in urban and freeway areas. Experimental results demonstrate that 0.2% cycle slip detection error is achieved by our method. Besides, the multipath estimation accuracy of EDM improves by more than 50% compared with the geometry-based (GB) method. Regarding positioning accuracy, the EDM method has a maximum of 72.2% and 63.2% improvement compared to traditional geometry-free (GF) and GB methods. Numéro de notice : A2023-124 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1007/s10291-023-01396-7 Date de publication en ligne : 17/01/2023 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-023-01396-7 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=102501 [article]

The importance of co-located VLBI Intensive stations and GNSS receivers / Christopher Dieck in Journal of geodesy, vol 97 n° 3 (March 2023)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 97 n° 3 (March 2023) . - n° 21 Titre : The importance of co-located VLBI Intensive stations and GNSS receivers Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Christopher Dieck, Auteur ; Megan C. Johnson, Auteur ; Daniel S. MacMillan, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2023 Article en page(s) : n° 21 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] Hawaii (Etats-Unis) [Termes IGN] interférométrie à très grande base [Termes IGN] positionnement par ITGB [Termes IGN] rapport signal sur bruit [Termes IGN] récepteur GNSS [Termes IGN] station GNSS [Termes IGN] station VLBI [Termes IGN] temps universel coordonné Résumé : (auteur) Frequent, low-latency measurements of the Earth’s rotation phase, expressed as UT1−UTC critically support the current estimate and short-term prediction of this highly variable Earth orientation parameter (EOP). Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) Intensive sessions provide the required data. However, the Intensive UT1− UTC measurement accuracy depends on the accuracy of numerous models, including the VLBI station position. Intensives observed with the Maunakea (Mk) and Pie Town (Pt) stations of the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) illustrate how a geologic event (i.e., the Mw 6.9 Hawai‘i Earthquake of May 4th, 2018) can cause a station displacement and an associated offset in the values of UT1−UTC measured by that baseline, rendering the data from the series useless until it is corrected. Using the nonparametric Nadaraya–Watson estimator to smooth the measured UT1−UTC values before and after the earthquake, we calculate the offset in the measurement to be 75.7 ± 4.6 μs. Analysis of the sensitivity of the Mk-Pt baseline’s UT1−UTC measurement to station position changes shows that the measured offset is consistent with the 67.2 ± 5.9 μs expected offset based on the 12.4 ± 0.6 mm total coseismic displacement of the Maunakea VLBA station determined from the displacement of the co-located global navigation satellite system (GNSS) station. GNSS station position information is known with a latency on the order of tens of hours and thus can be used to correct the a priori position model of a co-located VLBI station such that it can continue to provide accurate measurements of the critical EOP UT1−UTC as part of Intensive sessions. In the absence of a co-located GNSS receiver, the VLBI station position model would likely not be updated for several months, and a near real-time correction would not be possible. This contrast highlights the benefit of co-located GNSS and VLBI stations in support of the monitoring of UT1−UTC with single-baseline Intensives. Numéro de notice : A2023-133 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-022-01690-1 Date de publication en ligne : 03/03/2023 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-022-01690-1 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=102678 [article]

Undifferenced and uncombined GNSS time and frequency transfer with integer ambiguity resolution / Xiaolong Mi in Journal of geodesy, vol 97 n° 2 (February 2023)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 97 n° 2 (February 2023) . - n° 13 Titre : Undifferenced and uncombined GNSS time and frequency transfer with integer ambiguity resolution Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Xiaolong Mi, Auteur ; Baocheng Zhang, Auteur ; Ahmed El-Mowafy, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2023 Article en page(s) : n° 13 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] ambiguïté entière [Termes IGN] modèle ionosphérique [Termes IGN] positionnement cinématique en temps réel [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] résolution d'ambiguïté [Termes IGN] retard ionosphèrique [Termes IGN] temps-fréquence Résumé : (auteur) Precise point positioning (PPP) has been a competitive global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technique for time and frequency transfer. However, the classical PPP is usually based on the ionosphere-free combination of dual-frequency observations, which has limited flexibility in the multi-frequency scenario. More importantly, the unknown integer ambiguities are not restored to the integer nature, making the advantage of high-precision carrier phase observations underutilized. In this contribution, using the undifferenced and uncombined (UDUC) observations, we derive the time and frequency transfer model suitable for multi-constellation and multi-frequency scenarios. Notably, in short- and medium-baseline time and frequency transfer, the ionosphere-fixed and ionosphere-weighted UDUC models are derived, respectively, by making full use of the single-differenced (SD) ionospheric constraints. The proposed model can be applied to short-, medium- and long-baseline time and frequency transfer. The ambiguities are solved in a double-differenced (DD) form and can thus be restored to integers. To verify the feasibility of the model, GPS data from several time laboratories were collected, and the performance of the time and frequency transfer were analyzed with different baseline lengths. The results showed that the ionosphere-fixed and ionosphere-weighted UDUC models with integer ambiguity resolution could improve the frequency stability by 25–60% and 9–30% at an averaging time of several tens of seconds to 1 day for short- and medium-baseline, respectively. Concerning the long-baseline, the UDUC model is 10–25% more stable than PPP for averaging time below a few thousands second and over 1 day. Numéro de notice : A2022-133 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-022-01689-8 Date de publication en ligne : 06/02/2023 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-022-01689-8 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=102677 [article]

Establishing a high-precision real-time ZTD model of China with GPS and ERA5 historical data and its application in PPP / Pengfei Xia in GPS solutions, vol 27 n° 1 (January 2023)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 27 n° 1 (January 2023) . - n° 2 Titre : Establishing a high-precision real-time ZTD model of China with GPS and ERA5 historical data and its application in PPP Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Pengfei Xia, Auteur ; Mengxiang Tong, Auteur ; Shirong Ye, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2023 Article en page(s) : n° 2 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] Chine [Termes IGN] correction troposphérique [Termes IGN] données météorologiques [Termes IGN] grille [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] retard troposphérique zénithal [Termes IGN] série de Fourier [Termes IGN] série temporelle [Termes IGN] station GNSS [Termes IGN] temps de convergence [Termes IGN] temps réel [Termes IGN] variation diurne Résumé : (auteur) A high-precision real-time troposphere model is constructed by combining ground-based GNSS observation data and the latest European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) reanalysis (ERA5). First, the zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) is extracted in real time with high accuracy by combining the data of more than 500 GNSS stations in the Crustal Movement Observation Network of China (CMONOC) and national reference station network (NRSN); second, a grid model of the elevation normalization model (ENM) in China using ERA5 data is constructed, which takes into account the annual, semiannual and daily cycles. The ZTD estimated by GNSS stations at different heights based on precise point positioning (PPP) is normalized to a uniform height based on ENM; in addition, the optimal smoothing factors of the Gauss distance weighting function in different seasons are determined based on ERA5, which contributes to improved accuracy of ZTD interpolated from GNSS-derived ZTD to ZTD at grid points; finally, a real-time 1° × 1°ZTD grid model of China is created; the broadcast interval is extended to 6 min from few seconds. The new ZTD model has been evaluated using the data of 15 GNSS stations in China in 2020. The test results show that the new ZTD model deviates from the reference value with a mean value better than − 0.09 cm and RMSE, better than 1.44 cm compared with the ZTD estimated by post-processing GNSS, while the mean value of the deviation is -0.13 cm, and the RMSE is approximately 3.11 cm compared with radiosonde-derived ZTD. The new ZTD grid model can be used to enhance GNSS/PPP. Two weeks of GNSS observations, one week in winter and another in summer, were randomly collected for PPP processing. The statistical results show the convergence time in the vertical directions is shortened by 37.4% and 38.6% at the 95% and 68% confidence levels after ZTD constraints are applied to the float PPP solution, respectively. Numéro de notice : A2023-004 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s10291-022-01338-9 Date de publication en ligne : 07/10/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-022-01338-9 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=101874 [article]

Improving undifferenced precise satellite clock estimation with BDS-3 quad-frequency B1I/B3I/B1C/B2a observations for precise point positioning / Guoqiang Jiao in GPS solutions, vol 27 n° 1 (January 2023)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 27 n° 1 (January 2023) . - n° 28 Titre : Improving undifferenced precise satellite clock estimation with BDS-3 quad-frequency B1I/B3I/B1C/B2a observations for precise point positioning Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Guoqiang Jiao, Auteur ; Shuli Song, Auteur ; Ke Su, Auteur Année de publication : 2023 Article en page(s) : n° 28 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] décalage d'horloge [Termes IGN] données BeiDou [Termes IGN] erreur systématique interfréquence d'horloge [Termes IGN] fréquence multiple [Termes IGN] horloge du satellite [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis Résumé : (auteur) Estimates of satellite clock offsets typically employ dual-frequency undifferenced (UD) ionospheric-free (IF) observations from global network. The third-generation BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) can transmit B1I (1561.098 MHz), B3I (1268.52 MHz), B1C (1575.42 MHz), B2a (1176.45 MHz), B2b (1207.14 MHz) and B2ab (1191.795 MHz) signals. To make full use of the advantage of BDS-3 multi-frequency signals and improve BDS-3 service performance, we present some new quad-frequency satellite clock estimation techniques using B1I/B3I/B1C/B2a signals, which are QFIF0 model combining B1I/B3I and B1C/B2a IF observables, QFIF1 model combining the B1I/B3I, B3I/B1C and B1I/B2a IF observables, QFIF2 model combining B1I/B3I and B1I/B3I/B1C/B2a IF observables, and quad-frequency uncombined QFUC model, respectively. These new techniques only improve the performance of satellite clock estimation by fully utilizing the BDS-3 multi-frequency observations on the premise of ensuring the dual-frequency IF datum but also obtain the corresponding inter-frequency clock bias (IFCB) simultaneously. The quad-frequency satellite clock offsets are evaluated in terms of the clock offset precision, the modified Allan deviation (MDEV) and precise point positioning (PPP) performances. The new methods can improve the performances of the estimated clock offsets compared with the traditional dual-frequency IF model. The precision for the estimated clock offsets using quad-frequency satellite clock estimation models can be improved by 13–26% in terms of standard deviation (STD). The improvement of frequency stability ranges from 0 to 24%, especially for the short-term stability, which can reach 12% and 24% for B1I/B3I and B1C/B2a clock offsets, respectively. Similarly, the corresponding PPP performance has also been better improved with respect to those of using traditional dual-frequency IF clock offsets. Thus, the proposed quad-frequency satellite clock estimation techniques can be well applied into precise satellite clock estimation. Numéro de notice : A2023-025 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s10291-022-01364-7 Date de publication en ligne : 29/11/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-022-01364-7 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=102260 [article]

INS-assisted inter-system biases estimation and inter-system ambiguity resolution in a complex environment / Wenhao Zhao in GPS solutions, vol 27 n° 1 (January 2023)  

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Spatiotemporal accuracy evaluation and errors analysis of global VTEC maps using a simulation technique / Jian Lin in GPS solutions, vol 27 n° 1 (January 2023)  

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Multi-frequency simulation of ionospheric scintillation using a phase-screen model / Fernando D. Nunes in Navigation : journal of the Institute of navigation, vol 69 n° 4 (Fall 2022)  

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PPP-RTK: from common-view to all-in-view GNSS networks / Baocheng Zhang in Journal of geodesy, vol 96 n° 12 (December 2022)  

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Robust modeling of GNSS orbit and clock error dynamics / Elisa Gallon in Navigation : journal of the Institute of navigation, vol 69 n° 4 (Fall 2022)  

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A new partial ambiguity resolution method based on modified solution separation and GNSS epoch-differencing / Yang Jiang in Journal of geodesy, vol 96 n° 11 (November 2022)  

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On the relation of GNSS phase center offsets and the terrestrial reference frame scale: a semi-analytical analysis / Oliver Montenbruck in Journal of geodesy, vol 96 n° 11 (November 2022)  

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Testing of new ionospheric models along the meridian 110° E over the Northern Hemisphere / Olga Maltseva in Geodesy and Geodynamics, vol 13 n° 6 (November 2022)  

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An efficient method to compensate receiver clock jumps in real-time precise point positioning / Shaoguang Xu in Remote sensing, vol 14 n° 20 (October-2 2022)  

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GNSS best integer equivariant estimation combining with integer least squares estimation: an integrated ambiguity resolution method with optimal integer aperture test / Liye Ma in GPS solutions, vol 26 n° 4 (October 2022)  

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