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GNSS carrier phase time-variant observable-specific signal bias (OSB) handling: an absolute bias perspective in multi-frequency PPP / Ke Su in GPS solutions, vol 26 n° 3 (July 2022)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 26 n° 3 (July 2022) . - n° 71 Titre : GNSS carrier phase time-variant observable-specific signal bias (OSB) handling: an absolute bias perspective in multi-frequency PPP Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Ke Su, Auteur ; Shuanggen Jin, Auteur ; Guoqiang Jiao, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 71 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] erreur de phase [Termes IGN] erreur systématique interfréquence d'horloge [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] précision du positionnement [Termes IGN] signal BeiDou [Termes IGN] signal Galileo [Termes IGN] temps de convergence Résumé : (auteur) In precise satellite clock estimation, the satellite clock offsets absorb the pseudorange and carrier phase time-variant hardware delays. The dissimilarity of the satellite clock estimated with observations at different frequencies is termed the inter-frequency clock bias (IFCB). The bias inconsistency suggests that the simple ionospheric-free satellite clock cannot directly be applied to the multi-frequency carrier phase observations in multi-frequency precise point positioning (PPP). We propose the carrier phase time-variant observable-specific signal bias (OSB) concept and the corresponding estimation approach to solve this. The definition, rationality, reliability and validity of the carrier phase time-variant OSB are clarified. The new concept advantage is that a set of the carrier phase time-variant OSB values can directly amend on the carrier phase observations, and thereafter, the IFCB effect can be eliminated, which provides the flexibilities for the GNSS carrier phase observation handing. Datasets collected from 144 Multi-GNSS Experiment (MGEX) stations are adopted for the carrier phase time-variant OSB estimation and an analysis of its effect on the GNSS multi-frequency PPP performance. The various multi-frequency PPP models are tested and evaluated considering the carrier phase time-variant OSB correction. The results indicate that the GPS, BDS-2 and BDS-3 carrier phase time-variant OSB time series have the obvious amplitudes and the amplitudes of the Galileo and QZSS carrier phase time-variant OSB are small. The GPS and BDS-2 multi-frequency PPP performance is significantly enhanced when correcting the carrier phase time-variant OSB. The GPS-only kinematic ionospheric-float PPP exhibits the positioning accuracy of 1.0 cm, 2.2 cm and 2.6 cm in the north, east and up components when correcting the carrier phase time-variant OSB, whereas the positioning accuracy of the case without the correction is 1.4 cm, 2.8 cm and 3.7 cm in three directions, respectively. The mean convergence time of two dual-frequency and three triple-frequency BDS-2-only kinematic PPP is reduced by 5.0%, 4.9%, 5.4%, 4.7% and 4.6%, respectively, with the carrier phase time-variant OSB correction. The carrier phase time-variant OSB improvement on BDS-3-only multi-frequency PPP is not obvious owing to the relatively few available and stable carrier phase time-variant OSB values. The reliability, suitability and effectiveness of the GNSS carrier phase time-variant OSB are demonstrated. Numéro de notice : A2022-360 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s10291-022-01255-x Date de publication en ligne : 22/04/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-022-01255-x Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100579 [article]

Multi-frequency phase-only PPP-RTK model applied to BeiDou data / Pengyu Hou in GPS solutions, vol 26 n° 3 (July 2022)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 26 n° 3 (July 2022) . - n° 76 Titre : Multi-frequency phase-only PPP-RTK model applied to BeiDou data Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Pengyu Hou, Auteur ; Baocheng Zhang, Auteur ; Yury V. Yasyukevich, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 76 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] ambiguïté entière [Termes IGN] données BeiDou [Termes IGN] erreur de phase [Termes IGN] fréquence multiple [Termes IGN] modèle de simulation [Termes IGN] phase GNSS [Termes IGN] positionnement cinématique en temps réel [Termes IGN] positionnement par BeiDou [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] résolution d'ambiguïté [Termes IGN] retard ionosphèrique [Termes IGN] trajet multiple Résumé : (auteur) Typically, navigation software processes global navigation satellite system (GNSS) phase observables along with the code observables to achieve high-precision positioning. However, the unmodeled code-related errors, typically multipath effects, may deteriorate the positioning performance. Such effects are well known for the second generation BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS-2). To prevent this adverse effect on the state-of-the-art positioning technique, namely integer ambiguity resolution-enabled precise point positioning (PPP-RTK), we propose a multi-frequency phase-only PPP-RTK model. This model excludes the code observables and addresses the rank deficiency problem underlying the phase observation equations at the undifferenced and uncombined level. To verify the model, we collect five-day triple-frequency BDS 30-s data from a network of seven reference stations (about 112 km apart) to estimate the products on the network side. Based on these products, we conduct simulated dynamic positioning at a user station to test the phase-only PPP-RTK model and compare it with the customary code-plus-phase (CPP) model. The results show that the satellite phase biases, existing only at the third frequency, have a precision of better than two centimeters, while the precision of the satellite clock and ionospheric delay is better than eight centimeters. Due to the strong correlation between individual corrections, it is necessary to assess the quality of combined products, including the satellite clock, satellite phase bias and ionospheric delay, the precision of which is several millimeters to two centimeters, which is sufficiently precise for user positioning. Regarding BDS-2 positioning, the time-to-first-fix (TTFF) of the CPP PPP-RTK is 12 epochs, while it is only three epochs for the phase-only PPP-RTK. The reason why the CPP model underperforms the phase-only model is that the BDS-2 data collected are subject to notable code multipath. We show that the code multipath in the third-generation BDS (BDS-3) data is mild, so the CPP PPP-RTK achieves instantaneous centimeter-level positioning with a TTFF of one epoch. The BDS-3 phase-only PPP-RTK obtains virtually the same positioning results, but the TTFF is two epochs. When combining BDS-2 with BDS-3, the TTFF of both models remains unchanged compared to that of the BDS-3 solutions, implying that ambiguity resolution based on the stronger dual-system CPP model is robust to the BDS-2 code multipath. However, the ambiguity-float solution of the CPP PPP-RTK is adversely affected by the code multipath and requires 43 epochs to convergence, while its phase-only counterpart needs 36 epochs. Numéro de notice : A2022-377 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1007/s10291-022-01263-x Date de publication en ligne : 10/05/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-022-01263-x Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100637 [article]

Calibrating GNSS phase biases with onboard observations of low earth orbit satellites / Xingxing Li in Journal of geodesy, vol 96 n° 2 (February 2022)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 96 n° 2 (February 2022) . - n° 8 Titre : Calibrating GNSS phase biases with onboard observations of low earth orbit satellites Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Xingxing Li, Auteur ; Jiaqi Wu, Auteur ; Xin Li, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 8 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] bande K [Termes IGN] erreur de phase [Termes IGN] erreur systématique [Termes IGN] étalonnage des données [Termes IGN] orbite basse [Termes IGN] phase GNSS [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] résolution d'ambiguïté Résumé : (auteur) recent years, numerous low earth orbit (LEO) satellites have been launched for different scientific tasks such as the Earth’s magnetic field, gravity recovering and ocean altimetry. The LEO satellites can cover the ocean area and are less affected by atmospheric delays and multipath errors, which provides new opportunities for calibrating the phase biases of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). In this contribution, we propose an alternative approach for uncalibrated phase delay (UPD) estimation by making full use of onboard observations of LEO satellites. Stable wide-lane (WL) and narrow-lane (NL) UPDs can be obtained from spaceborne GNSS observations and agree well with the UPD products derived from 106 IGS stations. To further verify the feasibility of the proposed method for UPD estimation, zero-difference (ZD) ambiguity resolution (AR) for precise point positioning (PPP) and LEO precise orbit determination (POD) are implemented. After applying the LEO-based UPDs, the averaged convergence time for PPP AR can be reduced to 15.2 min, with an improvement of 24% compared to float solutions. As for LEO AR, the fixing rates of WL and NL ambiguities exceed 98 and 92%, respectively. The accuracies of ambiguity-fixed orbits are validated by comparing with external satellite laser ranging (SLR) and K-band ranging (KBR) observations. Compared to float solutions, the standard deviations (STDs) of SLR residuals can be reduced by 8 ~ 43%, and the KBR residuals of 3.75 mm can be achieved for fixed solutions using LEO-based UPDs, with an improvement of 60%. Although the current UPD results derived from LEO satellites are slightly worse than those of ground-based UPD, it is anticipated that the performance of LEO-based UPD can be further improved in the near future with the rapidly increasing number of LEO satellites and the continuous refinements of the POD method. Numéro de notice : A2022-129 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1007/s00190-022-01600-5 Date de publication en ligne : 31/01/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-022-01600-5 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=99712 [article]

GNSS observable-specific phase biases for all-frequency PPP ambiguity resolution / Jianghui Geng in Journal of geodesy, vol 96 n° 2 (February 2022)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 96 n° 2 (February 2022) . - n° 11 Titre : GNSS observable-specific phase biases for all-frequency PPP ambiguity resolution Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Jianghui Geng, Auteur ; Qiang Wen, Auteur ; Qiyuan Zhang, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 11 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] données Galileo [Termes IGN] erreur de phase [Termes IGN] erreur systématique interfréquence d'horloge [Termes IGN] fréquence multiple [Termes IGN] horloge du satellite [Termes IGN] phase GPS [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] résolution d'ambiguïté [Termes IGN] signal GNSS [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement de données GNSS Résumé : (auteur) An unwritten rule to resolve GNSS ambiguities in precise point positioning (PPP-AR) is that users should follow faithfully the frequency choices and observable combinations mandated by satellite clock and phase bias providers. Switching to other frequencies of measurements requires that the satellite clocks be converted, albeit in a roundabout way, to agree with the new frequencies of code biases. Satellite phase biases, on the other hand, are prescribed conventionally as wide-lane and narrow-lane combinations, which prevents users from resolving other phase combinations in the case of multi-frequency observables. We therefore develop an approach to compute observable-specific phase biases (phase OSBs) in concert with the legacy, but ambiguity-fixed, satellite clocks to enable PPP-AR over any frequency choices and observable combinations at the user end, i.e., all-frequency PPP-AR. In particular, the phase OSBs on the baseline frequencies (e.g., L1/L2 for GPS and E1/E5a for Galileo) are estimated by decoupling the code OSBs pre-aligned with the satellite clocks; then satellite clocks are re-estimated by holding pre-resolved undifferenced ambiguities and phase OSBs on the baseline frequencies; finally, all third-frequency phase OSBs are determined by introducing the ambiguity-fixed satellite clocks above. We used a global network of multi-frequency GPS/Galileo data over a month to verify this approach. In dual-frequency PPP-AR using GPS L1/L2, L1/L5, Galileo E1/E5a, E1/E5b, E1/E5 and E1/E6 signals, over 95% of wide-lane and narrow-lane ambiguity residuals were within ±0.25 and ±0.15 cycles, respectively, after the code and phase OSB corrections on raw GNSS measurements. As a result, the ambiguity fixing rates reached around 95% in all PPP-AR tests, though it was only the satellite clocks aligned with the GPS L1/L2 and Galileo E1/E5a pseudorange that were applied throughout. We stress that the key to computing such phase OSBs for all-frequency PPP-AR is that the code OSBs have the same bias datum as that of the satellite clocks. Numéro de notice : A2022-135 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-022-01602-3 Date de publication en ligne : 04/02/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-022-01602-3 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=99740 [article]

Generating GPS decoupled clock products for precise point positioning with ambiguity resolution / Shuai Liu in Journal of geodesy, vol 96 n° 1 (January 2022)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 96 n° 1 (January 2022) . - n° 6 Titre : Generating GPS decoupled clock products for precise point positioning with ambiguity resolution Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Shuai Liu, Auteur ; Yunbin Yan, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 6 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] erreur de phase [Termes IGN] horloge du récepteur [Termes IGN] modèle stochastique [Termes IGN] onde porteuse [Termes IGN] positionnement cinématique [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] résolution d'ambiguïté Résumé : (auteur) Carrier-phase integer ambiguity resolution (AR) is the key to improving the positioning accuracy of precise point positioning (PPP). However, in theory, the integer property of ambiguities in PPP are destroyed due to the absorption of phase biases. In this study, we analyzed a set of clock products consisting of a code clock, phase clock and wide-lane (WL) bias based on the decoupled clock (DCK) model, to facilitate PPP AR. The determination of the datum of the receiver clock as well as ambiguity were analyzed in detail to arrive at ways to eliminate rank deficiency. To fix ambiguity at the server end, we propose an approach by rounding directly with “fixing solution” (FS) and “partial ambiguity hold” (PAH) strategies, to increase the fixing rate and avoid the biased solution resulting from ambiguity datum loss. With respect to the International GNSS Service (IGS) legacy clocks, the mean standard deviations (STDs) of the phase clock and code clock were about 0.02 and 1.05 ns respectively, while the WL bias was about 0.12 cycles. Additionally, the convergence speed and stability of the decoupled phase clock are significantly improved compared with the conventional PPP model. Experiments on PPP positioning performance were conducted using 1 week of GPS data from more than 100 stations, considering the IGS weekly solutions as a benchmark. The ambiguity-fixed PPP with decoupled clocks had almost the same accuracy as the integer-recovered clock model, but the average accuracy improvements compared with the conventional PPP model in the east, north, and up components were 59.2, 32.4, and 20.3%, respectively, in the static mode, and approximately 38.0, 26.2, and 19.2% in the kinematic mode. These results demonstrate that users can achieve ambiguity-fixed solutions and obtain high-precision positioning coordinates with our decoupled clock products. Numéro de notice : A2022-093 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-021-01593-7 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-021-01593-7 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=99517 [article]

Forest height retrieval using P-band airborne multi-baseline SAR data: A novel phase compensation method / Hongliang Lu in ISPRS Journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, vol 175 (May 2021)  

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Study of systematic bias in measuring surface deformation with SAR interferometry / Homa Ansari in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 59 n° 2 (February 2021)  

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Impact of forest disturbance on InSAR surface displacement time series / Paula M. Bürgi in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 59 n° 1 (January 2021)  

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Stochastic models for geodesy and geoinformation science / Frank Neitzel (2021)  

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Geostatistical analysis and mitigation of the atmospheric phase screens in Ku-band terrestrial radar interferometric observations of an alpine glacier / Simone Baffelli in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 58 n° 11 (November 2020)  

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Effects of a navigation spoofing signal on a receiver loop and a UAV spoofing approach / Chao Ma in GPS solutions, Vol 24 n° 3 (July 2020)  

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Integration of corner reflectors for the monitoring of mountain glacier areas with Sentinel-1 time series / Matthias Jauvin in Remote sensing, vol 11 n° 8 (August 2019)  

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Estimation of satellite position, clock and phase bias corrections / Patrick Henkel in Journal of geodesy, vol 92 n° 10 (October 2018)  

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GLONASS inter-frequency phase bias rate estimation by single-epoch or Kalman filter algorithm / Yi Bin Yao in GPS solutions, vol 21 n° 4 (October 2017)  

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On the short-term temporal variations of GNSS receiver differential phase biases / Baocheng Zhang in Journal of geodesy, vol 91 n° 5 (May 2017)  

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