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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]

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]

GNSS/INS Kalman filter integrity monitoring with uncertain time correlated error processes / Omar Garcia Crespillo (2022)  

Public Titre : GNSS/INS Kalman filter integrity monitoring with uncertain time correlated error processes Type de document : Thèse/HDR Auteurs : Omar Garcia Crespillo, Auteur ; Jan Skaloud, Directeur de thèse ; Michael Meurer, Directeur de thèse Editeur : Lausanne : Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL Année de publication : 2022 Importance : 180 p. Format : 21 x 30 cm Note générale : bibliographie Thèse présentée pour l'obtention du grade de Docteur ès Sciences Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Navigation et positionnement [Termes IGN] corrélation temporelle [Termes IGN] couplage GNSS-INS [Termes IGN] filtre de Kalman [Termes IGN] fréquence multiple [Termes IGN] modèle d'erreur [Termes IGN] modèle de Gauss-Markov [Termes IGN] navigation inertielle [Termes IGN] norme [Termes IGN] positionnement par GNSS [Termes IGN] Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring [Termes IGN] système d'extension Résumé : (auteur) Safety-critical navigation applications require that estimation errors be reliably quantified and bounded. Over the last decade, significant effort has been put to guarantee a bounded position estimation by using Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) by means of satellite-based or ground-based augmentation systems (SBAS, GBAS) and Advanced Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (ARAIM) for aviation. This has been achieved by carefully designing models that overbound the different residual error components in range measurements (e.g., satellite clock and orbit, tropospheric and multipath among others). On the other hand, and as part of Aircraft based Augmentation Systems (ABAS), the use of Inertial Reference Systems (IRS) has been traditionally included as additional source of redundant navigation information. More recently, the use of Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) with a wider spectrum of possible inertial sensor qualities in tighter integration with single-frequency GNSS has seen its way in a new Minimum Operational Performance Standard (MOPS). New GNSS/INS systems and standards could still benefit from the methodologies and aspects developed for future dual-frequency/multiconstellation GNSS standards. However, safety-related GNSS systems like ARAIM are snapshot-based, that is, the position estimation is performed independently at every epoch, whereas GNSS/INS systems are typically based on Kalman filtering (KF). Therefore, the existing error overbounding models and methodologies are not enough to produce a robust KF position estimation since the impact of time-correlation in measurements must also be accounted for. Moreover, it has been observed that the time-correlation of different GNSS errors presents also some level of uncertain behavior, which makes very challenging for linear dynamic systems to produce a guaranteed solution. As proposed by GNSS Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS), there are sources of time-correlated errors that can be well modelled using a first order Gauss-Markov process (GMP). Using this GMP parametric model, it is possible to capture the uncertain timecorrelated nature of error processes by allowing the variance and time correlation constant of the GMP model to be in a bounded range. Under this situation, the first part of this thesis studies the propagation of the uncertain models through the Kalman filter estimation and provides new theoretical tools in time and frequency domain to bound the KF error estimation covariance. As a result, tight stationary bounding models on the GMP uncertain processes are derived in both continuous and discrete time domain. This is extended to non-stationary models that provide tighter error bounding during an initial transient phase when measurements are first introduced (which will be relevant in scenarios with changing number of visible satellites). The new models can very easily be used during the KF implementation which might be very attractive by regulators and designers. In the second part of the thesis, the new overbounding GMP models are applied for a dual-frequency GPS-Galileo tightly-coupled GNSS/INS integration. The design of the filter and of error models is performed following compatibility with current aviation standards and ARAIM Working Group C results. The impact of the use of the new models is analysed in terms of conservativeness, integrity and continuity based on realistic operational simulations linked to airport runways. The benefit of an overbounded GNSS/INS solution is also compared with the current baseline ARAIM algorithm solution. This thesis supports the evolution of safe GNSS-based positioning systems from only snapshot based to filtered solutions. Ensuring integrity for Kalman filter in general and for GNSS/INS systems in particular is a game changer to achieve higher performance levels for future dualfrequency multi-constellation aviation services and is of vital importance for new ground and air applications like autonomous vehicles or urban air mobility. Note de contenu : Introduction 1- Preliminaries 2- Bounding Kalman Filter with uncertain error processes 3- Application to GNSS/INS integraty monitoring 4- Closing 5- Appendix Numéro de notice : 28688 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Thèse étrangère Note de thèse : Thèse de Doctorat : Sciences : Lausanne : 2022 DOI : sans En ligne : https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/292087?ln=fr Format de la ressource électronique : URL Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100103

Multi-frequency quadrifilar helix antennas for cm-accurate GNSS positioning / Lambert Wanninger in Journal of applied geodesy, vol 16 n° 1 (January 2022)  

Public [article]  inJournal of applied geodesy > vol 16 n° 1 (January 2022) . - pp 25 - 35 Titre : Multi-frequency quadrifilar helix antennas for cm-accurate GNSS positioning Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Lambert Wanninger, Auteur ; Melanie Thiemig, Auteur ; Walker Frevert, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : pp 25 - 35 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] antenne GNSS [Termes IGN] bruit (théorie du signal) [Termes IGN] étalonnage d'instrument [Termes IGN] fréquence multiple [Termes IGN] phase GNSS [Termes IGN] positionnement par GNSS [Termes IGN] précision centimétrique [Termes IGN] signal GNSS [Termes IGN] trajet multiple Résumé : (auteur) For a few years now, GNSS multi-frequency quadrifilar helix antennas (QHA) are available to be used for precise GNSS applications. We performed test measurements with two types of multi-frequency QHA and compared them with a geodetic patch antenna. Although code and carrier phase noise and high-frequent multipath was determined to be larger as compared to the geodetic antenna, the fast-static horizontal coordinate accuracies are on the same level and demonstrate cm-accuracy capability. One of the QHA types exhibited an increased susceptibility to near-field multipath effects which resulted in a degraded accuracy of the vertical coordinate component. Numéro de notice : A2022-054 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1515/jag-2021-0042 Date de publication en ligne : 15/09/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1515/jag-2021-0042 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=99449 [article]

Estimation and analysis of GPS inter-fequency clock biases from long-term triple-frequency observations / Fan Zhang in GPS solutions, vol 25 n° 4 (October 2021)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 25 n° 4 (October 2021) . - n° 126 Titre : Estimation and analysis of GPS inter-fequency clock biases from long-term triple-frequency observations Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Fan Zhang, Auteur ; Hongzhou Chai, Auteur ; Linyang Li, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 126 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] décalage d'horloge [Termes IGN] erreur systématique interfréquence d'horloge [Termes IGN] fréquence multiple [Termes IGN] phase GPS [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] station GNSS [Termes IGN] triple différence [Termes IGN] variation temporelle Résumé : (auteur) Usually, the difference between the satellite clocks computed with L1/L2 and clocks computed with L1/L5 is defined as inter-frequency clock bias (IFCB). It is critical to correct its L5 time-variant portion in the GNSS triple-frequency precise positioning. Using two years of observations from more than 100 stations worldwide, we use the epoch-differenced method to estimate IFCB for all available 12 GPS BLOCK-IIF satellites, and analyze its short-term and long-term variations. The experimental results indicate that the IFCB variations are clearly consistent for two satellites located in the same orbital plane, which perhaps means that the variations of IFCB are dependent on the orbital plane. We found that the IFCB of each Block-IIF satellite shows repetition characteristics over two years. The annual repetition cycle of 352 days of IFCB is consistent with the GPS year 351.4 days may originate from the rotation of satellites around the earth. GPS triple-frequency uncombined PPP is carried out using 9 globally distributed MGEX stations from June 1 to 30, 2018. The experimental results indicate that compared to the PPP solutions without IFCB corrections, GPS triple-frequency PPP can achieve an accuracy of 2.2, 3.8 and 11.4 mm in the north, east, and up components after correcting IFCB, which is an accuracy increase in 31.3%, 17.4%, and 13.0%, respectively. The average RMS of the phase posteriori residuals for each frequency is also reduced significantly, especially 79.1% for L5 frequency. Numéro de notice : A2021-565 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s10291-021-01161-8 Date de publication en ligne : 10/07/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-021-01161-8 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=98134 [article]

Estimation of code observation-specific biases (OSBs) for the modernized multi-frequency and multi-GNSS signals: an undifferenced and uncombined approach / Teng Liu in Journal of geodesy, vol 95 n° 8 (August 2021)  

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Impact of the third frequency GNSS pseudorange and carrier phase observations on rapid PPP convergences / Jiang Guo in GPS solutions, vol 25 n° 2 (April 2021)  

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A multi-frequency and multi-GNSS method for the retrieval of the ionospheric TEC and intraday variability of receiver DCBs / Min Li in Journal of geodesy, vol 94 n° 10 (October 2020)  

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An assessment of wide-lane ambiguity resolution methods for multi-frequency multi-GNSS precise point positioning / Viet Duong in Survey review, vol 52 n° 374 (August 2020)  

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Effect of spatial correlation on the performances of modernized GPS and Galileo in relative positioning / Noureddine Kheloufi in Geodesy and cartography, vol 46 n° 2 (July 2020)  

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Performance of Galileo precise time and frequency transfer models using quad-frequency carrier phase observations / Pengfei Zhang in GPS solutions, vol 24 n° 2 (April 2020)  

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A single-receiver geometry-free approach to stochastic modeling of multi-frequency GNSS observables / Baocheng Zhang in Journal of geodesy, vol 94 n°4 (April 2020)  

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Triple-frequency PPP ambiguity resolution with multi-constellation GNSS: BDS and Galileo / Xingxing Li in Journal of geodesy, vol 93 n° 8 (August 2019)  

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Modeling and assessment of triple-frequency BDS precise point positioning / Fei Guo in Journal of geodesy, vol 90 n° 11 (November 2016)  

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Single-frequency, dual-GNSS versus dual-frequency, single-GNSS: a low-cost and high-grade receivers GPS-BDS RTK analysis / Robert Odolinski in Journal of geodesy, vol 90 n° 11 (November 2016)  

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