BeiDou Navigation Satellite System in Challenge Environment Using an Atomic Clock and Barometric Altimeter

Abstract

The vertical positioning accuracy of BeiDou satellite navigation System (BDS) and the continuity of receiver in the challenge environment can not satisfy the user demand. If atomic clocks are used in the receiver, the high stability of the atomic clock can be used for long time and high precision prediction of receiver clock bias. The positioning accuracy and continuity are improved by using atomic clock and barometric altimeter. This article first analyzes the atomic clocks and barometric altimeter aided BDS positioning algorithm; Then, correction method is proposed for initialization of barometric altimeter, and analysis on the difference of noise type clock is used to determine the clock bias prediction method; Finally, positioning experiment of the atomic clock and barometric altimeter aided BDS in simulation challenge environment is carried out, and the positioning result is analyzed. The results show that BDS can positioning solution to track two visible satellites, and vertical positioning accuracy is significantly improved. The positioning error in the vertical direction is decreased from 8.2 m (RMSE) to 5.2 m, and the fluctuation of the positioning results decreased from 4.6 m to 0.8 m.