Calibration of GLONASS Inter-Frequency Code Bias for PPP Ambiguity Resolution with Heterogeneous Rover Receivers

Shengfeng Gu,Qingquan Li,Yanyan Liu

doi:10.3390/rs10030399

Shengfeng Gu, Qingquan Li + Show 1 more

Open Access

https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10030399

Copy DOI

Journal: Remote Sensing	Publication Date: Mar 5, 2018
Citations: 5	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: Wuhan University, Shenzhen University

Abstract

Integer ambiguity resolution (IAR) is important for rapid initialization of precise point positioning (PPP). Whereas many studies have been limited to Global Positioning System (GPS) alone, there is a strong need to add Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (GLONASS) to the PPP-IAR solution. However, the frequency-division multiplexing of GLONASS signals causes inter-frequency code bias (IFCB) in the receiving equipment. The IFCB causes GLONASS wide-lane uncalibrated phase delay (UPD) estimation with heterogeneous receiver types to fail, so GLONASS ambiguity is therefore traditionally estimated as float values in PPP. A two-step method of calibrating GLONASS IFCB is proposed in this paper, such that GLONASS PPP-IAR can be performed with heterogeneous receivers. Experimental results demonstrate that with the proposed method, GLONASS PPP ambiguity resolution can be achieved across a variety of receiver types. For kinematic PPP with mixed receiver types, the fixing percentage within 10 min is only 33.5% for GPS-only. Upon adding GLONASS, the percentage improves substantially, to 84.9%.

Highlights

With precise satellite orbit and clock corrections, precise point positioning (PPP) can provide decimeter- to centimeter-level kinematic positioning results directly referenced to the global reference frame
We first check the quality of the WL and NL uncalibrated phase delay (UPD) products, which are critical for PPP ambiguity resolution
For the NL ambiguity, more than 95% of residuals are within 0.1 cycles for Global Positioning System (GPS) and Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (GLONASS), and more than 98% are within 0.15 cycles for both

Summary

Introduction

With precise satellite orbit and clock corrections, precise point positioning (PPP) can provide decimeter- to centimeter-level kinematic positioning results directly referenced to the global reference frame. Such positioning does not require a dense reference network and has proven to be a powerful tool in a number of applications, such as those pertaining to geophysics and meteorology [1,2]. Integer carrier-phase ambiguity resolution (IAR) is important to shorten the initialization time and improve the precision of traditional PPP. In contrast to relative positioning, because only one receiver is involved in PPP, the uncalibrated phase delay (UPD) will be absorbed by the ambiguity estimates, which makes it impossible to fix the ambiguities to integers [3]. Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (GLONASS), which was declared fully operational globally with 24 satellites at the end of 2011, still faces obstacles to realizing PPP-IAR, owing to its frequency-division-multiple-access signals

Results

Discussion

Conclusion