Cycle Slips Detection for Triple-Frequency Signals of BDS by Combining Carrier Phase and Doppler Measurements

Abstract

A new model is presented to resolve cycle slips detection for triple-frequency observations of BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS) in this article when pseudorange observations are missing or insufficiently accurate under harsh or special situations. Based on the first-order time-difference geometry-free (GF) pseudorange-phase combination model, the new cycle slips detection and correction method based on the triple-frequency carrier phase and Doppler observations is proposed. With analyses on the two common sampling intervals (30 s and 1 s), it can be concluded that the optimal combination coefficients of the proposed model relate to sampling intervals. Combinations [4, −2, −3], [−1, −5,6], and [−3,6, −2] are selected to detect and correct cycle slips for 30 s sampling interval, while combinations [0, −1,1], [1,0, −1], and [−3,2,2] are selected for 1 s sampling interval. The validity of the phase-Doppler combination model under the static condition and the steady ionosphere with 30 s sampling interval and 1 s sampling interval is verified by two static experiments. Results show that the phase-Doppler combination model can achieve the same performance as the pseudorange-phase combination model. All the small, insensitive, and large cycle slips added to the three types of BDS satellites which separately belong to Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO), Inclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO), and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) are detected and corrected successfully by the proposed model.