Abstract
For the development of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS), the third generation of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) achieved full constellation for worldwide service on 23 June 2020. The new signals, B1C and B2a of BDS-3, further enhance the compatibility and interoperability between different GNSSs. In this study, we first assessed the quality of all the signals in BDS-3/GPS/Galileo. Then, to achieve the interoperability among BDS-3/GPS/Galileo, the inter-system bias (ISB), which appears if an inter-system difference exists between two GNSSs, was estimated at overlapping frequencies. Finally, we used the estimated ISBs in real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning. The results show the higher quality of the overlapping frequency B2a/L5/E5a than B1C/L1/E1 in terms of pseudo range multipath. The ISBs are stable both in the short term for one day and in the long term for over a year, which fit a zero-mean normal distribution well when the identical type of receiver is applied. Thus, it is reasonable to ignore the ISBs in the inter-system differences. With the estimated ISBs, the inter-system double-difference RTK can be achieved, which is called a tightly combined model (TCM) RTK. Compared with the traditional intra-system double-difference RTK, which is called a loosely combined model (LCM) RTK, the TCM RTK can achieve a higher success rate (SR) in terms of ambiguity resolution and higher positioning accuracy. In addition, the higher the cutoff elevation angle set, the greater the promotion can be obtained in SR. Even with a cutoff elevation angle of 50°, the SR of TCM is over 80%. Thus, it is important to apply TCM RTK when the observation conditions are limited, such as in dense jungles or the urban canyons.
Highlights
The advent of modernized global positioning system (GPS), the Galileo satellite navigation system (Galileo), and BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) have provided vital improvements in the accuracy and robustness of satellite-based positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) service applications [1]
By comparing the root mean square (RMS) of the MP in different signals, we found that the overlapping frequency B2a/L5/E5a corresponds to a lower RMS value of MP than B1C/L1/E1 in BDS-3, GPS, and Galileo over all elevations
With the observations collected from the International GNSS Service (IGS), we assessed the performance of signal quality in BDS-3/GPS/Galileo in terms of pseudo range multipath and TF phase combination by computing the statistics with an elevation interval of 2◦
Summary
The advent of modernized global positioning system (GPS), the Galileo satellite navigation system (Galileo), and BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) have provided vital improvements in the accuracy and robustness of satellite-based positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) service applications [1]. Odijk [24,25] introduced the theory of inter-system bias (ISB) and found the ISB between GPS and Galileo was stable over time when their overlapping frequency observations are applied in the inter-system DD equation. After correcting the ISB in the inter-system difference observations, the tightly combined model (TCM) of RTK is established, which shares a common pivot satellite between overlapping frequencies. We first analyze the quality of the signals transmitted by BDS-3, GPS, and Galileo in terms of the noise level of both pseudo range and phase observations. With many observations, we extract the ISBs of BDS-3, GPS, and Galileo at overlapping frequency to verify their short- and long-term stability. With the extracted ISBs, the performance of the multi-system TCM RTK is evaluated with different cutoff elevation angles in contrast to LCM RTK
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