DGPS Reference Station Research Articles

해양용 DGPS 운영성 개선을 위한 시스템 경고 임계값 제안

국내에서 운용하고 있는 해양 DGPS는 다중 GNSS 수신기를 활용하여 사용자에게 의사거리 보정정보를 제공하고, 지속적으로 보정정보 의무결성을 감시하는 역할을 수행한다. 해양 DGPS 기준국 (RSIM; reference station and integrity monitor)은 서비스 단절 상황을 막기 위하여 상태 감시 요소에 대한 알람 수준을 설정하여 시스템을 정지시키고, 백업시스템으로 전환하거나, 문제 사항에 대해 파악하여 대응할 수 있도록 한다. 해양 DGPS 기준국 운용 시 이중화 시스템 적용되어 시스템 오작동에 의한 서비스 중단 등의 상황에 대비 할 수 있으나, 백업용 시스템까지 문제가 발생하거나, 외부 요인에 의해 발생하는 서비스 중단에 대해서는 대비할 수 없다. 본 논문에서는 운영자가 사전에 문제 발생 가능성에 대해 확인하여 대응할 수 있도록, 기존의 알람과 정상 상태에 추가적으로 경고 기준값을 제시하였으며, 이를 위해 기준국에서 생성한 상태 감시 정보를 마코프 분석 방식을 통하여 분석하였다. A maritime DGPS in Korea offers pseudo-range correction information and monitors integrity of correction data by using multiple GNSS receivers. The maritime DGPS reference station and integrity monitor service sets alarm threshold value about integrity monitoring parameters for preventing service interruption status. However there is no way to avoid system interruption according to malfunction of backup systems and outside factors. Therefore, in this paper, warning threshold values were proposed for maritime DGPS operator can be counteract in advance. And Markov analysis method was carried out for selection of these warning threshold values.

전파환경에 의한 DGPS 충주 기준국의 성능저하 분석

전파환경에 의한 DGPS 충주 기준국의 성능저하 분석

DGPS 전파 신호의 안정도 측정 및 분석

The stability of DGPS signal in the DGPS service area was measured and the service availability according to the receiving signal strength was analyzed in this paper. Based on the effects of radio wave propagation in the seasons of winter and summer, daytime and night, the method to provide the DGPS service coverage was presented in this paper. The signal`s strength of DGPS radio wave were measured at a constant distance from the DGPS reference station during a constant period. The propagation of DGPS radio wave is affected by status of ground conductivity, so the DGPS service area is dependant on the ground conductivity. To provide the stable service coverage, it is necessary to apply the adaptive power control for receiving signal`s variations and the antenna design for alleviation of high elevation`s radiation.

A Maritime DGPS Reference Station Configuration Proposal for Operation Improvement

A Maritime DGPS Reference Station Configuration Proposal for Operation Improvement

국내 연안 여객선 항로에서의 DGPS 서비스 분석

Based on the DGPS radio wave measurement in the coast of the yellow-sea, south-sea and east-sea, the DGPS service regions in the korean coastal ferry route are analyzed in this paper. The impact of obstacles on the propagation due to the archipelago and island regions are measured and analyzed in the point of service region. The ocean-based DGPS reference stations provide the wide DGPS ocean service regions with signal strength more than 40 dB㎶/m and signal-to-noise ratio more than 10 dB. Based on the overlapping of the service regions between the DGPS reference stations, the DGPS services with good quality are provided in the coastal ferry route segments. In case of regions where the propagation obstacles are scattered, the increasingly good service can be provided under conditions of output power reinforcement and antenna efficiency enhancement.

RSIM 버전 1.3 기반의 소프트웨어 RS, IM 아키텍처 설계

The standard for DGPS reference station system defined by RTCM is in the current version of 1.2. This standard currently supports only GPS of the United States. However, the current operating GNSS satellite consisted of not only GPS, but also GALILEO of Europe, GLONASS of Russia, QZSS of Japan, BeiDou of China and so on. Therefore, the existing standard is not able to support them. Accordingly, a new standard in the version of RTCM's RSIM 1.3 is established in order to provide correctional services to GNSS satellites. In this paper, the version of RSIM 1.3 is analyzed and the software for DGNSS reference station architecture supporting the version of RSIM 1.3 is designed.

국내 해상 DGPS 기준국의 서비스 영역 측정 및 분석

Based on the radio wave measurement of korean ocean-based DGPS by season, in this paper, the service coverages of ocean-based DGPS reference stations were analyzed according to the climate and season. The signal strengths and signal-to-noise ratios in the land service areas that are provided by ocean-based DGPS reference stations were measured. The ocean-based DGPS reference station except reference stations on the mountainous terrain and the low ground conductivity provide more than 68% service area in comparison with the designed land service coverage providing by the ocean-based DGPS reference stations. To provide the designed service area that is unrelated to a season, it is necessary to install and operate the DGPS reference station with good ground conductivity and high efficiency antenna. Also, the poor service regions which is generated by obstacles of electric wave on pathway can be resolved by the double service area providing by land-based DGPS reference stations.

국내 DGPS 내륙 기준국 전파 측정 및 서비스 분석

Abstract: Based on the radio wave propagation measurement of DGPS land-based reference stations, the DGPS service coverage and signal quality in the receiving points are analyzed in this paper. The DGPS signal strength and SNR in the receiving point are measured in the winter and summer season, respectively. In case of DGPS reference station that can not provide the designed service coverage, the solution to improve the service coverage is presented in this paper. Almost all DGPS reference station except reference station with low ground conductivity or mountainous terrain provide the DGPS service coverages of 80% or more of the designed service area. The service coverages of DGPS reference stations can be improved to pre-designed service area in case of installation management of DGPS site on the plain terrain and good ground conductivity. It is necessary to get the high efficiency of transmitting antenna to improve the service area. Keywords: DGPS, DGPS reference station, Land-based reference station, DGPS service coverage

해양 DGPS 기준국 시스템의 소프트웨어 RS,IM 통합을 위한 아키텍처 설계

The DGPS reference station is a national infrastructure generating GPS correctional information and transmitting the signal for Differential GPS. Currently, Korea has applied and operated the software-based DGPS reference station as a standard of the next generation proposed by the USCG in order to improve the hardware-based DGPS reference system. However, software-based DGPS reference station proposed by USCG was changed in software method, only for form. There is no advantage to changing software-based because the most critical part of architecture has not been improved. In this paper, we have designed a new software-based marine DGPS station architecture that a reference station software and a monitor station were integrated. The new marine DGPS station architecture based on software is a more simplified structure than it used to be and can be utilized in the DGPS reference station.

GBAS Air-Ground Irrelevant Error Monitoring Method and its Application

In GBAS, multipath and RFI/noise are air-ground irrelevant errors, and they could not been removed by the pseudorange difference between the aircraft and ground station. In the paper, the relationship between the B value and air-ground irrelevant error is analyzed. Since the B values for all the ground receivers are not independent, an assistant value named C is employed. Combining the characteristics of the pseudorange corrections matrix, a new method on GBAS air-ground irrelevant error monitoring is proposed. However, the method could not distinguish between multipath and RFI. Fortunately, previous study has proposed a method for detecting RFI through integrity monitoring at a DGPS reference station. Assuming the serious multipath and RFI will not appear simultaneously, user could ascertain it is multipath or RFI causes the air-ground irrelevant errors to exceed the threshold. Simulation results validated the utility of the proposed monitor methods.

Measurement and Analysis of the Korean NDGPS Radiation Spectrum

The Korean nationwide differential global positioning system (NDGPS) reference station transmits a global positioning system (GPS) enhancement signal using minimum shift keying modulation with a 200 bps data rate. The ocean-based DGPS covers the service area of 100 NM with 300 W output power; on the other hand, the land-based DGPS transmits the output power of 500 W, which covers the service area of 100 km. The DGPS reference stations with high output power can radiate spurious signals, which may act as interference sources affecting the other DGPS reference stations or the wireless ground stations that utilize the medium frequency band. In this paper, the radiation spectrums of the DGPS reference stations are measured and analyzed in the spurious domain. The DGPS radiation spectrums are evaluated from the perspective of the interference effect.

송신출력 증강에 따른 내륙 DGPS 기준국의 서비스 영역 분석

Korean NDGPS, which consists of the ocean-based reference station of 11 site and the land-based reference station of 6 sites, are operating. The land-based reference stations provide the output power of 500W, the service shadow regions are occurred due to mountains and nation topography. In this paper, the service coverages of land-based reference stations are analyzed in the viewpoint of output power enhancements of land-based reference stations within 1KW. Also, we suggest virtual land DGPS reference stations 2 sites to resolve the service shadow regions.

Propagation Analysis of DGPS Antenna for Radial Ground and Obstacle

The DGPS transmits the enhancement signal to GPS using the medium frequency band. The NDGPS service that covers the Korean peninsula has been started since 2009. The service area of ocean-based DGPS(maritime-DGPS) reference stations covers the 100NM, but land-based DGPS(land-DGPS) covers 80km service area less than that of maritime DGPS. The DGPSs antenna has the top-loaded monopole antenna type. Top-loaded monopoles are the logical antennas to be used in order to get a low profile antenna and a performance according to the broadcaster and communication needs. The antenna needs to get the ground plane with good conductivity characteristics and flat ground plane without obstacle near to the transmitting antenna. In this paper, the radiation characteristics of an equivalent MF antenna are analyzed in view points of the ground conductivity and the ground plane with obstacle near to the antenna.

우리나라 선박 항로구간의 DGPS 전파 특성에 관한 연구

1999년부터 운영이 시작된 팔미도, 어청도 DGPS 해상 기준국을 시작으로 우리나라에서는 총 17개의 DGNSS 기준국을 운영하고 있는 명실상부한 DGNSS 운영 인프라의 강국이 되었다. 본 논문은 DGPS 해양 기지국을 근간으로 사용하여 우리나라의 대표적인 정기여객선 항로 구간인 제주에서 인천, 부산에서 제주, 제주에서 녹동 구간의 300 ㎑ 주파수의 해상 및 육상에서의 전파특성을 측정하여, 해안 DPGS 기준국에서 서비스 범위를 조사함으로써, 우리나라 DGNSS 서비스 영역을 측정하였다. 서ㆍ남해안의 선박 항로구간의 DGPS 서비스 도달범위를 확인해 본 결과 우수한 품질의 전파신호가 100 NM(권장서비스 범위) 이상 도달됨을 확인하였다. 또한 이를 통하여 선박 안전항행 및 다양한 해양안전시설물에 대하여 위치보정정보의 활용과 향후 DGPS 해양 기준국 확장에 유용할 것으로 판단된다.

Accuracy and coverage of the modernized Polish Maritime differential GPS system

The DGPS navigation service augments The NAVSTAR Global Positioning System by providing localized pseudorange correction factors and ancillary information which are broadcast over selected marine reference stations. The DGPS service position and integrity information satisfy requirements in coastal navigation and hydrographic surveys. Polish Maritime DGPS system has been established in 1994 and modernized (in 2009) to meet the requirements set out in IMO resolution for a future GNSS, but also to preserve backward signal compatibility of user equipment. Having finalized installation of the new technology L1, L2 reference equipment performance tests were performed. The paper presents results of the coverage modeling and accuracy measuring campaign based on long-term signal analyses of the DGPS reference station Rozewie, which was performed for 26 days in July 2009. Final results allowed to verify the coverage area of the differential signal from reference station and calculated repeatable and absolute accuracy of the system, after the technical modernization. Obtained field strength level area and position statistics (215,000 fixes) were compared to past measurements performed in 2002 (coverage) and 2005 (accuracy), when previous system infrastructure was in operation. So far, no campaigns were performed on differential Galileo. However, as signals, signal processing and receiver techniques are comparable to those know from DGPS. Because all satellite differential GNSS systems use the same transmission standard (RTCM), maritime DGPS Radiobeacons are standardized in all radio communication aspects (frequency, binary rate, modulation), then the accuracy results of differential Galileo can be expected as a similar to DGPS. Coverage of the reference station was calculated based on unique software, which calculate the signal strength level based on transmitter parameters or field signal strength measurement campaign, done in the representative points. The software works based on Baltic sea vector map, ground electric parameters and models atmospheric noise level in the transmission band.

해양용 DGPS 기준국의 무결성 감시 기능 설계

본 논문에서는 DGNSS의 현대화에 대비하고 국제적으로 논의되고 있는 소프트웨어 기반 RSIM 시스템의 기능구현을 위하여, 해양용 DGPS 기준국의 무결성 감시 기능을 설계한다. 무결성 감시국(IM)의 핵심 기능은 기준국 시스템 이상에 따른 알람정보의 생성과 피드백 메시지를 기준국(RS)으로 전송하는 것이다. 이러한 무결성 감시 기능의 설계 및 실험적 차원의 성능 검증을 위하여, 먼저 소프트웨어 RSIM의 아키텍처에 대해 살펴보고, 다음으로 RTCM SC-104 RSIM의 해양용 DGPS 기준국 무결성 감시를 위한 성능 표준에 대하여 분석한다. 그리고 성능표준에 기반한 무결성 감시국 기능을 설계하고, 무결성 정보 생성 및 처리과정을 제시한다. 마지막으로 GNSS 시뮬레이터를 이용한 실험을 통해 무결성 감시국 기능의 성능분석 결과를 제시하고 시스템 구현을 위한 향후 연구방향에 대해 논의한다. In order to prepare for the DGNSS recapitalization and implementation of the functions for software based reference station and integrity monitor (RSIM) system, this paper proposes a design of integrity monitor functions of maritime differential GPS RSIM. The most critical functions of the integrity monitor (IM) are to generate and send flags to the reference station (RS) along with system feedback. Firstly, it presents the architecture of software based RSIM, and analyzes the performance standard of integrity monitor for maritime DGPS reference station This paper then designs the functions of integrity monitor for DGPS reference station based on the performance standard. Finally, this paper presents the results of performance analysis for the functionality of integrity monitor using the GNSS simulator. it discusses the study method and its application for the system implementation.

Position accuracy evaluation of the modernized Polish DGPS

Position accuracy evaluation of the modernized Polish DGPS Polish Maritime DGPS system has been modernized to meet the requirements set out in IMO resolution for a future GNSS, but also to preserve backward signal compatibility of user equipment. Having finalized installation of the new technology L1, L2 reference equipment performance tests were performed. This paper presents results of the long-term signal measuring campaign of the DGPS reference station Rozewie, which was performed in July 2009. Final results allowed to verify repeatable and absolute accuracy of the system after the modernization. Obtained statistics were compared to past measurements performed in 2005 when previous system infrastructure was in operation.

NDGPS의 정적 및 동적 측위 정확도 분석

국토해양부에서는 해양 DGPS 기준국가 연계하여 전국망 위성항법보정시스템(NDGPS) 구축 사업을 추진 중에 있으며, 2008년 춘천기준국이 설치 완료되면 우리나라 전역에서 실시간 DGPS 측위 정보를 이용할 수 있다. 따라서 DGPS 측위 정보의 이용 활성화를 위하여 DGPS의 측위 정확도를 측정 분석하였다. 실시간 DGPS 측위 정확도는 정적 측정시 평면상 RMS(Root Mean Square) 오차는 0.42m, 동적 측정시 평변상 RMS 오차는 0.48m로 분석되었으며, RTK에 의한 비교 측정 분석도 병행하였다. 그 결과 위성항법보정시스템(DGPS)은 높은 정확도를 요하는 GIS구축사업 분야에 직접적으로 이용될 수 없으나, 실시간 측위 정보를 필요로 하는 GIS활용 분야에서는 DGPS가 다양하게 이용될 수 있을 것이다. The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs is working on the construction of Nationwide DGPS(NDGPS) with connection to Maritime DGPS Reference Stations and if Chun-cheon Reference Station is to be completed in 2008, DGPS positioning information is available in the whole area of Republic of Korea. Therefore to promote the usage of DGPS surveying information, we measured and panalyzed the accuracy of DGPS. In real-time DGPS positioning accuracy were 0.42m of planar Root Mean Square(RMS) error in static survey and 0.48m of planar RMS error in dynamic survey. We went abreast with RTK comparison measurement. According to these results. DGPS positioning information cannot be applied directly to the GIS construction field, but GIS application fields, requiring the real-time positioning information. can take advantage of it in variable cases.

A Guideline to Establish DGPS Reference Station Requirements

After Selective Availability (SA) was turned off, the rate of change with time of the DGPS common errors (atmospheric delay, satellite orbit and clock error) became quite slow. This inevitably leads to a requirement to modify various configurations of DGPS correction message broadcasting, and reference station (RS) managers need to examine the characteristics of GPS measurement errors with SA-off. GPS error sources are temporally and spatially decorrelated, so the DGPS user position accuracy is varied by the baud-rate of the RS, the distance between the user and the station, and the noise statistics of the receiver. We identify the minimum and maximum size of correction data, interval time, the coverage range and the baud-rate that are required to maintain the existing DGPS service. Moreover, the compatibility and accuracy can be assessed to meet the users' requirements without measurements being needed. The results in this paper are used in the study and testing for the redesign of United States Coast Guard (USCG) RS. We hope that our study will be a great help in determining the flexible factors of both the RS and the user.

DGPS 기준국 무결성 감시 체계 고도화 방안 연구

The importance of the GPS is becoming larger and larger since it is one of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems and is regarded as a national infrastructure in the field positioning and timing Nowadays many researches avoiding and/or minimizing economic loss caused by unexpected fault of the GPS are being carried out because GPS fault can give a large impact on social security system as well as economic system NDGPS network which has been authorized by the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries provides services for marine users and evolved into a national infrastructure for GNSS users. Many researchers and engineers are doing research work in order to apply the NDGPS network to other fields. From this trend, it can be expected that the integrity and related functions for the NDGPS users will become more important than before. This paper analyzes integrity informations about the real GNSS fault and proposes method on integrity monitoring improvement of the DGPS reference station.