基于部分整周模糊度固定的非差GPS精密单点定位方法

近年来,精密单点定位(PPP)模糊度固定技术不断发展,模糊度正确固定后可以提高短时间的定位精度。然而固定错误的模糊度,将引起严重的定位偏差,因此对PPP模糊度固定的成功率和可靠性进行研究很有必要。本文探讨了采用非差小数偏差(FCBs)改正的PPP模糊度固定方法;同时提出了一种分步质量控制的PPP部分模糊度固定(PAR)策略。通过欧洲CORS数据对该方法进行验证,结果表明:PPP模糊度固定可以提高小时解静态PPP定位精度。同时,采用部分模糊度固定策略,能够有效控制未收敛模糊度影响,提高用户端PPP模糊度固定成功率。     

基于部分固定策略的多系统长距离基准站间模糊度快速解算

基准站间整周模糊度的快速准确固定是实现网络RTK高精度快速定位的前提。对于GPS/GLONASS/BDS组合系统长基线,模糊度维数大幅度增加,加之观测噪声、大气残余误差等因素的影响,很难快速准确地固定所有模糊度,尤其是低高度角卫星模糊度。提出了一种基于部分固定策略的GPS/GLONASS/BDS组合网络长基线部分模糊度快速解算方法,以截止高度角、模糊度固定成功率以及Ratio值为主要参数,优选模糊度固定子集,以实现长距离基准站间模糊度快速固定。通过实测GPS/GLONASS/BDS三系统长基线数据的实验验证,部分模糊度固定方法可有效避免低高度角卫星对模糊度固定的影响,从而显著提高模糊度固定时的成功率及Ratio值,缩短长距离基准站间模糊度准确固定所需的时间。     

基于BDS/GPS组合定位的部分模糊度固定效果分析

多系统组合有利于提高卫星导航定位的精度及可靠性,然而对于载波差分定位由于模糊度维数的陡增、观测噪声、大气残余误差等原因用传统的Lambda方法很难得到所有模糊度的固定解,采用部分模糊度方法固定最优的模糊度子集则相对容易。总结了现有的部分模糊度固定方法,分析了不同方法的特点,并用实测数据分析了BDS/GPS组合动态定位时部分模糊度固定的效果。实验结果表明,部分模糊度方法可以显著提高模糊度固定时的成功率及Ratio值,并且可以缩短RTK定位时的初始化时间,加快坐标的收敛速度,提高组合系统动态定位结果的精度。     

GNSS ambiguity resolution with controllable failure rate for long baseline network RTK

Many large-scale GNSS CORS networks have been deployed around the world to support various commercial and scientific applications. To make use of these networks for real-time kinematic positioning services, one of the major challenges is the ambiguity resolution (AR) over long inter-station baselines in the presence of considerable atmosphere biases. Usually, the widelane ambiguities are fixed first, followed by the procedure of determination of the narrowlane ambiguity integers based on the ionosphere-free model in which the widelane integers are introduced as known quantities. This paper seeks to improve the AR performance over long baseline through efficient procedures for improved float solutions and ambiguity fixing. The contribution is threefold: (1) instead of using the ionosphere-free measurements, the absolute and/or relative ionospheric constraints are introduced in the ionosphere-constrained model to enhance the model strength, thus resulting in the better float solutions; (2) the realistic widelane ambiguity precision is estimated by capturing the multipath effects due to the observation complexity, leading to improvement of reliability of widelane AR; (3) for the narrowlane AR, the partial AR for a subset of ambiguities selected according to the successively increased elevation is applied. For fixing the scalar ambiguity, an error probability controllable rounding method is proposed. The established ionosphere-constrained model can be efficiently solved based on the sequential Kalman filter. It can be either reduced to some special models simply by adjusting the variances of ionospheric constraints, or extended with more parameters and constraints. The presented methodology is tested over seven baselines of around 100 km from USA CORS network. The results show that the new widelane AR scheme can obtain the 99.4 % successful fixing rate with 0.6 % failure rate; while the new rounding method of narrowlane AR can obtain the fix rate of 89 % with failure rate of 0.8 %. In summary, the AR reliability can be efficiently improved with rigorous controllable probability of incorrectly fixed ambiguities.     

一种基于多频模糊度快速解算方法的BDS/GPS中长基线RTK定位模型

随着全球卫星导航系统（global navigation satellite system,GNSS）进入多系统时代,空中导航卫星的可见卫星数不断增加,中国北斗卫星导航系统（BeiDou navigation satellite system,BDS）已开始面向用户提供三频导航信号,这都有利于改善单历元实时动态定位（real-time kinematic,RTK）的精度和可靠性。中长基线单历元RTK通常采用电离层无关组合算法,但是该方法将观测噪声进行了放大,模糊度固定成功率随着基线长度的增加而明显降低。提出一种BDS/GPS（global positioning system）中长基线单历元多频RTK定位算法,先以较高成功率快速固定BDS的两个超宽巷模糊度,继而通过简单变换得到BDS宽巷模糊度,然后将其辅助提高GPS宽巷模糊度固定成功率,最后采用将电离层延迟误差参数化的策略以提高BDS/GPS窄巷模糊度固定成功率。结合实测数据进行验证分析,结果表明本文算法是可行的。     

Ambiguity resolved precise point positioning with GPS and BeiDou

This paper focuses on the contribution of the global positioning system (GPS) and BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS) observations to precise point positioning (PPP) ambiguity resolution (AR). A GPS + BDS fractional cycle bias (FCB) estimation method and a PPP AR model were developed using integrated GPS and BDS observations. For FCB estimation, the GPS + BDS combined PPP float solutions of the globally distributed IGS MGEX were first performed. When integrating GPS observations, the BDS ambiguities can be precisely estimated with less than four tracked BDS satellites. The FCBs of both GPS and BDS satellites can then be estimated from these precise ambiguities. For the GPS + BDS combined AR, one GPS and one BDS IGSO or MEO satellite were first chosen as the reference satellite for GPS and BDS, respectively, to form inner-system single-differenced ambiguities. The single-differenced GPS and BDS ambiguities were then fused by partial ambiguity resolution to increase the possibility of fixing a subset of decorrelated ambiguities with high confidence. To verify the correctness of the FCB estimation and the effectiveness of the GPS + BDS PPP AR, data recorded from about 75 IGS MGEX stations during the period of DOY 123-151 (May 3 to May 31) in 2015 were used for validation. Data were processed with three strategies: BDS-only AR, GPS-only AR and GPS + BDS AR. Numerous experimental results show that the time to first fix (TTFF) is longer than 6 h for the BDS AR in general and that the fixing rate is usually less than 35 % for both static and kinematic PPP. An average TTFF of 21.7 min and 33.6 min together with a fixing rate of 98.6 and 97.0 % in static and kinematic PPP, respectively, can be achieved for GPS-only ambiguity fixing. For the combined GPS + BDS AR, the average TTFF can be shortened to 16.9 min and 24.6 min and the fixing rate can be increased to 99.5 and 99.0 % in static and kinematic PPP, respectively. Results also show that GPS + BDS PPP AR outperforms single-system PPP AR in terms of convergence time and position accuracy.     

Combined GPS and BDS for single-frequency continuous RTK positioning through real-time estimation of differential inter-system biases

Double-differenced (DD) ambiguities between overlapping frequencies from different GNSS constellations can be fixed to integers if the associated differential inter-system biases (DISBs) are well known. In this case, only one common pivot satellite is sufficient for inter-system ambiguity resolution. This will be beneficial to ambiguity resolution (AR) and real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning especially when only a few satellites are observed. However, for GPS and current operational BDS-2, there are no overlapping frequencies. Due to the influence of different frequencies, the inter-system DD ambiguities still cannot be fixed to integers even if the DISBs are precisely known. In this contribution, we present an inter-system differencing model for combined GPS and BDS single-frequency RTK positioning through real-time estimation of DISBs. The stability of GPS L1 and BDS B1 DISBs is analyzed with different receiver types. Along with parameterization and using the short-term stability of DISBs, the DD ambiguities between GPS and BDS pivot satellites and the between-receiver single-difference ambiguity of the GPS pivot satellite can be estimable jointly with the differential phase DISB term from epoch to epoch. Then the inter-system differencing model can benefit from the near time-constant DISB parameters and thus has better multi-epoch positioning performance than the classical intra-system differencing model. The combined GPS and BDS single-frequency RTK positioning performance is evaluated with various simulated satellite visibilities. It will be shown that compared with the classical intra-system differencing model, the proposed model can effectively improve the positioning accuracy and reliability, especially for severely obstructed situations with only a few satellites observed.     

BDS／GPS 组合 RTK 定位性能分析

针对单系统RTK存在可见卫星数少等问题,文中研究BDS/GPS站间单差的RTK算法模型,该模型采用二次型函数部分最小化及LAMBDA方法联合搜索模糊度。利用该模型分析BDS/GPS组合RTK的定位性能,通过短基线实测数据分析表明:站间单差RTK模型与双差模型是等价的;BDS/GPS组合系统相比于单一系统,明显提高定位的稳健性和精度,改善模糊度固定的成功率。     

纳伪概率可控的四舍五入法及其在RTK模糊度固定中的应用

RTK模糊度固定通常采用序贯四舍五入方法,该方法只固定能可靠固定的部分模糊度,因此控制四舍五入的纳伪概率是实现RTK可靠性的关键。从含多个备选假设的假设检验理论出发,研究纳伪概率可控的四舍五入方法,根据风险水平和实数解的质量自适应地确定四舍五入取整区域,从而有效地控制整数固定的纳伪概率。并结合GNSS应用中两种特殊情况,发展两种简单实用的应用策略。采用基线长94.6 km的CORS站GPS双频数据进行网络RTK模糊度固定试验,分析本文纳伪概率可控的四舍五入方法的效果。结果表明,纳伪概率可控的四舍五入方法的固定率与传统四舍五入方法的固定率相当,且较传统方法更能有效地控制纳伪概率,提高整数解的可靠性。     

Orthogonality defect and reduced search-space size for solving integer least-squares problems

In the context of ambiguity resolution (AR) of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), decorrelation among entries of an ambiguity vector, integer ambiguity search, and ambiguity validations are three standard procedures for solving integer least-squares problems. This paper contributes to AR issues from three aspects. Firstly, the orthogonality defect is introduced as a new measure of the performance of ambiguity decorrelation methods and compared with the decorrelation number and with the condition number, which are currently used as the judging criterion to measure the correlation of ambiguity variance–covariance matrix. Numerically, the orthogonality defect demonstrates slightly better performance as a measure of the correlation between decorrelation impact and computational efficiency than the condition number measure. Secondly, the paper examines the relationship of the decorrelation number, the condition number, the orthogonality defect, and the size of the ambiguity search space with the ambiguity search candidates and search nodes. The size of the ambiguity search space can be properly estimated if the ambiguity matrix is decorrelated well, which is shown to be a significant parameter in the ambiguity search progress. Thirdly, a new ambiguity resolution scheme is proposed to improve ambiguity search efficiency through the control of the size of the ambiguity search space. The new AR scheme combines the LAMBDA search and validation procedures together, which results in a much smaller size of the search space and higher computational efficiency while retaining the same AR validation outcomes. In fact, the new scheme can deal with the case there are only one candidate, while the existing search methods require at least two candidates. If there are more than one candidate, the new scheme turns to the usual ratio-test procedure. Experimental results indicate that this combined method can indeed improve ambiguity search efficiency for both the single constellation and dual constellations, respectively, showing the potential for processing high-dimension integer parameters in multi-GNSS environment.     

Advantage of velocity measurements on instantaneous RTK positioning

Instantaneous real-time kinematic (RTK) techniques are one approach to achieving real-time high-accuracy positioning. The object of this paper is to show the advantage of adding velocity information to instantaneous RTK positioning. In this paper, velocity from Doppler frequency measurements is used to help resolve integer ambiguities in the LAMBDA method. In urban areas, pseudorange measurements can suffer from significant errors due to strong multipath, despite the use of advanced multipath-mitigation techniques. However, Doppler frequency measurements do not deteriorate as much as pseudoranges, because the multipath error on Doppler frequency measurements is only in the range of several centimeters. Our proposed method has been tested by both static and moving users in sub-urban environments. Single-epoch ambiguity fixing performance was improved compared to conventional ambiguity resolution without velocity information.     

Increasing GNSS RTK availability with a new single-epoch batch partial ambiguity resolution algorithm

GPS Single-epoch Real-Time Kinematic positioning is immune to cycle slips and can be immediately re-initialized after loss-of-lock, providing high availability. This technique requires reliable ambiguity resolution: incorrect ambiguities can cause position errors of several meters, and failed ambiguity resolution reduces availability. However, a bias or inaccuracy in a single phase observation can prevent successful resolution of the whole set of ambiguities. Partial ambiguity resolution allows a subset of ambiguities to be resolved with greater probability of success than the full set. A new algorithm for resolving a subset of ambiguities with validation from previous epochs is described. If normal ambiguity resolution fails, all ambiguity subsets are generated and ordered with the best subsets first. Each subset is then resolved in turn. Fixed subsets are validated against values from previous epochs; this validation procedure greatly reduces the proportion of epochs with incorrect ambiguities. An additional algorithm is described that uses the fixed ambiguities as precise ranges to resolve the remaining unfixed ambiguities. In order to test these new algorithms, GPS data were collected from static and ship-based GPS receivers around Harwich harbor and processed from reference stations at distances up to 111 km. In the static tests the distance over which a 90% ambiguity resolution success rate for dual-frequency data was achieved was increased from 15 to 76 km. However, in some cases, the processing time was too long for this algorithm to be practical without a time-based cut-off. There is also a risk of incorrect ambiguities being propagated, particularly for single-frequency processing. In a ship-based test, the distance over which sufficient availability to support harbor navigation was achieved using single-epoch dual-frequency RTK was increased from 1 to 66 km.     

一种单频单历元BDS／GPS组合整周模糊度解算方法

针对单频单历元组合载波相位差分技术(RTK)定位过程中存在的秩亏及模糊度解算病态等问题,提出了一种模糊度降相关的新方法。该方法引入伪距观测值进行辅助解算。首先采用经验分权法对伪距与载波相位观测值分配权重,并通过加权最小二乘法获得整周模糊度浮点解及协方差。然后通过对整周模糊度浮点解的方差-协方差矩阵进行降序排列和剔除病态模糊度。最后利用修正后的浮点解迭代搜索模糊度的整数解。试验结果表明而且可以起到良好的模糊度降相关的效果定位。      

BDS／GPS中长基线宽巷准厘米级RTK算法

针对常规实时动态（RTK）定位技术中长基线初始化时间较长、定位结果不稳定的问题，提出了一种基于部分模糊度固定策略的BDS/GPS宽巷卡尔曼滤波RTK定位方法，从充分发挥宽巷观测值波长较长和宽巷模糊度易于固定的优势，避免低高度角卫星对模糊度解算的影响，从而提高中长基线情况下的模糊度固定率. 同时采用附加宽巷模糊度参数的卡尔曼滤波方法计算浮点解，以固定高于设置模糊度解算截止高度角的卫星进行定位，并解算电离层活动较剧烈的25~76 km的中长基线. 通过3组试验，结果表明，BDS/GPS双系统联合定位宽巷模糊度固定率均接近100%，76 km基线模糊度固定率达到99.9%，定位精度达到厘米级或准厘米级.      

基于整周模糊度概率特性的有效性检验

准确确定载波相位整周模糊度是快速高精度GPS定位的关键,已有的检验GPS整周模糊度有效性的方法几乎均是基于其为非随机常量建立的,因而都存在一定的缺陷。本文在研究整周模糊度概率特性的基础上,提出一种基于LABMBAD算法的整周模糊度概率分布函数的检验方法。实际演算表明该方法简单有效,统计概念明确。     

GNSS非组合PPP部分模糊度固定方法与结果分析

在精密单点定位(precise point positioning,PPP)技术中,模糊度固定错误将导致严重的定位偏差,为保证PPP模糊度实现更可靠的固定,需对模糊度子集的选取方式进行优化。提出了一种将质量控制与施密特正交化相结合的PPP部分模糊度固定方法。在全球导航卫星系统（global navigation satellite system,GNSS）多系统融合条件下, 选取多模GNSS实验数据,在非差非组合PPP模型中对比分析施密特正交化方法与高度角选星方法,并进行模糊度固定及定位性能验证。结果表明,施密特正交化方法相比高度角选星方法,各天与各站平均历元固定率在静态模式下分别提高了7.74%与11.46%,在仿动态模式下分别提高了7.90%与7.78%;各天与各站的首次固定时间在静态模式下分别提高了22.30%与25.42%,在仿动态模式下分别提高了20.44%与19.65%。在PPP模糊度固定和定位精度方面,多系统融合相比单BDS(BeiDou navigation satellite system)提升效果明显,在95%分位数条件下,水平和高程方向收敛时间分别平均减少20.00 min和19.00 min,水平和高程方向定位精度分别平均改善了1.50 cm和1.12 cm。在非差非组合PPP模型中,采用施密特正交化PPP部分模糊度固定方法可以显著提升模糊度固定性能,改善定位精度。     

一种机载GNSS高精度定位算法

提出部分模糊度固定的加权电离层模型提高大范围全球卫星导航系统(GNSS)航空定位的精度、可靠性及连续性．该方法的主要思路包括:自适应调整大气扰动等误差影响以实现短基线与长基线两类解算模式之间的灵活切换;施加虚拟电离层观测约束信息,提高基线动态定位的浮点解精度;采用部分模糊度固定方法有效挖掘若干模糊度参数的整周约束．试验表明,提出的方法可提高模糊固定效率与定位精度,克服传统方法有效观测信息利用率不足、定位精度较差、可靠性不高以及连续性较差的问题．实验结果表明,部分模糊度固定算法可在2 min内固定95％以上宽巷模糊度解算与80％以上窄巷模糊度,约20 min后可固定所有模糊度．      

长距离GPS/BDS参考站网多频载波相位整周模糊度解算方法

长距离网络RTK是实现GPS/BDS高精度实时定位的主要手段之一,其核心是长距离参考站网GPS/BDS整周模糊度的快速准确确定。本文提出了一种长距离GPS/BDS参考站网载波相位整周模糊度解算方法,首先利用GPS双频观测数据计算和确定宽巷整周模糊度,同时利用BDS的B2、B3频率观测值确定超宽巷整周模糊度。然后建立GPS载波相位整周模糊度和大气延迟误差的参数估计模型,附加双差宽巷整周模糊度的约束,解算双差载波相位整周模糊度,并建立参考站网大气延迟误差的空间相关模型。根据B2、B3频率的超宽巷整周模糊度建立包含大气误差参数的载波相位整周模糊度解算模型,利用大气延迟误差空间相关模型约束BDS双差载波相位整周模糊度的解算。克服了传统的使用无电离层组合值解算整周模糊度的不利影响。采用实测长距离CORS网GPS、BDS多频观测数据进行算法验证,试验结果证明该方法可实现长距离参考站网GPS/BDS载波相位整周模糊度的准确固定。     

Performance analysis of triple-frequency ambiguity resolution with BeiDou observations

We investigate triple-frequency ambiguity resolution performance using real BeiDou data. We test four ambiguity resolution (AR) methods which are applicable to triple-frequency observations. These are least squares ambiguity decorrelation adjustment (LAMBDA), GF-TCAR (geometry-free three-carrier ambiguity resolution), GB-TCAR (geometry-based three-carrier ambiguity resolution) and GIF-TCAR (three-carrier ambiguity resolution based on the geometry-free and ionospheric-free combination). A comparison between LAMBDA, GF-TCAR and GB-TCAR was conducted over three short baselines and two medium baselines. The results indicated that LAMBDA is optimal in both short baseline and medium baseline cases. However, the performances of GB-TCAR and LAMBDA differ slightly for short baselines. Compared with GF-TCAR, which uses the geometry-free model, the GB-TCAR using the geometry-based model improves the AR performance significantly. Compared with dual-frequency observations, the LAMBDA AR results show a significant improvement when using triple-frequency observations over short baselines. The performance of GIF-TCAR is evaluated using multi-epoch observations. The results indicated that multi-path errors on carrier phases will have a significant influence on GIF-TCAR AR results, which leads to different GIF-TCAR AR performance for different type of satellites. For GEO (Geostationary Orbit) satellites, the ambiguities can barely be correctly fixed because the multi-path errors on carrier phases are very systematic. For IGSO (Inclined Geosynchronous Orbit) and MEO (Medium Earth Orbit) satellites, when the elevation cutoff angle is set as 30°, several tens to several hundreds of epochs are needed for correctly fixing the narrow lane ambiguities. The comparison of positioning performance between dual-frequency observations and triple-frequency observations was also conducted. The results indicated that a minor improvement can be achieved by using triple-frequency observations compared with using dual-frequency observations.     

GNSS载波相位整数等变估计及其PPP性能提升算法

精密单点定位技术能够提供全球高精度定位结果,其主要技术瓶颈在于定位收敛时间长,载波相位模糊度固定技术是加快PPP收敛速度、改善定位精度的主要手段之一。模糊度固定的可靠性问题在PPP定位中尤为突出,因为模糊度浮点解质量取决于服务端产品质量、接收机噪声特性和观测环境等多种因素,所以高可靠PPP模糊度固定技术仍然充满巨大挑战。为了保障PPP定位的可靠性,本文将最优整数等变估计(best integer equivariant,BIE)引入PPP模糊度估计过程中。BIE法利用GNSS模糊度整数解加权融合以获得最优的浮点模糊度估计值,可有效降低模糊度错误固定风险,同时又利用了模糊度整数解信息来提升模糊度估值精度,从而提升PPP定位精度,缩短模糊度收敛时间。本文选取了105个全球分布的MGEX测站对BIE估计PPP模糊度的性能进行验证,试验结果表明,与模糊度固定解相比,采用BIE估计PPP模糊度能够进一步改善坐标三分量(东、北、垂向)定位性能,收敛时间分别减少了37%、28%与31%,收敛后定位精度分别提高了9%、8%和3%。此外,BIE估计PPP模糊度定位结果的毛刺和阶跃现象更少。