GPS和GLONASS系统下RAIM空洞预报

接收机自主完好性监测（RAIM）是卫星导航系统完好性监测的方法之一。一定时空条件下的RAIM可用性，可以通过RAIM空洞直观的反映出来，可以为飞行提供预警；利用不同期GPS、GLONASS实际星座，仿真分析了单星座以及GPS／GLONASS组合星座RAIM可用性，绘制了RAIM空洞图，具有一定的参考价值。     

LPV-200下中国区域内 ARAIM 可用性评估

随着GNSS星座的增多以及多频技术的发展,基于解分离的高级接收机自主完好性监测算法被广泛研究。本文介绍了该算法的基本原理,并结合多星座特点,对中国区域内ARAIM算法能力进行评估,利用仿真数据分析了用户测距精度对算法可用性的影响;探讨了不同星座数据在中国区域的完好性性能。仿真结果表明：双频条件下,系统完好性性能很大程度上取决于用户测距精度,在中国区域内,仅GPS单星座不足以满足LPV-200进近对完好性的要求,GPS与Galileo双星座下,ARAIM 算法覆盖率可达100％。     

GPS和Galileo系统下RAIM算法可用性分析

介绍了RAIM算法中故障检测及其完好性保证的原理,采用STK仿真得到GPS和Galileo系统的卫星坐标及中国区域内的格网点坐标,结合航空用户对完好性需求,比较了GPS和Galileo系统下、不同类型导航性能需求的RAIM算法的可用性结果,分析了截止高度角、可视卫星数对故障检测可用性的影响。结果表明:当截止高度角越低、可视卫星数越多,故障检测的可用性越高;相同截止高度角条件时,Galileo系统下的RAIM可用性要高于GPS系统;单一的GPS导航系统难以满足垂直引导进近和精密进近等高等级的航空需求。     

卫星导航完备性监测的最新进展

自从美国于2000年取消GPS SA政策并开始实施GPS现代化,以及欧洲伽利略导航系统正式开始启动以来,在完备性监测技术方面出现了许多新的发展和动向,本文将对其作简要的介绍。GPS和伽利略的完备性监测新技术主要包括:卫星自主完备性监测(SAIM)、星载和星间完备性监测、伽利略完备性能力评估(GIPA)的概念、用户自主完备性监测(UAIM)等。     

Extreme value theory-based integrity monitoring of global navigation satellite systems

Measurements consistency-based Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) is the main technique for monitoring the integrity of global satellite navigation systems at the user-level. Existing RAIM algorithms utilize two tests, in the position domain a test for RAIM availability and in the measurement domain a test for failure detection. These tests involve the computation of three parameters: test statistic, decision threshold, and protection level. The test statistic is based on the actual measurements in the form of the sum of the squared errors (SSE). The decision threshold is chosen on the basis of the statistical characteristics of the SSE including the assumption that the errors are normally distributed. However, in practice residual, error distributions exhibit heavier tails than predicted by the Gaussian model. Therefore, this paper challenges the normality assumption of the residual navigation errors in three ways. First, real data are used to assess its impact on the traditional RAIM algorithm. Second, extreme value theory is applied to the tails, and the generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution is derived to capture residual navigation errors. Third, the performance of the traditional RAIM approach is compared with that employing the GEV distribution. The results demonstrate that the GEV model is a more accurate representation of the distribution of residual navigation errors than the conventional Gaussian model and should be used in the development of integrity monitoring algorithms.     

GNSS receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM) performance analysis

The availability of GPS signals is a major concern for many existing and potential applications. Fortunately, with the development of Galileo by the European Commission (EC) and European Space Agency (ESA) and new funding for the restoration of the Russian GLONASS announced by the Russian Federation (Revnivykh et al., in European Navigation Conference 2005, Munich, Germany, July 19–22), the future for satellite-based positioning and navigation applications is extremely promising. With the complete cooperation from all these global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), greater levels of satellite visibility and therefore integrity can be expected. In this paper, a receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM) scheme along with reliability and separability measures are used to assess integrity performance levels of standalone GPS and integrated GPS/GLONASS, GPS/Galileo and GPS/GLONASS/Galileo systems where the clock offsets for each of the additional systems are estimated. It is shown, herein, that a minimum of three satellites must be visible in an additional system in order to provide a full integrity contribution when the system’s clock offset is to be estimated within the adjustment. A comparison of the integrity results obtained via system clock offsets estimated in the adjustment versus the case where the offsets are known and the measurements are corrected prior to the adjustment is also made for a high elevation mask scenario. Global simulation results for combined GPS/GLONASS/Galileo show that, theoretically, for the time of simulation and for any point on the globe, an outlier of 20 m can be detected with 80% probability at the 0.5% significance level and then separated from any other measurement with 90% probability. Corresponding values for the GPS only and combined GPS/GLONASS and GPS/Galileo systems, respectively, are approximately 435, 110 and 28 m, respectively, for the maximum MSBs and 312, 50 and 26 m, respectively, for the maximum MDBs. Temporal 24 h simulations for the GPS/GLONASS/Galileo scenario delivered agreeable results with the global snapshots for a 15° elevation mask. For the case where system clock offsets are estimated within the adjustment, it was shown that only the reliability measure was available for 100% of the time, with horizontal external reliability values of no more than about 12 m when a 30° masking angle was used. By assuming the clock offsets were determined and corrected for prior to the adjustment, the separability measure was markedly improved and was also available 100% of the time.     

Position and velocity reliability testing in degraded GPS signal environments

Reliability testing, namely receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM), consists of statistical testing of least-squares residuals of observations, e.g., on an epoch-by-epoch basis aiming towards reliable navigation fault detection and exclusion (FDE). In this paper, classic RAIM and FDE methods are extended with testing of range-rate residuals to find inconsistent velocity solutions in order to contribute to the reliability of the system with special focus on degraded signal environments. Reliability enhancement efforts discussed include a Backward-FDE scheme based on statistical outlier detection and an iteratively reweighted robust estimation technique, a modified Danish method. In addition, measurement weighting assigned to code and Doppler observations is assessed in the paper in order to allow fitting a priori variance models to the estimation processes. The schemes discussed are also suitable in terms of computational convenience for a combined GPS/Galileo system. The objective of this paper is to assess position and velocity reliability testing and enhancement in urban and indoor conditions and to analyze the navigation accuracy conditions with high sensitivity GPS (HSGPS) tests. The results show the necessity of weighted estimation and FDE for reliability enhancement in degraded signal-environment navigation.     

卫星自主完好性监测技术

介绍了卫星导航定位系统完好性监测的主要技术手段,阐述了完好性监测技术对卫星导航定位系统的作用和影响.针对卫星自主完好性监测的性能需求和地基完好性监测的技术现状,参考国外最新卫星载荷情况,提出了通过接收卫星导航信号旁后瓣能量进行卫星自主完好性监测的实现方案.通过技术分析,得出了该方案是经济可行的结论.提出了我国卫星导航定位系统建设应具备或应具有扩展卫星自主完好性监测能力的建议.     

基于圆概率误差的RAIM可用性算法研究

把导航领域、军事领域和导航电子地图中广泛应用的圆概率误差(circular error probable,CEP)引入到HPL(horizontal protection level)的计算中,在最小二乘残差法基础上构建了基于圆概率误差的RAIM(receiver autonomous integrity monitoring)可用性算法。首先计算了在一定误警率、漏警率条件下多颗卫星发生故障时的水平定位偏差和一定置信度下的圆概率误差;然后以GPS导航星座为例,探讨了相关观测下计算HPL的新方法;最后把HPL与水平告警限差(horizontal alert limit,HAL)相比较,得到了基于圆概率误差的RAIM可用性,并通过算例验证了此方法的有效性和可行性。     

A fast and efficient integrity computation for non-precision approach performance assessment

The level of safety to be expected from global positioning system (GPS) must be known in order to use it to support safety critical operations such as air navigation. This is captured by the navigation performance parameter of integrity which includes the ability of the navigation system to deliver a warning to the user in the event of a significant failure and within a specified time-to-alert. Given the high percentile requirement associated with integrity, assessment of expected system performance both in the nominal case and during failure events, requires the application of analytical techniques. This paper identifies the weaknesses of the current methods for assessing the level of performance to be expected of GPS for non-precision approaches and proposes ways to address them including a novel application of a mathematical integration technique that greatly reduces the computational load associated with integrity performance calculations. Results based on computation times show that the new method reduces computational load by a factor of 500+ with a high accuracy and associated high level of confidence. It is shown that in some cases, the technique presented is able to improve GPS RAIM availability beyond the gains achieved by measurement weighting.     

SISA完备性监测与WUL可靠性算法

详述了Galileo完备性概念,分析了空间信号有效参数完备性监测系统和监测机理,给出Galileo系统中描述SISA预报形式和算法模型.基于空间信号完备性参数的算法,优化计算最坏用户位置方法,建立了算法模型,得出相应结论.算法和结论初步验证适用于全球,为进一步研究Galileo系统完备性算法和估计用户保护水平奠定基础.     

SISA完备性监测与WUL可靠性算法

详述了Galileo完备性概念,分析了空间信号有效参数完备性监测系统和监测机理,给出Galileo系统中描述SISA预报形式和算法模型。基于空间信号完备性参数的算法,优化计算最坏用户位置方法,建立了算法模型,得出相应结论。算法和结论初步验证适用于全球,为进一步研究Galileo系统完备性算法和估计用户保护水平奠定基础。     

伽利略系统的完好性

导航系统的完好性体现了系统在不能用于导航时为用户提供及时、有效告警信息的能力,是导航系统的重要指标之一。本文介绍了伽利略（Galileo）系统完好性的概念、实施方法,并分析比较了空间信号精度（Signalin Space Accuracy-SISA）和用户距离精度（User Range Accuracy-URA）、用户差分距离误差（User Differential Range Error-UDRE）等概念的异同。     

Performance of rate detector algorithms for an integrated GPS/INS system in the presence of slowly growing error

In the Global Positioning System, there is no provision for real-time integrity information within the Standard Positioning Service, by design. However, in safety critical sectors like aviation, stringent integrity performance requirements must be met. This can be achieved using the special augmentation systems or RAIM (Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring) or both. RAIM, the most cost-effective method relies on data consistency, and therefore requires redundant measurements for its operation. An external aid to provide this redundancy can be in the form of an Inertial Navigation system. This should enable continued performance even when no redundant satellite measurements are available. An algorithm presented in previous papers by the authors detects the rate of slowly growing errors. The algorithm was shown to be effective for early detection of slowly growing errors that belong to the class of most difficult to detect errors. Firstly, rate detector is tested for varying faults. Secondly, real data are used to validate the rate detector algorithm. The data are extensively analyzed to ascertain whether it is suitable for integrity and fault diagnostics. A modification to the original rate detector algorithm is suggested by addition of a bias state to the dynamic model. The performance is then compared with the existing techniques and substantial improvement is shown.     

基于信噪比加权的丹麦法抗差导航模型研究

在接收机自主完备性算法（RAIM）中粗差探测和剔除最为关键。针对原有算法的不足,提出将基于信噪比加权丹麦法用于接收机自主完备性监测中。利用迭代最小二乘估计对故障卫星进行降权处理,以达到隔离的效果。对算法进行数学建模,描述了算法的流程;利用实测数据进行验证表明：该方法计算速度快且精度也有所提高,具有一定的参考价值。     

卫星导航可用性监测技术

随着全球卫星导航系统（GNSS）的不断完善和在各领域的不断推广运用,导航系统的重要性日益增大,导航系统是否可用,直接影响到用户的体验甚至用户的安全.本文论述了卫星导航系统可用性监测相关技术,主要从卫星系统完好性监测、电离层闪烁监测技术和电磁环境监测三个方面分别进行论述.      

GPS/BDS ARAIM算法性能测试

针对高级接收机自主完好性监视(ARAIM)算法的适航性,基于实测数据,对GPS／BDS ARAIM算法故障检测与排除的性能和可用性预测的性能进行了测试. 结果表明:GPS／BDS组合系统下ARAIM算法故障检测与排除的性能良好,对大于100 m的阶跃型故障,正确检测与排除的效率达到99.9％;GPS／BDS组合系统下ARAIM的单点可用性良好,完全满足LPV-200的完好性性能要求,中国范围内的可用性覆盖率达到99％,世界范围内的可用性覆盖率达到90％以上. 由此可知,GPS/BDS ARAIM算法性能良好.      

Definition of a reconfigurable and modular multi-standard navigation receiver

The growth of innovative positioning-related services and applications within the wireless mass-market, and the green light for the development and modernization of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) catalyze the research activity in the navigation field both at the system and user levels. In addition, different government institutions are working toward the definition of navigation plans and regulations which will require accurate locations of mobile users in case of emergency (US E-911 law and the European E-112 directive). From the technical standpoint, within every navigation/positioning system which will be available in the near future, the user terminal will play a central role. In fact, if navigation signals from different sources are available, the unique possibility to obtain the best navigation performance from the user perspective will be the employment of enhanced smart receivers able to fuse different data. With this aim, the Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology can be successfully employed for the design of innovative navigation receivers. The main goal of this paper is to present the overall SDR receiver architecture, focusing attention on reconfigurability and flexibility issues which are guaranteed by the use of reprogrammable high-speed hardware (FPGA–Field Programmable Gate Array and DSP–Digital Signal Processor). The direct benefit of such an implementation is the possibility to obtain a deep integration at the raw signal level between GPS and the future Galileo; the interoperability issue among different systems is then solved at the receiver level. Electronic Publication     

BDS／Galileo系统观测数据质量分析

卫星导航系统观测数据质量的好坏直接影响到该系统全球化应用进程．本文重点分析评估了BDS／Galileo系统观测数据的质量,选用21个分布在全球各地MGEX观测站2019年年积日66-76日的观测数据,主要从数据可用率、数据完整率、多路径效应等方面对BDS／Galileo系统观测数据进行了质量评估,同时与GPS系统观测数据质量进行对比分析．实验结果表明:BDS／Galileo系统已具备全球定位能力,Galileo系统数据质量稍优于BDS／GPS,BDS和GPS基本上处于同一水平.