整数相位钟法精密单点定位模糊度固定模型及效果分析

精密单点定位(PPP)模糊度固定方法有3种:星间单差法、整数相位钟法和钟差解耦法,但目前仅法国CNES公开发布用于整数相位钟法PPP模糊度固定的产品,因此研究基于整数相位钟法的用户端PPP模糊度固定模型很有必要.本文分析了整数相位钟法PPP模糊度固定模型,着重指出该模型与传统浮点解PPP模型的区别;提出一种顾及质量控制的逐级模糊度固定策略用于具体实施PPP模糊度固定.大量动态PPP解算试验表明:与浮点解PPP相比,固定解PPP具有更快的收敛速度且定位精度和稳定性更好.     

利用GPS精密单点定位进行时间传递精度分析

利用静态精密单点定位技术(PPP),分别采用IGS5min和30s间隔的精密卫星钟差产品进行单站时间传递实验。实验结果表明,无论是利用5min间隔的卫星钟差产品,还是利用30s间隔的卫星钟差产品,静态PPP都可以实现0.1～0.2ns的时间传递以及半天内稳定度达到1×10-15～2×10-15的频率传递。在短期内,相比于5min间隔的卫星钟差产品,利用30s间隔的卫星钟差产品能较明显地提高静态PPP钟差解所体现的频率稳定度,PPP钟差解的精度略有提高;在长期内,使用这两种钟差产品获得的PPP钟差解的精度及其所体现的频率稳定度相当。     

卫星钟差解算及其星间单差模糊度固定

整数相位模糊度解算可以显著提高GNSS精密单点定位（PPP）的精度。本文提出一种解算卫星钟差的方法,通过固定星间单差模糊度恢复出能够支持单台接收机进行整数模糊度解算的卫星钟差,即所谓的“整数”钟差。为了实现星间单差模糊度固定,分别通过卫星端宽巷FCB解算和模糊度基准的选择与固定恢复出宽巷和窄巷模糊度的整数性质。为了证明本文方法的可行性,采用IGS测站的GPS数据进行卫星钟差解算试验。结果表明,在解算钟差时,星间单差模糊度固定的平均成功率为73%。得到的卫星钟差与IGS最终钟差产品相比,平均的RMS和STD分别为0.170和0.012 ns。448个IGS测站的星间单差宽巷和窄巷模糊度小数部分的分布表明本文得到的卫星钟差和FCB产品具备支持PPP用户进行模糊度固定的能力。基于以上产品开展了模拟动态PPP定位试验,结果表明模糊度固定之后,N、E、U和3D的定位精度（RMS）分别达到0.009、0.010、0.023和0.027 m,与不固定模糊度或采用IGS钟差的结果相比,分别提高了30.8%、61.5%、23.3%和37.2%。     

GNSS载波相位时间传递的日界不连续误差研究EI北大核心CSCD

高精度远程时间传递技术是实现两地时钟比对的重要手段,是实现地方协调世界时UTC(k)与国际UTC建立联系的技术支撑,是国际原子时(TAI)计算的基础。作为GNSS载波相位时间频率传递技术的典型代表,基于全球定位系统(GPS)的精密单点定位(PPP)自2009年开始被国际权度局(BIPM)用于TAI计算,时间传递精度可达亚纳秒量级。然而,由于伪码噪声影响,使得PPP相位模糊度失去了整数特性,时间传递结果在相邻天边界历元处出现“不连续”现象,导致无法通过PPP时间传递更加准确反映两地实时连续运行时钟的性能,严重影响PPP时间传递长期频率稳定度的提升,也限制了PPP时间传递在铯喷泉钟等基准频标比对中的应用。论文围绕PPP时间传递结果日界不连续误差这一核心问题,按照从GPS单系统到GPS/BDS多系统,从理论研究到试验验证的模式,系统深入地研究了日界不连续误差的统计特性、产生原因、对时间频率传递的影响及改正方法。主要研究内容及结论如下。     

基于GNSS多星座PPP的时间传递精度分析

高精度时间传递是时间实验室建立和维持标准时间尺度及保持时间同步的基础。本文基于GNSS多星座精密单点定位(PPP)技术,采用IGS提供的精密卫星轨道和钟差产品进行单站时间传递精度分析。实验结果表明,GPS/BDS/GLONASS/Galileo四系统组合PPP可以实现亚纳秒级的时间传递,时间传递精度较GPS单系统具有一定程度的提高。通过对连续4天卫星数据的分析,发现GNSS多星座PPP所解算的钟差解能够达到2×10~(-13)~7×10~(-13)的频率稳定度,与IGS发布的钟差产品具有很好的频率一致性。     

单星模糊度固定的整数相位钟法及在低轨卫星定轨中的应用

单星GPS相位模糊度固定可以显著提升低轨卫星的定轨精度。目前,CNES/CLS、武汉大学和CODE 3家机构都已公开发布用于单星模糊度固定的GPS整数相位钟产品。本文首先利用整数相位钟方法实现单星模糊度固定,并应用于低轨卫星精密定轨中;然后,对比分析了不同机构提供的整数相位钟产品在低轨卫星单星模糊度固定和精密定轨中的应用性能;最后,通过对GRACE-FO编队卫星数据进行处理,发现基于不同机构产品的窄巷模糊度固定成功率都可以达到94%左右。不同机构产品获得的模糊度固定解轨道的SLR(satellite laser ranging)检核残差RMS约为0.9 cm,与模糊度浮点解的定轨结果相比,单星绝对轨道精度提高了约30%。在分别利用CNES/CLS、武汉大学和CODE产品实现单星模糊度固定后,双星相对轨道的KBR(K-band ranging)检核残差RMS分别从5.7、5.4和5.3 mm减小到2.1、2.0和1.5 mm。结果表明,不同整数相位钟产品在GRACE-FO卫星单星模糊度固定和精密定轨中的效果相当。     

基于精选基准消秩亏的GNSS参考网数据处理方法

全球导航卫星系统（GNSS）参考网多用于估计卫星轨道/钟差、监测地表形变和速度场、确定精密地球自转参数等方面。相关数据处理模式包括：双差基线解（DD）和非差精密单点定位（PPP）等。本文首先从GNSS基本观测方程出发,通过选取两组基准参数,导出了上述两模式下的列满秩观测方程,然后分析了它们的不足,例如：相位偏差在DD模式中吸收了钟差,丧失了时不变特性;模糊度在PPP模式中吸收了相位偏差,失去了整数性。基于上述分析,本文提出了一种新的参考网数据处理方案,以充分融合DD和PPP模式的优势。它的关键策略是精选基准参数,以达到消秩亏的目的,具体优点体现在：相位偏差独立可估,若合理约束为时不变参数,可充分减少参数个数,提高网解精度;待估模糊度具备整周特性,经由模糊度固定,可改善网解可靠性。     

GLONASS辅助动态GPS精密单点定位模糊度固定

与模糊度为浮点解的精密单点定位(precise point positioning,PPP)相比,PPP模糊度固定技术具有更快的收敛速度和更好的定位精度。但当GPS卫星数目少或几何构形不好时,需要较长时间实现GPS PPP模糊度的首次固定,通过加入GLONASS卫星可以有效缩短首次固定时间。推导了基于整数相位钟法的GPS/GLONASS组合PPP模型并进行了大量实验解算。40组静态模拟动态实验表明,GPS PPP模糊度首次固定平均需要50.2min,但在GLONASS辅助下只需25.7min,减少了48.8%,而且定位精度也有提高。车载动态实验表明,由于受观测条件限制,GPS PPP模糊度难以固定,但在GLONASS辅助下仍能实现GPS PPP模糊度固定。     

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。     

附加原子钟物理模型的PPP时间传递算法

传统精密单点定位(PPP)时间传递算法通常把接收机钟差当作相互独立的白噪声逐历元进行估计,而忽略了钟差参数历元间的相关性。针对这一问题,本文提出了一种附加原子钟物理模型的PPP时间传递算法。该算法通过利用Kalman滤波对高稳定度的原子钟钟差进行建模,拓展传统PPP时间传递模型中的接收机钟差参数,并给出了Kalman滤波过程噪声协方差和初始状态向量的确定方法。试验结果表明:该算法可以有效避免传统算法时间传递结果需要一定收敛时间的问题,使解算结果更加符合原子钟的物理特性,能够显著提高时间传递结果的精度和稳定性,可将单站时间传递精度平均提高58%,站间时间传递精度平均提高51%。     

A comparison of three PPP integer ambiguity resolution methods

Precise point positioning (PPP) integer ambiguity resolution with a single receiver can be achieved using advanced satellite augmentation corrections. Several PPP integer ambiguity resolution methods have been developed, which include the decoupled clock model, the single-difference between-satellites model, and the integer phase clock model. Although similar positioning performances have been demonstrated, very few efforts have been made to explore the relationship between those methods. Our aim is to compare the three PPP integer ambiguity resolution methods for their equivalence. First, several assumptions made in previous publications are clarified. A comprehensive comparison is then conducted using three criteria: the integer property recovery, the system redundancy, and the necessary corrections through which the equivalence of these three PPP integer ambiguity resolution methods in the user solution is obtained.     

GLONASS phase bias estimation and its PPP ambiguity resolution using homogeneous receivers

Integer ambiguity resolution (IAR) appreciably improves the position accuracy and shortens the convergence time of precise point positioning (PPP). However, while many studies are limited to GPS, there is a need to investigate the performance of GLONASS PPP ambiguity resolution. Unfortunately, because of the frequency-division multiple-access strategy of GLONASS, GLONASS PPP IAR faces two obstacles. First, simultaneously observed satellites operate at different wavelengths. Second and most importantly, distinct inter-frequency bias (IFB) exists between different satellites. For the former, we adopt an undifferenced method for uncalibrated phase delay (UPD) estimation and proposed an undifferenced PPP IAR strategy. We select a set of homogeneous receivers with identical receiver IFB to perform UPD estimation and PPP IAR. The code and carrier phase IFBs can be absorbed by satellite wide-lane and narrow-lane UPDs, respectively, which is in turn consistent with PPP IAR using the same type of receivers. In order to verify the method, we used 50 stations to generate satellite UPDs and another 12 stations selected as users to perform PPP IAR. We found that the GLONASS satellite UPDs are stable in time and space and can be estimated with high accuracy and reliability. After applying UPD correction, 91 % of wide-lane ambiguities and 99 % of narrow-lane ambiguities are within (?0.15, +0.15) cycles of the nearest integer. After ambiguity resolution, the 2-hour static PPP accuracy improves from (0.66, 1.42, 1.55) cm to (0.38, 0.39, 1.39) cm for the north, east, and up components, respectively.     

3种PPP模型的统一模糊度固定方法

精密单点定位(PPP)的模糊度经未校准硬件延迟小数部分(FCB)产品改正后,可恢复整周特性,能够显著缩短PPP的初始化时间。然而由于用户端模糊度固定模型需与服务端FCB产品保持一致,不仅造成了用户端面临不同FCB产品无法使用的问题,而且加重了服务端的链路传输压力。本文提出一种基于用户端3种PPP模型(消电离层组合、无电离层约束的非组合以及先验电离层约束的非组合模型)的统一模糊度固定方法,不同用户端可采用同一种FCB产品实现模糊度的快速固定。选取全球116个MGEX测站作为服务端生成3种FCB产品,选取未参与服务端解算的50个测站作为用户端进行验证。试验结果表明,本文方法解决了用户端面临不同FCB产品的PPP模糊度固定问题,在定位精度、收敛时间、固定率方面与传统方法保持一致。     

Modeling and quality control for reliable precise point positioning integer ambiguity resolution with GNSS modernization

Recent research has demonstrated that the undifferenced integer ambiguities can be recovered using products from a network solution. The standard dual-frequency PPP integer ambiguity resolution consists of two aspects: Hatch-Melbourne-Wübbena wide-lane (WL) and ionosphere-free narrow-lane (NL) integer ambiguity resolution. A major issue affecting the performance of dual-frequency PPP applications is the time it takes to fix these two types of integer ambiguities, especially if the WL integer ambiguity resolution suffers from the noisy pseudorange measurements and strong multipath effects. With modernized Global Navigation Satellite Systems, triple-frequency measurements will be available to global users and an extra WL (EWL) model with very long wavelength can be formulated. Then, the easily resolved EWL integer ambiguities can be used to construct linear combinations to accelerate the PPP WL integer ambiguity resolution. Therefore, we propose a new reliable procedure for the modeling and quality control of triple-frequency PPP WL and NL integer ambiguity resolution. First, we analyze a WL integer ambiguity resolution model based on triple-frequency measurements. Then, an optimal pseudorange linear combination which is ionosphere-free and has minimum measurement noise is developed and used as constraint in the WL and the NL integer ambiguity resolution. Based on simulations, we have investigated the inefficiency of dual-frequency WL integer ambiguity resolution and the performance of EWL integer ambiguity resolution. Using almanacs of GPS, Galileo and BeiDou, the performances of the proposed triple-frequency WL and NL models have been evaluated in terms of success rate. Comparing with dual-frequency PPP, numerical results indicate that the proposed triple-frequency models can outperform the dual-frequency PPP WL and NL integer ambiguity resolution. With 1 s sampling rate, generally, only several minutes of data are required for reliable triple-frequency PPP WL and NL integer ambiguity resolution. Under benign observation situations and good geometries, the integer ambiguity can be reliably resolved even within 10 s.     

基于钟差解耦的GNSS精密单点定位模糊度固定模型及效果分析

精密单点定位模糊度固定可以显著提升定位精度,钟差解耦模型作为一种重要的模糊度固定模型,却鲜有文献对其进行研究。本文首先给出了基于钟差解耦模型的用于模糊度固定的产品估计策略,分析了传统的消电离层模型和钟差解耦模型钟差重构形式的差异,导出了提取卫星码偏差的钟差估计模型。然后,深入研究了钟差解耦模型在钟差估计收敛速度等方面的优势。不同于其他模型将宽巷模糊度偏差视为天内常数,钟差解耦模型逐历元估计该偏差项,基于此展开对宽巷模糊度偏差天内时变特性的研究。最后,评价了解耦钟差的精度,并利用解耦钟差产品进行精密单点定位模糊度固定试验。结果表明,相比于提取卫星码偏差的卫星钟差估计模型,钟差解耦模型在钟差估计中的收敛速度更快,钟差产品更加稳定;宽巷模糊度偏差在天内较为稳定;解耦钟差产品具有较高的精度,相比于传统消电离层组合模型,基于该产品的精密单点定位模糊度固定可显著提升定位精度。     

Rapid PPP ambiguity resolution using GPS+GLONASS observations

Integer ambiguity resolution (IAR) in precise point positioning (PPP) using GPS observations has been well studied. The main challenge remaining is that the first ambiguity fixing takes about 30 min. This paper presents improvements made using GPS+GLONASS observations, especially improvements in the initial fixing time and correct fixing rate compared with GPS-only solutions. As a result of the frequency division multiple access strategy of GLONASS, there are two obstacles to GLONASS PPP-IAR: first and most importantly, there is distinct code inter-frequency bias (IFB) between satellites, and second, simultaneously observed satellites have different wavelengths. To overcome the problem resulting from GLONASS code IFB, we used a network of homogeneous receivers for GLONASS wide-lane fractional cycle bias (FCB) estimation and wide-lane ambiguity resolution. The integer satellite clock of the GPS and GLONASS was then estimated with the wide-lane FCB products. The effect of the different wavelengths on FCB estimation and PPP-IAR is discussed in detail. We used a 21-day data set of 67 stations, where data from 26 stations were processed to generate satellite wide-lane FCBs and integer clocks and the other 41 stations were selected as users to perform PPP-IAR. We found that GLONASS FCB estimates are qualitatively similar to GPS FCB estimates. Generally, 98.8% of a posteriori residuals of wide-lane ambiguities are within \(\pm 0.25\) cycles for GPS, and 96.6% for GLONASS. Meanwhile, 94.5 and 94.4% of narrow-lane residuals are within 0.1 cycles for GPS and GLONASS, respectively. For a critical value of 2.0, the correct fixing rate for kinematic PPP is only 75.2% for GPS alone and as large as 98.8% for GPS+GLONASS. The fixing percentage for GPS alone is only 11.70 and 46.80% within 5 and 10 min, respectively, and improves to 73.71 and 95.83% when adding GLONASS. Adding GLONASS thus improves the fixing percentage significantly for a short time span. We also used global ionosphere maps (GIMs) to assist the wide-lane carrier-phase combination to directly fix the wide-lane ambiguity. Employing this method, the effect of the code IFB is eliminated and numerical results show that GLONASS FCB estimation can be performed across heterogeneous receivers. However, because of the relatively low accuracy of GIMs, the fixing percentage of GIM-aided GPS+GLONASS PPP ambiguity resolution is very low. We expect better GIM accuracy to enable rapid GPS+GLONASS PPP-IAR with heterogeneous receivers.     

Three-frequency BDS precise point positioning ambiguity resolution based on raw observables

All BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS) satellites are transmitting signals on three frequencies, which brings new opportunity and challenges for high-accuracy precise point positioning (PPP) with ambiguity resolution (AR). This paper proposes an effective uncalibrated phase delay (UPD) estimation and AR strategy which is based on a raw PPP model. First, triple-frequency raw PPP models are developed. The observation model and stochastic model are designed and extended to accommodate the third frequency. Then, the UPD is parameterized in raw frequency form while estimating with the high-precision and low-noise integer linear combination of float ambiguity which are derived by ambiguity decorrelation. Third, with UPD corrected, the LAMBDA method is used for resolving full or partial ambiguities which can be fixed. This method can be easily and flexibly extended for dual-, triple- or even more frequency. To verify the effectiveness and performance of triple-frequency PPP AR, tests with real BDS data from 90 stations lasting for 21 days were performed in static mode. Data were processed with three strategies: BDS triple-frequency ambiguity-float PPP, BDS triple-frequency PPP with dual-frequency (B1/B2) and three-frequency AR, respectively. Numerous experiment results showed that compared with the ambiguity-float solution, the performance in terms of convergence time and positioning biases can be significantly improved by AR. Among three groups of solutions, the triple-frequency PPP AR achieved the best performance. Compared with dual-frequency AR, additional the third frequency could apparently improve the position estimations during the initialization phase and under constraint environments when the dual-frequency PPP AR is limited by few satellite numbers.     

基于接收机钟差约束的精密单点定位时间传递研究

精密单点定位(PPP)技术起初主要面向定位与导航等位置应用. 近年来,PPP技术逐渐成为时间传递等非定位应用的一种重要且有效的手段. 如今,具有更高稳定性的氢原子钟也被越来越多的测站用来提供时间频率基准. 而传统的PPP时间传递方法通常在数据处理时将接收机钟差参数视为白噪声(WN)参数进行处理,并未充分利用原子钟的高稳定特性. 因此,基于实测数据计算得到氢原子钟的经验方差,提出了一种接收机钟差参数的约束方法来提高PPP时间传递性能. 通过三条时间链路进行验证分析,结果表明:相较于传统的PPP时间传递方法,提出的基于接收机钟差约束的PPP时间传递方法在整体上具有更高的稳定性,其中短期稳定性可以实现量级的提升.