面向北斗单历元分米级定位的ARAIM保护水平计算方法CSCD

精密定位的质量控制和完好性评估是实时全球卫星导航系统(GNSS)导航应用不可或缺的环节,尤其是在GNSS易受损害的城市峡谷等场景下,这种需求更加迫切.广域精密单点定位(PPP)瞬时分米级定位,利用GNSS三频信号形成的两个宽巷观测值可以实现单点单历元分米级定位.然而,在城市复杂环境中,反射信号、严重多路径以及其他信号干扰对定位造成的影响无法准确评估与识别,限制了PPP瞬时分米级单点定位的应用.完好性概念中的高级接收机自主完好性监测(ARAIM)可以计算用户定位误差最小置信区间的上限保护水平(PL)以评估定位有效性,可经过一定改进用于PPP瞬时定位的质量控制.针对当前ARAIM中计算PL的误差模型难以适应高精度定位需求的问题,提出了一种改进的ARAIM PL算法,称其为BARAIM(Back Advanced Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring).使用PPP三频组合观测值残差对ARAIM权与误差模型进行修正以计算PL.基于不同复杂程度的环境下采集的车载数据对算法进行了验证,对PL的改进情况以及导航的可用性提升情况进行评估.结果表明:在不同环境下,基于改进的B-ARAIM算法得到的PL,相比传统方法得到的PL更符合城市定位的需要,将PL降低了30%~70%.此方法有助于将ARAIM算法应用在高精度GNSS定位领域.     

北斗广域实时精密定位服务系统研究与评估分析

采用IGS、MGEX、北斗地基增强网的实时观测数据,研制北斗广域精密定位服务系统,实时生成北斗高精度轨道、钟差、电离层产品,提供厘米级北斗双频PPP、分米级单频PPP、米级单频伪距定位服务。对实时产品评估分析的结果表明:北斗卫星实时轨道与钟差产品URE统计精度约为2.0cm,实时电离层精度优于4.0TECU。采用全国分布的实时测站动态定位精度(95%置信度)评估分析表明:北斗双频PPP精度存在明显的区域特征,高纬度以及西部边缘地区的定位精度平面约0.2m,高程约0.3m;中部地区定位精度平面优于0.1m,高程优于0.2m,接近GPS实时PPP精度水平;北斗与GPS融合可以提高单北斗、单GPS的定位性能,尤其是显著加快了PPP收敛时间,收敛时间缩短到20min内。另外,除边缘地区外,北斗单频PPP实现平面0.5m,高程1.0m;北斗单频伪距单点定位实现平面2.0m,高程3.0m。     

BeiDou、Galileo、GLONASS、GPS多系统融合精密单点

随着中国BeiDou系统与欧盟Galileo系统的出现以及俄罗斯GLONASS系统的恢复完善,过去单一的GPS导航卫星系统时代已经逐步过渡为多系统并存且相互兼容的全球性卫星导航系统(multi-constellation global navigation satellite systems,multi-GNSS)时代,多系统GNSS融合精密定位将成为未来GNSS精密定位技术的发展趋势。本文采用GPS、GLONASS、BeiDou、Galileo 4大卫星导航定位系统融合的精密单点定位(precise point positioning,PPP)实测数据,初步研究并分析了4系统融合PPP的定位性能。试验结果表明:在单系统观测几何构型不理想的区域,多系统融合能显著提高PPP的定位精度和收敛速度。4大系统融合的PPP收敛速度相对于单GNSS可提高30%~50%,定位精度可提高10%~30%,特别是对高程方向的贡献更为明显。此外,在卫星截止高度角大于30°的观测环境下,单系统由于可见卫星数不足导致无法连续定位,而多系统融合仍然可以获得PPP定位结果,尤其是水平方向具有较高的定位精度。这对于山区、城市以及遮挡严重的区域具有非常重要的应用价值。     

GPS/BDS组合实时动态精密单点定位

针对常规模式下。单系统实时精密单点定位精度受接收机环境和可视卫星数量影响严重等问题,研究了GPS/BDS双系统实时精密单点定位,采用非差无电离层组合载波和伪距观测值,详细推论了Kalman滤波参数估计方法的基本原理,并利用其进行参数估计,最后通过IGS站和实测数据进行了实时PPP实验,实验表明:GPS/BDS双系统定位模式较GPS单系统有明显改善,在E、N、U方向收敛后RMS值分别达到0.125 m、0.117 m、0.289 m,较单系统在各方向分别改善了11.9%、18.1%、22.5%。证明了GPS/BDS实时PPP能够达到分米级到厘米级定位精度。     

精密单点定位在机载GPS中的应用

推导了精密单点定位PPP(Precise Point Positioning)的基本原理及其解算流程.为达到分米级甚至厘米级的PPP精度,给出了基于传统模型PPP技术,PPP数据必须处理的几个关键问题.最终,在Matlab程序设计语言软件平台下开发了APTags 1.0软件包,并通过机载GPS动态数据测试得出了如下结论:序列历元的事后动态定位精确度在B,L,H方向优于25 cm(RMS);85%定位结果的精度优于15 cm的动态定位结果.APTags软件包获取的动态精密单点定位结果与传统差分定位结果基本吻合.     

精密单点定位在机载GPS中的应用

推导了精密单点定位PPP(Precise Point Positioning)的基本原理及其解算流程。为达到分米级甚至厘米级的PPP精度,给出了基于传统模型PPP技术,PPP数据必须处理的几个关键问题。最终,在Matlab程序设计语言软件平台下开发了APTags 1.0软件包,并通过机载GPS动态数据测试得出了如下结论:序列历元的事后动态定位精确度在B,L,H方向优于25 cm(RMS);85%定位结果的精度优于15 cm的动态定位结果。APTags软件包获取的动态精密单点定位结果与传统差分定位结果基本吻合。     

多GNSS精密单点定位性能分析

在实现BDS/GPS/GLONASS组合精密单点定位的基础上,模拟多种遮挡环境;利用3个MGEX测站的数据进行三系统组合PPP试验;并在可见卫星数、PDOP值、定位精度、收敛时间和定位可用性等方面与GPS单系统PPP进行了比较分析。结果表明:在亚太地区,相比于GPS单系统PPP,三系统组合PPP可见卫星数增加了2~3倍,PDOP值显著减小。动态试验中,在无遮挡环境下,三系统组合PPP相较于GPS PPP收敛时间更短,且收敛后定位精度更高;在遮挡环境下,GPS PPP性能急剧下降,三系统组合PPP较好的保证了定位精度,提高了系统定位可用性。     

城市场景智能手机GNSS/MEMS融合车载高精度定位

智能手机凭借其普遍性、便携性和低成本等优势,已成为大众用户导航与位置服务的主流终端载体,其多频多系统GNSS（global navigation satellite system）观测值的开放进一步激发了手机高精度定位的研究。然而,受限于消费级GNSS器件性能,手机卫星观测值呈现出信号衰减严重、伪距噪声大、粗差周跳多等问题;并且受城市复杂环境影响,手机GNSS定位的连续性、可靠性也难以保证。提出一种城市场景手机GNSS/ MEMS（micro-electro mechanical system）融合的车载高精度定位方案。首先,构建了速度约束的GNSS差分定位模型;然后,通过手机内置MEMS与车辆运动约束,在挑战环境下进行GNSS/MEMS融合精密定位。实验结果表明,在开阔和树荫场景下,速度约束方法可达到分米至米级定位精度,相比于常规方法分别提升了35.2%和78.9%;在高架场景下,GNSS/MEMS融合定位的精度和连续性均提升显著;在隧道场景下,MEMS推算位置累积误差约为2.5%。实验结果初步表明,手机GNSS具备开阔环境下的车道级定位能力,手机GNSS/MEMS融合可提升城市复杂环境下车载定位的精度和连续可用性。     

北斗/GPS实时精密卫星钟差融合解算模型及精度分析

实时GNSS精密单点定位(PPP)技术必须使用实时的高精度卫星精密轨道和钟差。本文研究了精密卫星钟差融合解算模型及策略,并利用滤波算法实现了北斗/GPS实时精密卫星钟差融合估计算法。仿真实时试验结果显示:获得的北斗/GPS实时钟差与GFZ事后多GNSS精密钟差(GBM)的标准差在0.15 ns左右;使用该钟差进行GPS动态PPP试验,收敛后水平精度优于5 cm,高程精度优于10 cm;使用仿真实时钟差进行的北斗动态PPP与使用GFZ事后多GNSS精密钟差开展的试验相比精度相当,可实现分米级定位。     

城市环境下BDS+GPS RTK+INS紧组合算法性能分析

城市环境下运动载体接收的GNSS信号会被频繁地干扰和遮挡,GNSS RTK独立工作模式难以连续且可靠地固定模糊度以满足厘米级高精度定位需求。为此,本文设计了一套基于集中式卡尔曼滤波的BDS+GPS RTK紧组合算法,给出了其动力学模型、观测模型和算法架构流程。通过城市环境下的实际车载测试,对比分析了BDS、GPS、BDS+GPS 3种模式下RTK及RTK+INS紧组合的定位性能。试验结果表明,BDS+GPS双系统大大增加了可见卫星数,提高了城市环境下GNSS动态精密定位的可用性和精度;相对于GNSS RTK,紧组合极大地提高了精密定位的可靠性和可用性。     

GNSS satellite-based augmentation systems for Australia

We provided an overview of various satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) options for augmented GNSS services in Australia, and potentially New Zealand, with the aim to tease out key similarities and differences in their augmentation capabilities. SBAS can technically be classified into two user categories, namely SBAS for aviation and “non-aviation” SBAS. Aviation SBAS is an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) certified civil aviation safety-critical system providing wide-area GNSS augmentation by broadcasting augmentation information using geostationary satellites. The primary aim was to improve integrity, availability and accuracy of basic GNSS signals for aircraft navigation. On the other hand, “non-aviation” SBAS support numerous GNSS applications using positioning techniques such as wide-area differential-GNSS (DGNSS) and precise point positioning (PPP). These services mainly focus on delivering high-accuracy positioning solutions and guaranteed levels of availability, and integrity remains secondary considerations. Next-generation GNSS satellites capable of transmitting augmentation signals in the L1, L5 and L6 frequency bands will also be explored. These augmentation signals have the data capacity to deliver a range of augmentation services such as SBAS, wide-area DGNSS and PPP, to meet the demands of various industry sectors. In addition, there are well-developed plans to put in place next-generation dual-frequency multi-constellation SBAS for aviation. Multi-constellation GNSS increases robustness against potential degradation of core satellite constellations and extends the service coverage area. It is expected that next-generation SBAS and GNSS will improve accuracy, integrity, availability and continuity of GNSS performance.     

Estimation and exclusion of multipath range error for robust positioning

In integrated systems for accurate positioning, which consist of GNSS, INS, and other sensors, the GNSS positioning accuracy has a decisive influence on the performance of the entire system and thus is very important. However, GNSS usually exhibits poor positioning results in urban canyon environments due to pseudorange measurement errors caused by multipath creation, which leads to performance degradation of the entire positioning system. For this reason, in order to maintain the accuracy of an integrated positioning system, it is necessary to determine when the GNSS positioning is accurate and which satellites can have their pseudorange measured accurately without multipath errors. Thus, the objective of our work is to detect the multipath errors in the satellite signals and exclude these signals to improve the positioning accuracy of GNSS, especially in an urban canyon environment. One of the previous technologies for tackling this problem is RAIM, which checks the residual of the least square and identifies the suspicious satellites. However, it presumes a Gaussian measurement error that is more common in an open-sky environment than in the urban canyon environment. On the other hand, our proposed method can estimate the size of the pseudorange error directly from the information of altitude positioning error, which is available with an altitude map. This method can estimate even the size of non-Gaussian error due to multipath in the urban canyon environment. Then, the estimated pseudorange error is utilized to weight satellite signals and improve the positioning accuracy. The proposed method was tested with a low-cost GNSS receiver mounted on a test vehicle in a test drive in Nagoya, Japan, which is a typical urban canyon environment. The experimental result shows that the estimated pseudorange error is accurate enough to exclude erroneous satellites and improve the GNSS positioning accuracy.     

Evaluation of three ionospheric delay computation methods for ground-based GNSS receivers

GNSS observables for ionospheric estimation are commonly based on carrier-to-code leveling (CCL) and precise point positioning (PPP) methods. The CCL method is a geometry-free method which uses carrier phase to level pseudorange observation for decreasing multipath error and observation noise. However, the ionospheric observable based on the CCL has been proven to be affected by leveling errors. The leveling errors are caused by pseudorange multipath and intraday variation of receiver DCB. To obtain more accurate ionospheric observable, the PPP method takes advantage of precise satellite-to-ground range for retrieving slant total electron content and is less affected by the leveling errors. Previous studies have only proven that the ionospheric observables extracted by the two methods are affected by the leveling errors. The influence on ionospheric observable by the pseudorange inter-receiver satellite bias (IRSB) of the receiver has not been taken into consideration. Also, the magnitude of the differences between the ionospheric observables extracted by the two methods has also not been given. In this work, three methods, namely, the CCL, the conventional ionospheric-free PPP method which uses the ionospheric-free Hatch–Melbourne–Wubbena (HMW) function, and the University of Calgary (UOFC) PPP method, are selected to analyze and compare the differences of ionospheric observables and the global ionospheric maps, using a large number of measured data from international GNSS service global stations. Experimental results show that the accuracy of ionospheric observables obtained by the three methods is not only related to the leveling error, but also pseudorange IRSB. The IRSB of the receiver exerts a major effect on the ionospheric observables obtained by the CCL method and a minor effect on the ionospheric observables obtained by the HMW and UOFC methods. The accuracies in the latter case are similar and superior to those obtained by the CCL. The differences of the ionospheric observables obtained by the CCL and UOFC methods, or the CCL and HMW methods, are at decimeter level, whereas the difference of the ionospheric observables obtained by the UOFC and HMW methods is at centimeter level. The UOFC method presented the highest single-frequency pseudorange positioning accuracy using estimated global ionospheric products, followed by the HMW and the CCL methods which presented the lowest positioning accuracy.     

Simultaneous estimation of GLONASS pseudorange inter-frequency biases in precise point positioning using undifferenced and uncombined observations

GLONASS precise point positioning (PPP) performance is affected by the inter-frequency biases (IFBs) due to the application of frequency division multiple access technique. In this contribution, the impact of GLONASS pseudorange IFBs on convergence performance and positioning accuracy of GLONASS-only and GPS + GLONASS PPP based on undifferenced and uncombined observation models is investigated. Through a re-parameterization process, the following four pseudorange IFB handling schemes were proposed: neglecting IFBs, modeling IFBs as a linear or quadratic polynomial function of frequency number, and estimating IFBs for each GLONASS satellite. One week of GNSS observation data from 132 International GNSS Service stations was selected to investigate the contribution of simultaneous estimation of GLONASS pseudorange IFBs on GLONASS-only and combined GPS + GLONASS PPP in both static and kinematic modes. The results show that considering IFBs can speed up the convergence of PPP using GLONASS observations by more than 20%. Apart from GLONASS-only kinematic PPP, the positioning accuracy of GLONASS-only and GPS + GLONASS PPP is comparable among the four schemes. Overall, the scheme of estimating IFBs for each GLONASS satellite outperforms the other schemes in both convergence time reduction and positioning accuracy improvement, which indicates that the GLONASS IFBs may not strictly obey a linear or quadratic function relationship with the frequency number.     

载波/多普勒平滑伪距在Android手机中的定位实现

针对Android手机GNSS伪距定位精度较低的问题,利用手机端观测信息,通过载波相位/多普勒平滑伪距改善手机端伪距观测值的质量,从而达到提高定位精度的效果。首先给出了Android手机GNSS原始观测量的获取方法,然后推导了载波相位平滑伪距和多普勒平滑伪距算法模型,并设计合理有效的试验对算法的精度进行评定。试验结果表明：在手机端静态定位中载波相位和多普勒平滑算法均可提高原始伪距的定位精度,且多普勒平滑算法表现更优;在手机端动态定位中多普勒平滑算法可获得比原始伪距更优的定位精度,但是载波相位平滑算法较原始伪距更差;由于硬件的制约手机端周跳和信号失锁严重,占比超过50%,载波相位在手机端的可用性较低;多普勒平滑算法的最优平滑时间常数小于等于10 s,具有实时动态定位的巨大潜力。     

基于速度信息约束的智能终端分米级定位

随着位置服务的发展,人们对定位精度的需求不断提升,目前智能手机定位精度仅为米级.?2016年谷歌宣布允许开发者获取手机全球卫星导航系统(GNSS)原始观测数据,为研究手机GNSS高精度定位算法提供了支持.?由于智能手机获取的伪距噪声较大,单纯利用伪距进行单点定位或伪距差分定位精度有限,很难达到较高精度.?为此在对数据质...     

3D building model-based pedestrian positioning method using GPS/GLONASS/QZSS and its reliability calculation

The current low-cost global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) receiver cannot calculate satisfactory positioning results for pedestrian applications in urban areas with dense buildings due to multipath and non-line-of-sight effects. We develop a rectified positioning method using a basic three-dimensional city building model and ray-tracing simulation to mitigate the signal reflection effects. This proposed method is achieved by implementing a particle filter to distribute possible position candidates. The likelihood of each candidate is evaluated based on the similarity between the pseudorange measurement and simulated pseudorange of the candidate. Finally, the expectation of all the candidates is the rectified positioning of the proposed map method. The proposed method will serve as one sensor of an integrated system in the future. For this purpose, we successfully define a positioning accuracy based on the distribution of the candidates and their pseudorange similarity. The real data are recorded at an urban canyon environment in the Chiyoda district of Tokyo using a commercial grade u-blox GNSS receiver. Both static and dynamic tests were performed. With the aid of GLONASS and QZSS, it is shown that the proposed method can achieve a 4.4-m 1σ positioning error in the tested urban canyon area.     

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Likelihood-based GNSS positioning using LOS/NLOS predictions from 3D mapping and pseudoranges

The accuracy of conventional global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) positioning in dense urban areas is severely degraded due to blockage and reflection of the signals by the surrounding buildings. By using 3D mapping of the buildings to aid GNSS positioning, the accuracy can be substantially improved. However, positioning performance must be balanced against computational load. Here, a likelihood-based 3D-mapping-aided (3DMA) GNSS ranging algorithm is demonstrated that enables signals predicted to be non-line-of-sight (NLOS) to contribute to the position solution without explicitly computing the additional path delay due to NLOS reception, which is computationally expensive. Likelihoods for an array of candidate positions are computed based on the difference between the measured and predicted pseudoranges. However, a skewed distribution is assumed for those signals predicted to be NLOS on the basis that the ensuing ranging errors are always positive. An overall position solution is then extracted from the likelihood surface. GNSS measurement data have been collected at several locations in both traditional and modern dense urban environments. Horizontal root-mean-square single-epoch position accuracies of 4.7, 5.6 and 6.5 m are obtained using, respectively, a Leica Viva geodetic receiver, a u-blox EVK M8T consumer-grade receiver and a Nexus 9 tablet incorporating a smartphone GNSS antenna and a GNSS chipset that outputs pseudoranges. The corresponding accuracies using single-epoch conventional GNSS positioning are 20.5, 23.0 and 28.4 m, about a factor of four larger. The 3DMA GNSS algorithms have also been implemented in real time on a Raspberry Pi 3 at a 1-Hz update rate.

     

GPS测站多路径效应建模研究

GPS伪距观测量由于不存在周跳和整周模糊度的问题,可用来实现动态导航定位,但受到多路径效应影响较为严重,定位精度较低。本文以BJFS站为例,计算了伪距多路径效应,首次大量采用单历元数据,以球谐函数的形式建立了伪距多路径效应、高度角和方位角间的函数模型。建模过程中用截断奇异值分解方法解决了单历元数据引起的的病态问题,求得了模型的最小二乘解。在伪距观测数据中加入模型计算的伪距多路径效应改正,用Bernese软件的动态单点定位功能进行伪距单点定位。对BJFS站的伪距动态定位结果进行统计分析,结果表明单点定位精度得到了改善。