一种SINS/GPS深组合导航系统技术问题分析

为了满足高动态用户及强干扰条件下的应用需求,提出了一种基于卫星信号矢量跟踪的SINS/GPS深组合导航方法,设计了基于FPGA硬件平台的实施方案。利用组合卡尔曼滤波器反馈回路取代了传统接收机中独立、并行的跟踪环路,能够同时完成所有可视卫星信号的跟踪和导航信息处理;通过矢量跟踪算法对所有可视卫星信号进行集中处理,能够增强跟踪通道对信号载噪比变化的适应能力,从而提高接收机在强干扰或信号中断条件下的跟踪性能;根据SINS导航参数和星历信息推测GPS伪码相位和多普勒频移等参数,用以辅助卫星信号的捕获和跟踪,能够大大缩短接收机的搜索捕获时间,并增强接收机在高动态条件下的跟踪性能。基于矢量跟踪的深组合方法不仅在GPS信号短暂中断期间,能够保证系统的导航精度和可靠性,而且在强干扰环境中能够维持较好的伪码相位和载波频率跟踪性能。     

Assessing the IRNSS L5-signal in combination with GPS,Galileo, and QZSS L5/E5a-signals for positioning and navigation

The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), which is being developed for positioning services in and around India, is the latest addition to the global family of satellite-based navigation systems. As IRNSS only shares the L5-frequency with GPS, the European Galileo, and the Japanese Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), it has at least at present a limited interoperability with the existing systems. Noting that the L5-frequency capability is under development even for GPS, this contribution assesses the interoperability of the IRNSS L5-signal with the GPS, Galileo, and QZSS L5/E5a-signals for positioning and navigation using real data collected in Perth, Australia. First, the noise characteristic of the IRNSS L5-signal and its comparison with that of the GPS, Galileo, and QZSS L1/E1- and L5/E5a-signals is presented. Then, the L5-observables of combined systems (formed from IRNSS, GPS, Galileo, and QZSS) are assessed for real-time kinematic positioning using the standard LAMBDA method and for instantaneous attitude determination using the constrained LAMBDA method. The results show that the IRNSS L5-signal has comparable noise characteristics as that of the other L5/E5a-signals. For single-frequency carrier phase-based positioning and navigation, the results show better ambiguity resolution performance of L5/E5a-only processing than that of L1/E1-only processing.     

BeiDou B2/Galileo E5b短基线紧组合相对定位模型及性能评估

随着GPS和GLONASS系统的现代化以及Galileo和BeiDou卫星导航系统的建设,GNSS正朝多频多系统的方向发展。本文对BeiDou B2/Galileo E5b短基线紧组合相对定位的模型与算法进行了研究,详细推导了BeiDou B2/Galileo E5b短基线紧组合相对定位的模型与算法,并对其定位性能进行了分析。重点分析了BeiDou B2与Galileo E5b频点的接收机间差分系统间偏差的长期稳定性,结果表明:基线两端的接收机类型(包括固件版本)相同时,差分系统间偏差接近于0;基线两端的接收机类型不同时,差分系统间偏差较大,但具有长期稳定性,因此能够事先标定并作为改正数用于后续的定位中。最后基于BeiDou B2/Galileo E5b单频单历元相对定位试验对系统间紧组合模型的定位效果进行了比较验证。结果表明,相对于传统的松组合模型,使用改正系统间偏差的紧组合模型能够显著提高模糊度固定的成功率,尤其是在遮挡比较严重、单系统可观测到的卫星数较少的情况下,模糊度固定成功率可以提高10%~25%。     

基于矢量跟踪的GNSS／SINS相干深组合系统研究

为满足组合导航系统在高动态环境下的性能要求,设计基于矢量跟踪的GNSS／SINS相干深组合导航方法。利用矢量跟踪环路将所有可视卫星的跟踪和导航解算融为一体,增强通道间的辅助;高动态对载波跟踪影响更大,在通道预滤波中将码环载波环分别用独立的滤波器处理,组合滤波中采用通道间差分降低滤波状态维数,提高计算效率。引入惯导的加速度辅助本地信号参数预测,较精确地测量卫星视线方向的加速度,减小接收机在高动态时段的剩余动态,提高本地信号参数的预测精度。基于矢量跟踪软件接收机搭建相干深组合仿真系统,实验表明该方法在高动态等环境下能提高信号跟踪性能,改善系统的精度、可靠性。      

Use of a reduced IMU to aid a GPS receiver with adaptive tracking loops for land vehicle navigation

A reduced inertial measurement unit (IMU) consisting of only one vertical gyro and two horizontal accelerometers or three orthogonal accelerometers can be used in land vehicle navigation systems to reduce volume and cost. In this paper, a reduced IMU is integrated with a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver whose phase lock loops (PLLs) are aided with the Doppler shift from the integrated system. This approach is called tight integration with loop aiding (TLA). With Doppler aiding, the noise bandwidth of the PLL loop filters can be narrowed more than in the GPS-only case, which results in improved noise suppression within the receiver. In this paper, first the formulae to calculate the PLL noise bandwidth in a TLA GPS/reduced IMU are derived and used to design an adaptive PLL loop filter. Using a series of vehicle tests, results show that the noise bandwidth calculation formulae are valid and the adaptive loop filter can improve the performance of the TLA GPS/reduced IMU in both navigation performance and PLL tracking ability.     

Precise position determination using a Galileo E5 single-frequency receiver

The European Galileo system offers one dedicated signal that is superior to all other signals currently available in space, namely the broadband signal E5. This signal has a bandwidth of at least 51 MHz using an AltBOC modulation. It features a code range noise at centimeter level. Additionally, the impact of multipath effects on this signal is significantly lower compared to all other available GNSS signals. These unique features of Galileo E5 drastically improve the precision of code range measurements and hence enable precise single-frequency positioning. Certain scientific and non-scientific applications in the positioning domain could likely benefit from the exploitation of E5 measurements. A positioning approach based on an additive combination of code range and carrier phase measurements (CPC—“code-plus-carrier”) to eliminate the ionospheric delay could be used to perform precise positioning over long distances. Unfortunately, this derived observable contains the ambiguity term as an additional unknown what normally requires longer observation windows in order to allow sufficient convergence of the ambiguity parameters. For this reason, a rapid convergence algorithm based on Kalman filtering was implemented in addition to the conventional CPC approach that is also discussed. The CPC-based results yield a positioning precision of 2–5 cm after a convergence time of about 3 h. The rapid convergence filter allows fixing the ambiguity terms within a few minutes, and the obtained position results are at the sub-decimeter level. Regarding one selected test, real data from Galileo experimental satellite GIOVE A were used in order to confirm our assumptions. However, since the current Galileo constellation is not sufficient for real-world positioning trials yet, all major results are based on simulated data.     

Modeling and verifying the impact of time delay on INS-aided GNSS PLLs

The timing error between global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and inertial navigation system (INS) processes limits the integration performance in GNSS/INS integrated systems. In a deeply coupled system, this timing error affects not only the integrated navigation solution, but also the GNSS signal tracking. We propose a time-domain model of INS-aided second-order phase-locked loops (PLLs) in consideration of the INS aiding delay, and analyze the effect of INS aiding delay on the tracking errors in details. In addition, an integrated hardware deeply coupled system platform was developed to verify the impact of time delay on INS-aided PLLs. Simulation and field vehicles testing results demonstrate that the tracking error of the INS-aided PLL caused by aiding delay increases with the lengthening of the delay time, the compression of the bandwidth, and the increase in the acceleration. Testing results verify the proposed model.     

Use of C-Band frequencies for satellite navigation: benefits and drawbacks

Although not considered for the first generation of European Galileo satellites, the use of C-Band frequencies for navigation purposes may be taken into account for a future generation of Galileo. For this reason, a frequency band of 20 MHz bandwidth (5,010–5,030 MHz) has been allocated in the course of the World Radio Communications Conference 2000 held in Istanbul, Turkey. The use of C-Band navigation signals offers both advantages and drawbacks. One example is the ionospheric path delay which is inversely proportional to the (squared) carrier frequency and is therefore significantly smaller at C-Band. On the other hand, the use of C-Band frequencies results in increased attenuation effects such as free space loss or rainfall attenuation. It is therefore necessary to provide a detailed analysis of the effects of C-Band frequencies on the navigation process. In order to assess the feasibility of using C-Band frequencies, various aspects of signal propagation and satellite signal tracking at C-Band are examined in the context of this article. In particular, aspects like free space loss, atmospheric effects, foliage attenuation, code and carrier tracking performance, code noise, phase noise and multipath are discussed with respect to their performance at C-Band. In order to allow comparison with the current GPS system, the performance at C-Band is compared to the L-Band performance under similar or identical conditions. The results of this analysis will finally be discussed with respect to their impact on satellite payload and receiver design.

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Galileo civil signal modulations

Spectrum limitations for navigation systems require that the various navigation signals broadcast by the Galileo system must be combined and must utilize bandwidth-efficient modulations. At the L1 band, one of the most important questions is how to combine all the Open Service signals and the Public Regulated Service signal at the payload level, while maintaining good performance at reception. The Interplex modulation, a particular phase-shifted-keyed/phase modulation (PSK/PM), was chosen to transmit these signals because it is a constant-envelope modulation, thereby allowing the use of saturated power amplifiers with limited signal distortion. The Interplex modulation was also taken as baseline at the E6 band to transmit the three channels and the services associated on the same carrier frequency. At the E5 band, the modulation must combine two different services on a same constant envelope composite signal, while keeping the simplicity of a BOC implementation. The constant envelope Alternate Binary Offset Carrier (ALTBOC) modulation was chosen as the solution to transmit the Galileo E5 band signal. The main objective of this paper is to study these Galileo modulations. After the introduction, the E5 band signals are described, followed by the Alternate BOC modulation which has been chosen to transmit them. The second part describes the general formulation of the Interplex modulation and its key parameters for an optimal multiplexing of the Galileo L1 band signals. Since the Galileo Open Service signals at the L1 band are still not yet completely specified, different test cases are considered and their impact on the resulting choice for the Interplex modulation parameters is exposed.     

IRNSS-1A: signal and clock characterization of the Indian regional navigation system

An initial characterization of the L5 and S-Band navigation signals transmitted by the first satellite of the Indian regional navigation satellite system (IRNSS) is presented. In the absence of a public signal specification, a 30 m high-gain antenna has been used to record the signal spectrum and the modulated chip sequences. For the IRNSS standard positioning service, use of a Gold ranging code is confirmed and relevant shift register parameters for the two frequencies are identified. Based on a prototype receiver, L5 single-frequency code and phase observations of IRNSS-1A have also been collected. The tracking performance is described, and the measurements are used to characterize the short-term clock stability of IRNSS-1A.     

5G高低频信号定位精度分析CSCD

随着第五代移动通信技术(5G)的不断研发和加速商用,目前我国已建成全球最大规模的商用5G网络.5G供应商也已逐步开始推出了基于5G新空口(NR)的定位特性,其中高精度的5G定位技术将逐步商用.相比4G长期演进(LTE),5G基站密度更高,信号传输带宽更大,定位精度提升显著,有希望解决全球卫星导航系统(GNSS)在室内和城市峡谷等困难环境下的覆盖和精度问题.介绍了5G和4G定位在测量域上的区别,分析了5G低频Sub-6G(FR1)和高频毫米波(FR2)的测距精度,描述了5G定位算法,并基于3GPP协议和典型商用网络配置的仿真参数来评估定位精度.仿真结果表明:目前5G基站间时间同步误差是影响定位质量的主要因素,当时间同步精度为50 ns时,5G定位精度不到10 m;如果通过完美站间时间同步,或者在用户端附近增加定位节点以双差的方式消除时间同步误差,5G FR1可以达到约1 m的水平定位精度,而5G FR2的水平定位精度最高可以达到0.16 m.     

Smoothing GPS carrier phase double differences using inertial measurements for high performance applications

This paper will describe an enhancement to the GPS double difference carrier phase measurements on a single airborne platform by smoothing them with inertial measurements while preserving the dynamic bandwidth. This enhancement will reduce the impact of carrier phase multipath and carrier phase noise on baseline determination between multiple antennas on an aircraft when in flight. This type of measurement system has numerous applications where platform pointing and relative body motion must be determined at the mm-level for applications such as sensor stabilization, Synthetic Aperture Radar, long range RADAR (i.e. angle-of-arrival measurements). Lower noise levels (mm-level and below) enable more performance to the stabilized system such as increased aperture for longer range, operation at higher frequencies, and more image resolution. The focus of this paper will be on a technique to provide this enhanced performance for these various applications using the available navigation systems. Additionally, this type of smoothing can effectively remove the additional noise induced by carrier phase measurement differencing. The noise level of a double or triple difference can be reduced below that of the raw measurement. A complimentary synthesized double difference quantity with ultra-low-noise characteristics will be used to smooth the GPS carrier phase double difference measurements without losing dynamic bandwidth since it follows the airborne dynamics. Flight test data will be presented to demonstrate the performance improvement in the midst of aircraft dynamics. Results will show that the noise reduction follows the theoretical prediction.     

无人平台视觉导航算法验证仿真系统的设计与实现

近年来,基于视觉的导航和目标跟踪算法开始广泛应用于无人平台.针对各类视觉导航算法和综合任务方案在无人平台上实地测试风险性高、现场采集参数精度低、效率差等问题,设计并搭建了一套以高精度工控导轨平台、姿态控制云台、工业相机和模拟地形沙盘为主要部件的无人平台半物理仿真系统.引入OptiTrack光学运动捕捉设备对仿真系统真实...     

高阶BOC调制信号无模糊跟踪技术性能比较

BOC调制方式提升了导航信号的性能和频谱资源利用率,但是自相关函数的多峰特性使信号接收面临新的问题。本文研究高阶BOC调制方式及其无模糊跟踪技术,主要分析了Bump-Jump算法、BPSK-like算法、SCPC算法和双环路算法,比较不同跟踪技术的硬件复杂度、计算复杂度、跟踪精度和跟踪稳定性,结果可为接收机设计提供参考。     

基于MPC的半潜式无人艇导航轨迹跟踪控制研究

针对新型半潜式无人艇在导航航行过程中轨迹跟踪误差较大的问题,提出基于模型预测控制（MPC）的轨迹跟踪控制方法．并建立新型半潜式无人艇的运动模型,基于实际参数,构建MPC目标函数和系统约束条件,将半潜式无人艇轨迹跟踪问题转化为最优值问题;利用仿真软件,对控制算法进行了仿真分析. 利用卫星定位设备进行了导航轨迹跟踪试验．仿真与试验结果表明:基于MPC的轨迹跟踪控制方法提高了半潜式无人艇的导航轨迹跟踪精度,跟踪精度比原有PID控制方法提高了50％左右.      

A JTIDS/INS/DGPS navigation system with pseudorange differential information transmitted over Link-16: design and implementation

As the battle environment becomes more complicated, the demand for higher accuracy and better anti-jam capacity of navigation has been increasing. The conventional JTIDS/INS/GPS integrated navigation cannot meet the demands of certain situations such as precision strike and formation flight. A new system that introduces the differential GPS into JTIDS/INS/GPS integration system is proposed to improve the navigation performance in the modern combined operations. In this system, the differential information of DGPS is transmitted through the communication data link of Link-16. As a result, the system resources are efficiently utilized and the controllability and anti-jam performance of the system are significantly enhanced. A hybrid slot allocation protocol (HSAP) that combines a static slot allocation algorithm and a dynamic slot allocation algorithm and the corresponding source-chosen mechanisms are proposed. The performance of the JTIDS/INS/GPS integration navigation using the differential GPS information from one or multiple base stations is studied and compared with that of the system without using the differential GPS information. Furthermore, the performance of the integration navigation using HSAP is compared with that of the system using static slot allocation algorithm. We show that navigation accuracy based on the differential GPS is improved, and using HSAP also leads to higher localization accuracy.     

Exploring differences of visual attention in pedestrian navigation when using 2D maps and 3D geo-browsers

ABSTRACT

Despite the now-ubiquitous two-dimensional (2D) electronic maps, three-dimensional (3D) globe viewers, or 3D geo-browsers such as Google Earth and NASA World Wind have gained much attention. However, the effect of such interactive 3D geo-browsers on spatial knowledge acquisition and decision-making is not well known. This study aims to explore the potential benefits of using interactive 3D geo-browsers in three processes of pedestrian navigation (self-localization, spatial knowledge acquisition, and decision-making) in digital environments. We employed eye tracking to show differences of visual attention in pedestrian navigation between a 2D map (Google Map) and a 3D geo-browser (Google Earth). The results indicated that benefits and drawbacks of 3D representations are task dependent. Participants using the 3D geo-browser had an extensively visual search resulting in significantly longer response time than the 2D participants for spatial knowledge acquisition, whereas 3D users performed a more efficient visual search and resulted in a better navigation performance at complex decision points. We speculate that the inefficient knowledge acquisition when using the 3D geo-browser was most probably due to information overload and obstructed views. Landmarks in photorealistic 3D models assisted recall of spatial knowledge from mental maps, which contributed to efficient decision-making at a complex turning point. These empirical results can be helpful to improve the usability of pedestrian navigation systems.     

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     

Ultra-tight GPS/INS/PL integration: a system concept and performance analysis

The architecture of the ultra-tight GPS/INS/PL integration is the key to its successful performance; the main feature of this architecture is the Doppler feedback to the GPS receiver tracking loops. This Doppler derived from INS, when integrated with the carrier tracking loops, removes the Doppler due to vehicle dynamics from the GPS/PL signal thereby achieving a significant reduction in the carrier tracking loop bandwidth. The bandwidth reduction provides several advantages such as: improvement in anti-jamming performance, and increase in post correlated signal strength which in turn increases the dynamic range and accuracy of measurements. Therefore, any degradation in the derived Doppler estimates will directly affect the tracking loop bandwidth and hence its performance. The quadrature signals from the receiver correlator, I (in-phase) and Q (quadrature), form the measurements, whereas the inertial sensor errors, position, velocity and attitude errors form the states of the complementary Kalman filter. To specify a reliable measurement model of the filter for this type of integrated system, a good understanding of GPS/PL signal characteristics is essential. It is shown in this paper that phase and frequency errors are the variables that relate the measurements and the states in the Kalman filter. The main focus of this paper is to establish the fundamental mathematical relationships that form the measurement model, and to show explicitly how the system error states are related to the GPS/PL signals. The derived mathematical relationships encapsulated in a Kalman filter, are tested by simulation and shown to be valid.

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BOC和BPSK信号的码跟踪性能比较

在导航接收机的伪距测量中,码跟踪精度起着重要作用,而码跟踪环路的性能由码鉴相器的鉴相曲线决定。本文首先介绍了BOC(1,1)信号的功率谱特性和自相关特性,然后通过仿真分析BOC(1,1)和BPSK(1)两种信号的非相干延迟锁定环的鉴相器输出和环路跟踪误差,得出两种信号在码跟踪性能上的差异。通过比较发现,BOC信号较BPSK信号在跟踪的鲁棒性和精度等方面具有显著优势。