The potency of the modernized gnss signals for real-Time kinematic positioning
Pradipta D.a, Andreas H.a, Sarsito D.A.a, Suhandri H.F.a
a Geodesy Research Group, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology, Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia
Abstract
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2019.GNSS positioning has become popular in the past decade as an efficient method of precise and real-Time positioning. It is relatively low cost and ease-of-use. Up to now, several parameters were defined to characterize the performance of real-Time positioning: Availability, precision, accuracy. This article evaluates the performance of signal linear combinations for real-Time positioning, both for static as well as the kinematic positioning. This article starts with the investigation of linear combinations (LC) rising from the carrier frequencies of the GNSS systems. Some Linear Combination shows potential benefits in carrier phase integer ambiguity resolution, particularly utilizing the Galileo and Beidou signal phase carrier. For each system, a set of combinations was studied, analyzed, and then selected during the development of GNSS positioning method utilizing the Least-squares Ambiguity Decorrelation Adjustment (LAMBDA). Special signal selection can affect the estimated position and its standard deviation. To further analyze, the results obtained from data processing are compared with respect to baselines and signals. The ambiguity fixing rate is correlated with the baseline length and the method as well as the signals that were used. The analysis of the measurement noise level was first conducted to set a baseline for the real-Time GNSS positioning application. According to the results and to assess the data quality and positioning performance of GNSS in respect with GPS (Global Positioning System), an experimental test has established using MGEX data. This research investigates the satellite visibilities, multipath, Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), and positioning performance. It is shown that in every epoch, at least 8 satellites are visible. The SNR’s are up to 60 dBHz, the code multipath residuals varies within ~1 m, while the phase residuals varies by about ~2 cm. hence the modernized GNSS signals have potencies to improves the RTK positioning.
Author keywords
Gps (global positioning system),Kinematic positioning,Linear combinations,Positioning performance,Potential benefits,Real time positioning,Real-time kinematic positioning,Satellite visibility