PPP with integer ambiguity resolution for GPS and Galileo using satellite products from different analysis centers

Integer ambiguity resolution is the key for achieving the highest accuracy with Precise Point Positioning (PPP) and for significantly reducing the convergence time. Unfortunately, due to hardware phase biases originating from the satellites and receiver, fixing the phase ambiguities to their correct...

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Published in:GPS solutions 2021-07, Vol.25 (3), Article 102
Main Authors: Glaner, Marcus, Weber, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambiguity resolution (mathematics)
Atmospheric Sciences
Automotive Engineering
Clocks
Convergence
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Electrical Engineering
Geophysics/Geodesy
Global navigation satellite system
Global positioning systems
GPS
Integers
Original Article
Satellite navigation systems
Satellite observation
Satellites
Space Exploration and Astronautics
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics
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Summary:Integer ambiguity resolution is the key for achieving the highest accuracy with Precise Point Positioning (PPP) and for significantly reducing the convergence time. Unfortunately, due to hardware phase biases originating from the satellites and receiver, fixing the phase ambiguities to their correct integer number is difficult in PPP. Nowadays, various institutions and analysis centers of the International GNSS Service (IGS) provide satellite products (orbits, clocks, biases) based on different strategies, which allow PPP with integer ambiguity resolution (PPP-AR) for GPS and Galileo. We present the theoretical background and practical application of the satellite products from CNES, CODE, SGG, and TUG. They are tested in combined GPS and Galileo PPP-AR solutions calculated using our in-house software raPPPid. The numerical results show that the choice of satellite product has an influence on the convergence time of the fixed solution. The satellite product of CODE performs better than the following, in the given order: SGG CODE , SGG GFZ , TUG, CNES, and SGG CNES . After the convergence period, a similar level of accuracy is achieved with all these products. With these satellite products and observations with an interval of 30 s, a mean convergence time of about 6 min to centimeter-level 2D positioning is achieved. Using high-rate observations and an observation interval of 1 s, this period can be reduced to a few minutes and, in the best case, just one minute.
ISSN:1080-5370
1521-1886
DOI:10.1007/s10291-021-01140-z