Assessment of Two Methods to Provide Ionospheric Range Error Corrections for Single-Frequency GPS Users

Abstract Being the first mixed-constellation global navigation system, the global BeiDou navigation system (BDS-3) designs new signals, the service performance of which has attracted extensive attention. In the present study, the Signal-in-space range error (SISRE) computation method for different types of navigation satellites was presented. And the differential code bias (DCB) correction method for BDS-3 new signals was deduced. Based on these, analysis and evaluation were done by adopting the actual measured data after the official launching of BDS-3. The results showed that BDS-3 performed better than the regional navigation satellite system (BDS-2) in terms of SISRE. Specifically, the SISRE of the BDS-3 medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites reached 0.52 m, slightly inferior compared to 0.4 m from Galileo, marginally better than 0.57 m from GPS, and significantly better than 2.33 m from GLONASS. And the BDS-3 inclined geostationary orbit (IGSO) satellites achieved the SISRE of 0.90 m, on par with that of the QZSS IGSO satellites. However, the average SISRE of BDS-3 geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellites was 1.15 m, which was marginally inferior to that of the QZSS GEO satellite (0.91m). In terms of positioning accuracy, the overall three-dimensional single-frequency standard point positioning (SPP) accuracy of BDS-3 B1C, B2a, B1I, and B3I gained an accuracy level better than 5 m. Moreover, the B1I signal exhibited the best positioning accuracy in the Asian-Pacific region, while the B1C signal set forth the best positioning accuracy in the other regions. Owing to the advantage in signal frequency, the dual-frequency SPP accuracy of B1C+B2a surpassed that of the transitional signal of B1I+B3I. Since there are more visible satellites in Asia-Pacific, the positioning accuracy of BDS-3 was moderately superior to that of GPS. The precise point positioning (PPP) accuracy of BDS-3 B1C+B2a or B1I+B3I converged to the order of centimeters, marginally inferior to that of the GPS L1+L2. However, these three combinations had a similar convergence time of approximately 30 minutes.

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Positioning performance of the NTCM model driven by GPS Klobuchar model parameters

Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate ◽

10.1051/swsc/2018009 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

pp. A20 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Mohammed Mainul Hoque ◽

Norbert Jakowski ◽

Jens Berdermann

Keyword(s):

Single Frequency ◽

Activity Period ◽

Model Parameters ◽

Signal Delay ◽

Correction Algorithm ◽

Ionospheric Correction ◽

Model Driven ◽

Position Errors ◽

Klobuchar Model ◽

Range Error

Users of the Global Positioning System (GPS) utilize the Ionospheric Correction Algorithm (ICA) also known as Klobuchar model for correcting ionospheric signal delay or range error. Recently, we developed an ionosphere correction algorithm called NTCM-Klobpar model for single frequency GNSS applications. The model is driven by a parameter computed from GPS Klobuchar model and consecutively can be used instead of the GPS Klobuchar model for ionospheric corrections. In the presented work we compare the positioning solutions obtained using NTCM-Klobpar with those using the Klobuchar model. Our investigation using worldwide ground GPS data from a quiet and a perturbed ionospheric and geomagnetic activity period of 17 days each shows that the 24-hour prediction performance of the NTCM-Klobpar is better than the GPS Klobuchar model in global average. The root mean squared deviation of the 3D position errors are found to be about 0.24 and 0.45 m less for the NTCM-Klobpar compared to the GPS Klobuchar model during quiet and perturbed condition, respectively. The presented algorithm has the potential to continuously improve the accuracy of GPS single frequency mass market devices with only little software modification.

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Standard Positioning Performance Evaluation of a Single-Frequency GPS Receiver Implementing Ionospheric and Tropospheric Error Corrections

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications ◽

10.14569/ijacsa.2015.060304 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Alban Rakipi ◽

Bexhet Kamo ◽

Shkelzen Cakaj ◽

Algenti Lala

Keyword(s):

Performance Evaluation ◽

Single Frequency ◽

Gps Receiver ◽

Error Corrections

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Evaluation of Orbit, Clock and Ionospheric Corrections from Five Currently Available SBAS L1 Services: Methodology and Analysis

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs11040411 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 411 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Zhixi Nie ◽

Peiyuan Zhou ◽

Fei Liu ◽

Zhenjie Wang ◽

Yang Gao

Keyword(s):

Satellite Orbit ◽

Civil Aviation ◽

Single Frequency ◽

Ionospheric Correction ◽

Navigation Data ◽

Wide Area Augmentation System ◽

Differential Corrections ◽

Broadcast Orbit ◽

Using Data ◽

Range Error

To meet the demands of civil aviation and other precise navigation applications, several satellite-based augmentation systems (SBASs) have been developed around the world, such as the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) for North America, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) for Europe, the Multi-functional Satellite Augmentation System (MSAS) for Japan, the GPS (Global Positioning System) Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) for India, and the System for Differential Corrections and Monitoring (SDCM) for Russia. The SBASs broadcast messages to correct satellite orbit, clock, and ionosphere errors to augment the GPS positioning performance. In this paper, SBAS orbit, clock and ionospheric corrections are evaluated. Specifically, the orbit, clock and ionospheric corrections derived from SBAS messages are comprehensively evaluated using data collected from the above mentioned systems over 181 consective days. The evaluation indicates that the EGNOS outperforms other systems with signal-in-space range error (SISRE) at 0.645 m and ionospheric correction accuracy at 0.491 m, respectively. Meanwhile, the accuracy of SDCM is comparable to EGNOS with SISRE of 0.650 m and ionospheric correction accuracy of 0.523 m. For WAAS, the SISRE is 0.954 m and the accuracy of ionospheric correction is 0.505 m. The accuracies of the SBAS corrections from the MSAS and GAGAN systems, however, are significantly worse than those of others. The SISREs are 1.931 and 1.325 m and the accuracies of ionospheric corrections are 0.795 and 0.858 m, for MSAS and GAGAN, respectively. At the same time, GPS broadcast orbit, clock and ionospheric corrections are also evaluated. The results show that there are no significant improvements in the SISRE of the broadcast navigation data by applying SBAS corrections. On the other hand, the accuracy of SBAS ionospheric corrections is still much better than GPS broadcast ionospheric corrections, which could still be beneficial for single-frequency users.

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