scholarly journals A statistical approach to estimate Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receiver signal tracking performance in the presence of ionospheric scintillation

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. A51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sreeja Vadakke Veettil ◽  
Marcio Aquino ◽  
Luca Spogli ◽  
Claudio Cesaroni

Ionospheric scintillation can seriously impair the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receiver signal tracking performance, thus affecting the required levels of availability, accuracy and integrity of positioning that supports modern day GNSS based applications. We present results from the research work carried out under the Horizon 2020 European Commission (EC) funded Ionospheric Prediction Service (IPS) project. The statistical models developed to estimate the standard deviation of the receiver Phase Locked Loop (PLL) tracking jitter on the Global Positioning System (GPS) L1 frequency as a function of scintillation levels are presented. The models were developed following the statistical approach of generalized linear modelling on data recorded by networks in operation at high and low latitudes during the years of 2012–2015. The developed models were validated using data from different stations over varying latitudes, which yielded promising results. In the case of mid-latitudes, as the occurrence of strong scintillation is absent, an attempt to develop a dedicated model proved fruitless and, therefore, the models developed for the high and low latitudes were tested for two mid-latitude stations. The developed statistical models can be used to generate receiver tracking jitter maps over a region, providing users with the expected tracking conditions. The approach followed for the development of these models for the GPS L1 frequency can be used as a blueprint for the development of similar models for other GNSS frequencies, which will be the subject of follow on research.

GPS Solutions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Vadakke Veettil ◽  
M. Aquino

AbstractIonospheric scintillation is one of the most challenging problems in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) positioning and navigation. Scintillation occurrence can not only lead to an increase in the probability of losing the GNSS signal lock but also reduce the precision of the pseudorange and carrier phase measurements, thus leading to positioning accuracy degradation. Statistical models developed to estimate the probability of loss of lock and Geometric Dilution of Precision normalized 3D positioning errors as a function of scintillation levels are presented. The models were developed following the statistical approach of nonlinear regression on data recorded by Ionospheric Scintillation Monitoring Receivers operational at high and low latitudes. The validation of the probability of loss of lock models indicated average correlation coefficient values above 0.7 and average Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) values below 0.35. The validation of the positioning error models indicated average RMSE values below 10 cm. The good performance of the developed models indicates that these can provide GNSS users with information on the satellite loss of lock probability and the error in the 3D position under scintillation.


2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 746-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Maria da Silva ◽  
Rodrigo Mikosz Gonçalves ◽  
Milde Maria da Silva Lira ◽  
Pedro de Souza Pereira

O crescimento da urbanização vem provocando grandes transformações nas relações sociais e morfológica das áreas costeiras. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo modelar massa de dados de diversas fontes como GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) e sensoriamento remoto para posteriormente prover a espacialização da vulnerabilidade costeira à erosão utilizando a lógica fuzzy. O método aplicado para análise da vulnerabilidade utilizou variáveis linguísticas, partições fuzzy, intervalos e análises paramétricas que caracterizam a modelagem fuzzy. Após análise, os níveis de vulnerabilidade à erosão costeira ao longo da linha de costa nas cidades do Recife e Jaboatão dos Guararapes no litoral de Pernambuco apresentaram os seguintes resultados: 33,33% da linha de costa possuem vulnerabilidade baixa, 38,15% possui vulnerabilidade moderada, 14,26% vulnerabilidade alta e 14,26% muito alta.


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