scholarly journals A Fine-Tuned Positioning Algorithm for Space-Borne GNSS Timing Receivers

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 2327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Chen ◽  
QiHui Wei ◽  
YaFeng Zhan ◽  
TianYi Ma
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Algorithm Design ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Frequency Error ◽  
Satellite Position ◽  
Cubature Kalman Filter ◽  
Rms Error ◽  
Adverse Influence ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite ◽  
Positioning Algorithm

To maximize the usage of limited transmission power and wireless spectrum, more communication satellites are adopting precise space–ground beam-forming, which poses a rigorous positioning and timing requirement of the satellite. To fulfill this requirement, a space-borne global navigation satellite system (GNSS) timing receiver with a disciplined high-performance clock is preferable. The space-borne GNSS timing receiver moves with the satellite, in contrast to its stationary counterpart on ground, making it tricky in its positioning algorithm design. Despite abundant existing positioning algorithms, there is a lack of dedicated work that systematically describes the delicate aspects of a space-borne GNSS timing receiver. Based on the experimental work of the LING QIAO (NORAD ID:40136) communication satellite’s GNSS receiver, we propose a fine-tuned positioning algorithm for space-borne GNSS timing receivers. Specifically, the proposed algorithm includes: (1) a filtering architecture that separates the estimation of satellite position and velocity from other unknowns, which allows for a first estimation of satellite position and velocity incorporating any variation of orbit dynamics; (2) a two-threshold robust cubature Kalman filter to counteract the adverse influence of measurement outliers on positioning quality; (3) Reynolds averaging inspired clock and frequency error estimation. Hardware emulation test results show that the proposed algorithm has a performance with a 3D positioning RMS error of 1.2 m, 3D velocity RMS error of 0.02 m/s and a pulse per second (PPS) RMS error of 11.8ns. Simulations with MATLAB show that it can effectively detect and dispose outliers, and further on outperforms other algorithms in comparison.

scholarly journals Expressions for the Autocorrelation Function and Power Spectral Density of BOC Modulation Based on Convolution Operation

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jiangang Ma ◽  
Yikang Yang ◽  
Hengnian Li ◽  
Jisheng Li
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Algorithm Design ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Binary Offset Carrier ◽  
Simulation Performance ◽  
Convolution Operation ◽  
Power Spectral ◽  
Signal Simulation ◽  
The Fourier Transform ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite

We present universal expressions for the autocorrelation functions (ACFs) of the Binary Offset Carrier (BOC), Multiplexed BOC (MBOC), and Alternative BOC (AltBOC) modulations based on convolution operations. We also derive the expressions for the power spectrum densities (PSDs) of these modulations using the Fourier transform of their ACFs. The results obtained in this contribution are useful for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal simulation, performance evaluation, and high-performance acquisition and tracking algorithm design. The derivation methods of the expressions for the ACFs are common and can be used to derive expressions for the ACFs of other BOC-based modulations.

scholarly journals A Vessel Positioning Algorithm Based on Satellite Automatic Identification System

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shexiang Ma ◽  
Jie Wang ◽  
Xin Meng ◽  
Junfeng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Satellite System ◽  
Automatic Identification ◽  
Identification System ◽  
Multiple Model ◽  
Additional Measurement ◽  
Automatic Identification System ◽  
Interactive Multiple Model ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite ◽  
Positioning Algorithm ◽  
Model Algorithm

Vessels can obtain high precision positioning by using the global navigation satellite system (GNSS), but when the ship borne GNSS receiver fails, the existence of an alternative positioning system is important for the navigation safety of vessel. In this paper, a localization method based on the signals transmitted by satellite-based automatic identification system (AIS) is proposed for vessel in GNSS-denied environments. In the proposed method, the positioning model is a modification on the basis of time difference and frequency difference of arrival measurements by introducing an additional measurement, and the measurement is obtained through the interactive multiple model algorithm. The performance of the proposed strategy is evaluated through simulations, and the results validate the feasibility and reliability of vessel localization based on satellite-based AIS.

scholarly journals An Adaptive Weighting based on Modified DOP for Collaborative Indoor Positioning

2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Jing ◽  
James Pinchin ◽  
Chris Hill ◽  
Terry Moore
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Errors ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Indoor Positioning ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Inertial Measurement ◽  
Network Geometry ◽  
System Robustness ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite ◽  
Positioning Algorithm

Indoor localisation has always been a challenging problem due to poor Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) availability in such environments. While inertial measurement sensors have become popular solutions for indoor positioning, they suffer large drifts after initialisation. Collaborative positioning enhances positioning robustness by integrating multiple localisation information, especially relative ranging measurements between local users and transmitters. However, not all ranging measurements are useful throughout the whole positioning process and integrating too much data will increase the computation cost. To enable a more reliable positioning system, an adaptive collaborative positioning algorithm is proposed which selects units for the collaborative network and integrates ranging measurement to constrain inertial measurement errors. The algorithm selects the network adaptively from three perspectives: the network geometry, the network size and the accuracy level of the ranging measurements between the units. The collaborative relative constraint is then defined according to the selected network geometry and anticipated measurement quality. In the case of trials with real data, the positioning accuracy is improved by 60% by adjusting the range constraint adaptively according to the selected network situation, while also improving the system robustness.

scholarly journals Application of Inertial and GNSS Integrated Navigation to Seabird Biologging

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 526-536
Author(s):  
Masaru Naruoka ◽  
Yusuke Goto ◽  
Henri Weimerskirch ◽  
Takashi Mukai ◽  
Taichi Sakamoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Feasible Solution ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Integrated Navigation ◽  
Guidance And Control ◽  
Marine Vehicles ◽  
Navigation Algorithm ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite ◽  
And Control

The study demonstrates the versatility of integration of inertial navigation and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) with its unique application to seabird biologging. Integrated navigation was originally developed in the field of aerospace engineering, which requires accurate and reliable position, velocity, and attitude information for the guidance and control of aircraft and spacecraft. Due to its high performance and recent progress of sensor development, integrated navigation has been widely used not only in aerospace but also in many fields represented by land and marine vehicles. One of its ultimate applications under the constraint on the size and power consumption of devices is this study. Seabird biologging involves attaching a logging device onto a seabird for scientific purposes to understand its biomechanics, behavior, and so on. Design restrictions for the device include several tens of grams mass, several tens of millimeters in length, and several tens of milliamperes of power consumption. It is more difficult to maintain the accuracy of such a device than applications to an artificial vehicle. This study has shown that integrated navigation is a feasible solution for such extreme applications with two examples: biologging for wandering albatrosses and great frigatebirds. Furthermore, it should be stressed that the navigation captured the world’s first data of their detailed trajectories and attitudes in their dynamic and thermal soarings. For completeness, the navigation algorithm, simulation results to show the effectiveness of the algorithm, and the logging devices attached to bird are also described.

scholarly journals The Galileo Ground Segment Integrity Algorithms: Design and Performance

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Hernández Medel ◽  
Carlos Catalán Catalán ◽  
Miguel Angel Fernández Vidou ◽  
Esther Sardón Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Algorithm Design ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Navigation Satellite ◽  
Safety Requirements ◽  
Ground Segment ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Processing Facility ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite ◽  
Software Prototype

Galileo, the European Global Navigation Satellite System, will provide to its users highly accurate global positioning services and their associated integrity information. The element in charge of the computation of integrity messages within the Galileo Ground Mission Segment is the integrity processing facility (IPF), which is developed by GMV Aerospace and Defence. The main objective of this paper is twofold: to present the integrity algorithms implemented in the IPF and to show the achieved performance with the IPF software prototype, including aspects such as: implementation of the Galileo overbounding concept, impact of safety requirements on the algorithm design including the threat models for the so-called feared events, and finally the achieved performance with real GPS and simulated Galileo scenarios.

scholarly journals A Fast Acquisition Algorithm Overcoming Fuzz Problems for TDDM Spread Spectrum Signal

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Liu ◽  
Yongxin Feng
Keyword(s):  
Spread Spectrum ◽  
Phase Error ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Position Estimation ◽  
Frequency Error ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Error Message ◽  
Fast Acquisition ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite ◽  
Time Division

TDDM (time division data modulation) technique will be used in the next generation GNSS (global navigation satellite system) to improve processing performance and to reduce inter-GNSS interference; however, the emergence of TDDM signal causes the estimation frequency and message reversal fuzz problems in the acquisition process of a GNSS receiver. At present, the traditional acquisition methods have some limitations and shortcomings. Therefore, aiming at the unique characteristics of TDDM signal, a fast acquisition algorithm is proposed to overcome these fuzz problems in this paper. In the proposed algorithm, three stages are obtained by some key technologies, which are theI-Qfrequency compensation, superposition processing, subsection processing, and reversion position estimation. Besides, the algorithm is simulated from carrier frequency error, code phase error, message inversion error, and processing speed. Theoretical and simulation results show that the new algorithm can quickly overcome the fuzz problems, and the new algorithm is better than the existing algorithm in the speed and accuracy, which demonstrates that this new algorithm is an effective search scheme for the next generation GNSS signals.

scholarly journals Performance Assessment of BDS-2/BDS-3/GPS/Galileo Attitude Determination Based on the Single-Differenced Model with Common-Clock Receivers

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 4845
Author(s):  
Mingkui Wu ◽  
Shuai Luo ◽  
Wang Wang ◽  
Wanke Liu
Keyword(s):  
High Precision ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite System ◽  
Attitude Determination ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Navigation Satellite ◽  
Pitch Accuracy ◽  
Rms Error ◽  
Global Navigation ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite ◽  
Sd Model

Global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-based attitude determination has been widely applied in a variety of fields due to its high precision, no error accumulation, low power consumption, and low cost. Recently, the emergence of common-clock receivers and construction of GNSS systems have brought new opportunities for high-precision GNSS-based attitude determination. In this contribution, we focus on evaluating the performance of the BeiDou regional navigation satellite system (BDS-2)/BeiDou global navigation satellite system (BDS-3)/Global Positioning System (GPS)/Galileo navigation satellite system (Galileo) attitude determination based on the single-differenced (SD) model with a common-clock receiver. We first investigate the time-varying characteristics of BDS-2/BDS-3/GPS/Galileo line bias (LB) with two different types of common-clock receivers. The results have confirmed that both the phase and code LBs are relatively stable in the time domain once the receivers have started. However, the phase LB is expected to change to an arbitrary value after each restart of the common-clock receivers. For the first time, it is also found that the phase LBs of overlapping frequencies shared by different GNSS systems are identical. Then, we primarily evaluated the performance of BDS-2/BDS-3/GPS/Galileo precise relative positioning and attitude determination based on the SD model with a common-clock receiver, using a static dataset collected at Wuhan. Experimental results demonstrated that, compared with the double-differenced (DD) model, the SD model can deliver a comparable root–mean–square (RMS) error of yaw but a significantly smaller RMS error of pitch, whether for BDS-2, BDS-3, GPS, or Galileo alone or a combination of them. The improvements of pitch accuracy are approximately 20.8–47.5% and 40.7–57.5% with single- and dual-frequency observations, respectively. Additionally, BDS-3 can deliver relatively superior positioning and attitude accuracy with respect to GPS and Galileo, due to its better geometry. The three-dimensional positioning and attitude (including yaw and pitch) accuracy for both the DD and SD models can be remarkably improved by the BDS-2, BDS-3, GPS, and Galileo combination with respect to a single system alone.

Inter-Satellite Link Enhanced Orbit Determination for BeiDou-3

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yufei Yang ◽  
Yuanxi Yang ◽  
Xiaogong Hu ◽  
Jinping Chen ◽  
Rui Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Orbit Determination ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Navigation Satellite ◽  
Satellite Link ◽  
Rms Error ◽  
Global Navigation ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite ◽  
Ground Monitoring

The third generation of the BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS-3) is a global navigation system, and is expected to be in full operation by 2020. High-precision orbits are a precondition for BDS-3 to provide a highly accurate service, which needs a global tracking and monitoring capability for the operational satellites. However, it is difficult for BDS to construct global ground monitoring stations. Fortunately, Ka-band Inter-Satellite Link (ISL) antennae fitted to the BDS-3 satellites can be used to extend the visible arc of the Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites and to enhance the ground stations for orbit determination. This paper analyses the ISL-enhanced orbit determination for eight BDS-3 satellites, using the data from ten Chinese domestic stations and 13 international Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Monitoring and Assessment System (iGMAS) overseas stations. The results show that the Three-Dimensional (3D) position Root Mean Square (RMS) error of the Overlapping Orbit Differences (OODs) is approximately 1 m when only ten regional stations are used. When the ISL measurements are added, the 3D position RMS error is decreased to 0·5 m, and the accuracy of the 24-hour orbit prediction can also be improved from 2 m to 0·7 m, which is even better than that of the orbits determined using globally distributed stations. It can be expected that with the subsequent launch of BDS-3 satellites and the increasing number of ISLs, the advantage of the ISL enhanced orbit determination will become more significant.

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