A novel LAAS pseudo-range error over-bound method based on improved pseudo-range error distribution model

The high level of safety demand of civil aviation requests local area augmentation system (LAAS) extremely high navigation integrity performance. A new LAAS pseudo-range error overbound method is proposed in this paper to improve the integrity of LAAS. Firstly, a more practical pseudo-range error distribution model is established. Then, by calculating the relationship between the statistical uncertainty of the model parameter and the integrity risk, a new method is proposed to calculate the pseudo-range error over-bound model. This method can effectively reduce the inflation factor and the resulting conservativeness of the over-bound model. Comparative experiments show that the method proposed in this paper performs better and satisfies the requirements of real applications.     

Sigma inflation for the local area augmentation of GPS

The Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) is the differential satellite navigation architectural standard for civil aircraft precision approach and landing. While the system promises great practical benefit, a number of key technical challenges have been encountered in the definition of the architecture. Perhaps chief among these has been the need to ensure compliance with stringent requirements for navigation Integrity. In this context, this research investigates the sensitivity of integrity risk to statistical uncertainties in the knowledge of reference receiver error standard deviation (σ_{pr_gnd} ) and error correlation across the multiple reference receivers to be used in the LAAS ground segment. A new, detailed approach toward mitigating the integrity risk due to parameter statistical uncertainty is presented     

提高LAAS空间信号可用性的完好性监测新膨胀算法

局域增强系统(LAAS)地面主控站(LGF)广播的差分修正量所包含的非零均值高斯误差和非高斯误差对系统的可用性造成较大的威胁.为此,提出一种均值膨胀和非高斯膨胀相结合的算法以改进传统的sigma膨胀算法.通过恰当地选取各膨胀系数,采用改进算法可在满足各类型误差尾部覆盖的同时,还可有效提高系统的可用性水平.计算机仿真结果...     

空间信号完好性监测技术研究

星基增强导航系统(SBAS)通过向用户提供用户差分距离误差(UDRE:User Differential RangeError),来保证广播星历和星钟改正数的精度。本文设计了UDRE的一种改进算法,建立卫星导航系统星钟和星历误差的状态方程和量测方程,进行卡尔曼滤波计算星历与星钟误差改正数与改正精度,通过滤波误差估计精度矩阵计算UDRE,并做了相应的仿真分析和比较,结果表明:改进算法能够对UDRE做出更好的估计来满足星历及钟差改正误差相对应的伪距误差的置信限值。     

GNSS双频导航信号用户完好性监测机制研究

用户完好性监测指标通常被用于衡量导航信息的可信度,针对单个卫星导航系统用户完好性监测指标过高、可用性较差的问题,提出一种全球导航卫星系统(GNSS)多系统双频信号联合完好性监测机制,该监测机制使用一定完好性风险分配值下的保护门限作为联合观测下的监测指标;另外,为了确保各种监测假设下的用户完好性,分别讨论了无故障及一颗卫星故障假设下的伪距观测误差获取、保护门限计算以及完好性风险指标分配等问题。仿真结果表明该用户监测机制可有效降低保护门限、提高可用性,在用于I类精密进近时全球大部分区域用户的可用性水平大于95%。     

Carrier phase navigation architecture for shipboard relative GPS

Carrier phase differential GPS (DGPS) navigation architectures and algorithms for automatic shipboard landing of aircraft are described. Processing methodologies are defined to provide high integrity carrier phase cycle estimation and positioning by optimally exploiting the complementary benefits of measurement filtering and satellite geometric redundancy for the terminal navigation problem. Navigation performance sensitivity to the standard deviations of raw carrier and code phase measurement errors, measurement error correlation times, and the filtering duration is quantified. Necessary conditions to ensure acceptable terminal navigation availability are specifically defined.     

Receiver clock-based integrity monitoring for GPS precision approaches

The errors in the vertical position and clock bias estimates obtained from GPS pseudo-range measurements are highly correlated. Therefore, the error in a vertical position estimate can be predicted if we know the clock bias estimation error. The latter can be estimated if the clock bias changes smoothly and, therefore, predictably. The current technology appears capable of manufacturing clocks which can meet this smoothness requirement for airborne use within the constraints of size, weight, and cost. We discuss the theoretical basis and present empirical data from laboratory and field experiments with a commercial rubidium standard to explore the benefits of integrity monitoring for precision approaches based on the receiver clock.     

Galileo系统完好性处理的方法研究

对于卫星导航系统而言,系统所能提供的完好性指标和导航定位精度是同样重要的。欧洲的Galileo系统将在2008年建成,届时它将与美国的GPS系统相互补充。本文在对GMileo系统导航定位指标分析的基础上,结合系统完好性监测的设计特点,推导了系统地面完好性信道(GIC)监测算法和用户自主完好性(RAIM)监测算法,建立了数据完好性播发体制。     

Paired overbounding for nonideal LAAS and WAAS error distributions

A significant challenge in fielding space-based and ground-based augmentation systems (SBAS and GBAS) for GPS involves the validation of navigation integrity, which requires the establishment of error bounds for aircraft position. This paper introduces a new approach to validating position-domain integrity by using two-sided envelopes for each ranging source. This paired-bounding approach allows for error distributions of arbitrary form and thus improves on earlier integrity validation approaches restricted to zero-mean, symmetric, and unimodal distributions     

信息融合技术在组合导航系统中的应用

提出了无线电近程导航系统(RSRN S)与IN S/GPS的综合过程,探讨了RSRN S和IN S/GPS综合应用过程中的信息融合技术问题。采用GPS伪距、伪距率以及无线电近程导航定位与IN S组合,建立了卡尔曼滤波方程,设计了飞行轨迹,对相关的信息融合技术进行了初步讨论,并给出了惯性元件精度较低时组合系统的仿真输出。这种组合导航方案可以充分利用各种导航传感器的信息,有效提高导航系统的精度。     

Formulation of a time-varying maximum allowable error for ground-based augmentation systems

Ground-based augmentation systems (GBAS), such as the federal aviation administration's local area augmentation system (LAAS), protect GPS users against signal anomalies by monitoring for rare satellite faults. This paper introduces a new, time-varying MERR (maximum-allowable error in range) formulation that enables proof of integrity for ground-based fault monitoring. The time-varying MERR supersedes earlier MERR methods which relied on a static integrity test. The utility of these earlier methods was limited in that they neglected GBAS time-to-alert (TTA) requirements and restricted the choice of the monitor filter, requiring its impulse response to match that of the user ranging-error filter. By contrast, the time-varying MERR explicitly incorporates TTA and places no restrictions on monitor filter design. These attributes are critical for correctly evaluating system integrity and for crediting the integrity benefits of GBAS systems with aggressive filter designs and process timing.     

广播星历旋转误差对低轨星载BDS-3/GPS实时精密定轨影响分析

基于LT-01A卫星星载BDS-3/GPS观测值进行了星载实时精密定轨研究,并重点分析了广播星历旋转误差对实时定轨精度的影响。通过赫尔默特转换评估了所选时段内GPS和BDS-3广播星历轨道旋转误差,显示BDS-3广播星历旋转误差可达-8.7 mas,平均量级较GPS大约2.5倍。BDS-3广播星历经旋转改正后,轨道切向、法向均方根(RMS)误差从25 cm左右提升至10 cm量级,提升幅度超过50%。因此,基于星载BDS-3以及BDS-3/GPS联合的实时定轨精度受BDS-3星历旋转误差影响严重,且主要作用于切向和法向。经过旋转改正后,单独BDS-3实时定轨在切向、法向、径向RMS分别为21.0 cm、10.7 cm及11.2 cm,其切向和法向精度比改正前分别提升15.0%和31.8%;BDS-3与GPS联合定轨进一步提升切向精度至19.4 cm。得益于BDS-3广播星历较高的精度,单BDS-3以及BDS-3/GPS联合的实时定轨在旋转改正前的三维RMS分别为31.9 cm和29.2 cm,较单GPS实时定轨分别提升9.1%和16.8%;添加旋转改正后,其定轨精度分别提升至26.7 ...     

Multipath-adaptive GPS/INS receiver

Multipath interference is one of the contributing sources of errors in precise global positioning system (GPS) position determination. This paper identifies key parameters of a multipath signal, focusing on estimating them accurately in order to mitigate multipath effects. Multiple model adaptive estimation (MMAE) techniques are applied to an inertial navigation system (INS)-coupled GPS receiver, based on a federated (distributed) Kalman filter design, to estimate the desired multipath parameters. The system configuration is one in which a GPS receiver and an INS are integrated together at the level of the in-phase and quadrature phase (I and Q) signals, rather than at the level of pseudo-range signals or navigation solutions. The system model of the MMAE is presented and the elemental Kalman filter design is examined. Different parameter search spaces are examined for accurate multipath parameter identification. The resulting GPS/INS receiver designs are validated through computer simulation of a user receiving signals from GPS satellites with multipath signal interference present The designed adaptive receiver provides pseudo-range estimates that are corrected for the effects of multipath interference, resulting in an integrated system that performs well with or without multipath interference present.     

基于奇异值分解的接收机自主完好性监测算法

基于最小二乘法残差的接收机自主完好性监测（receiver autonomous integrity monitoring，RAIM）算法本质是一种基于伪距残差矢量的一致性监测算法，但由于残差矢量中各分量具有一定的关联性，掩饰了某些重要的不一致性信息。为了消除这种关联性，提出了一种基于奇异值分解的接收机自主完好性监测方法。在方法中利用奇异值分解对伪距观测矩阵中的观测系数矩阵进行分解，获得奇异值空间矢量和奇异值空间矩阵。基于奇异值空间矢量构造能够直接反映故障卫星偏差信息的检验统计量，从而可以简便地进行粗差监测，更好地满足完好性监测需求。鉴于实际中完好性故障包含运控系统故障、导航系统故障、信号传播异常以及地面接收处理故障等多类因素，以脉冲型和阶跃型两种故障方式进行基于奇异值分解的RAIM故障检测与识别，并开展仿真分析研究。结果表明，提出的方法能够正确检测、识别故障卫星，在特定参数下能够达到很好的故障识别率，即当误警概率设置为1×10-5/h、引入阶跃故障误差为25 m时，算法能够实现98.8%的故障识别率。     

Position Error Bound Calculation for GNSS using Measurement Residuals

In safety-of-life applications of satellite navigation, the protection level (PL) equation translates what is known about the pseudo-range errors into a reliable limit on the positioning error. The current PL equations for satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) rely on Gaussian statistics. This approach is very practical: the calculations are simple and the receiver computation load is small. However, when the true distributions are far from Gaussian, such a characterization forces an inflation of the PLs that degrades performance. This happens in particular with errors with heavy tail distributions or for which there is not enough data to evaluate the distribution density up to small quantiles. We present a way of computing the optimal protection level when the pseudo-range errors are characterized by a mixture of Gaussian modes. First, we show that this error characterization adds a new flexibility and helps account for heavy tails without losing the benefit of tight core distributions. Then, we state the positioning problem using a Bayesian approach. Finally, we apply this method to PL calculations for the wide area augmentation system (WAAS) using real data from WAAS receivers. The results are very promising: vertical PLs are reduced by 50% without degrading integrity.     

Exploiting GNSS signal structure to enhance observability

There are a number of different error sources, such as multipath and thermal noise, which corrupt satellite navigation waveforms from their theoretical structure. However, even under ideal conditions the broadcast signals have some degree of deformation as a result of the practical individual hardware implementation. For the most demanding users of satellite navigation, such as aircraft navigation and landing systems, it is important to characterize the nominal signal structure in order to detect minimal variations resulting from hardware-based errors. Thus far such precorrelation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal quality monitoring has been performed through high gain antennas, which allow for raising the GNSS spectrum above the thermal noise floor and observing the structure of the signal directly at the front end output. This paper describes a new approach to achieve such observability based on signal processing techniques, such as dithering and averaging, which leverage the repetitive nature of the GNSS signal. The paper presents how these techniques can drastically improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in postprocessing, allowing for the direct analysis of GNSS signals using traditional front end designs and conventional antennas. Results are predicted using the appropriate theory and validated using data collected from the Global Positioning System (GPS).     

Analysis of airborne GPS multipath effects using high-fidelity EM models

Airborne GPS systems are being upgraded to provide sufficient positioning accuracy to support automatic landing operations in low visibility conditions. This is made possible by differential GPS (DGPS), in which the errors common to the airborne receiver and ground station are removed by knowledge of the latter's precise location. However, errors specific to the airborne system remain, of which the dominant components are receiver noise and multipath. To support the assessment of the integrity of the signal in space, these residual errors are incorporated in a statistically based error model, designated as the "standard model." The standard model is defined as the standard deviation of a Gaussian distribution that overbounds the residual pseudo-range (PR) error. It relates the standard deviation of the overbounding distribution to the elevation angle of the satellite relative to the local level coordinate system. The international community is currently developing improved standards to enable DGPS systems to support landings in the worst visibility conditions (i.e., CAT III). As a part of this development, the standard model for multipath is being re-evaluated and an improved model is sought. In order to better characterize the residual multipath errors, tools for accurate calculation of the airframe scattering effects are needed. Development of such tools is the subject of this paper. A new method for accurately computing pseudo-range error, based on the use of high-fidelity EM models, is described. This approach provides new insight into the mechanisms causing multipath error.     

GNSS广域差分改正数估计方法研究

随着我国北斗三号基本系统的正式运行，基于地面监测站的广域差分增强系统成为进一步提升卫星导航定位精度的手段之一。在码噪声多径误差修正（CNMC）的基础上，使用等效钟差方法实现GNSS卫星轨道与钟差误差的解耦，并依据卫星轨道运动的动力学特性，引入希尔差分方程描述卫星轨道误差变化，实现对轨道误差的实时卡尔曼滤波估计。基于GPS实测数据，对改正前后的用户等效测距误差（UERE）和定位精度进行了对比研究。实验结果表明，采用该方法，UERE标准差由改正前的0.456 m减小至0.227 m，降幅达到50.22%；整体水平定位误差（95%置信区间）由0.981 m减小至0.782 m，垂直定位误差（95%置信区间）由1.991 m减小至1.131 m，分别提升了20.29%和43.19%，差分改正效果明显。     

不同尺度范围的监测网对星基增强服务性能的影响分析

区域监测站提供的星基增强完好性监测服务在民用航空等生命安全领域发挥着重要作用。为了分析利用不同尺度监测网估计的完好性信息对用户服务性能影响,使用等效钟差方法分别实现三种不同尺度的监测网完好性参数估计,并进行增强定位验证。从增强卫星数目、用户测距误差、定位精度和保护级包络特性方面研究不同尺度的监测网对用户服务性能评估的影响,结果表明:与小尺度和中等尺度区域相比,大尺度区域增强卫星数目分别增加了50.7%、33.7%。与广播星历伪距单点定位相比,基于小、中等和大尺度区域监测网估计的改正数增强定位在水平方向定位精度分别提升了33.08%、33.59%和32.54%,垂直方向定位精度分别提升了36.56%、41.07%和43.86%。三种尺度估计的平均用户测距误差均优于0.3 m,保护级水平对定位误差的包络均能达到95%。研究成果可为区域星基增强监测网的选择提供理论支撑和应用依据。     

Receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM) capability forsole-means GPS navigation in the oceanic phase of flight

Receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM), a GPS integrity monitoring scheme that uses redundant ranging signals to detect a satellite malfunction that results in a large range error, involves two functions: detection of the presence of a malfunctioning satellite and identification of which satellite (or satellites) is malfunctioning. An analysis is presented of GPS RAIM capability for sole-means navigation in the oceanic phase of flight, where the position protection limit requirement for the integrity function is not as stringent as for nonprecision approaches, and yet both detection and identification function may be required if GPS is to be used as a sole-means system. For this purpose, a detection and identification algorithm is developed which takes advantage of the fact that for the oceanic phase of flight, a much larger position error is acceptable than for the nonprecision approach phase of flight. The performance of this algorithm and an algorithm proposed previously by others is estimated via simulation and compared. On the basis of the results, recommendations are made on how RAIM may be used if GPS is to be coupled with an inertial system to provide a sole-means capability in the oceanic phase of flight