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。     

Next generation GPS-aided space navigation systems

The next generation of low cost Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers for space navigation and attitude determination are positioned to take full advantage of the improvements made in the commercial GPS receivers used for terrestrial applications. There have been recent improvements made to the GPS receivers that include the addition of extra GPS satellite channels that can be tracked simultaneously. The older style GPS receivers were only able to handle five channels at a time. In order for proper determination of three-dimensional position, a minimum of four channels was required and the fifth channel of the receiver was reserved to perform search functions for finding the next satellite. This included searching for satellites that could be used to replace exiting satellites moving out of the Field of View (FOV). The search function also enables the GPS receiver to search for the best constellation for maximum performance accuracy. The fifth roaming channel also provided a best next-satellite selection capability in case the field of view to one of the satellites was blocked or shaded.     

GPS III system operations concepts

Over the past three years, the Lockheed Martin GPS III team has analyzed potential operational concepts for the Air Force. The completed tasks support the government's objective of a "realizable and operationally feasible" US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) concept of operations. This paper provides an overview of the operational improvements for the command and control of satellites, the provision of safe, precise navigation and timing services to end-users. The GPS III system changes existing operational paradigms. Improved operator capabilities are enabled by a new high-speed uplink/downlink and crosslink communication architecture. Continuous connectivity allows operators a "contact one satellite - contact all satellites" concept enabling near-real-time navigation updates and telemetry monitoring. This paper describes potential improvements for the following operations: constellation monitoring, command and control, navigation upload monitoring, global service monitoring, global service prediction, civilian navigation (CNAV) messaging, and anomaly detection and resolution. This paper also describes future operational improvements as GPS applications continue to proliferate and the need for an improved infrastructure to effectively manage all the systems that affect GPS service grows     

Receiver-channel based adaptive blind equalization approach for GPS dynamic multipath mitigation

Aiming at mitigating multipath effect in dynamic global positioning system (GPS) satellite navigation applications, an approach based on channel blind equalization and real-time recursive least square (RLS) algorithm is proposed, which is an application of the wireless communication channel equalization theory to GPS receiver tracking loops. The blind equalization mechanism builds upon the detection of the correlation distortion due to multipath channels; therefore an increase in the number of correlator channels is required compared with conventional GPS receivers. An adaptive estimator based on the real-time RLS algorithm is designed for dynamic estimation of multipath channel response. Then, the code and carrier phase receiver tracking errors are compensated by removing the estimated multipath components from the correlators’ outputs. To demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed approach, this technique is integrated into a GPS software receiver connected to a navigation satellite signal simulator, thus simulations under controlled dynamic multipath scenarios can be carried out. Simulation results show that in a dynamic and fairly severe multipath environment, the proposed approach achieves simultaneously instantaneous accurate multipath channel estimation and significant multipath tracking errors reduction in both code delay and carrier phase.     

Ensuring GPS navigation integrity using receiver autonomousintegrity monitoring

The many advantages of Global Positioning System (GPS) based navigation have created a tremendous amount of interest in using GPS as the primary navigation aid onboard commercial and civil aircraft. Even in the presence of Selective Availability, the accuracy of GPS is sufficient to guide aircraft point-to-point between airports without requiring other navigation aids such as VOR or DME. Unfortunately, there is a finite probability that a GPS satellite will fail, causing the transmission of potentially misleading navigation information. Thus, before GPS can be widely adopted as a navigation aid, techniques must be devised to detect any possible failures and notify the user prior to the degradation of navigation accuracy. This paper discusses the problem of detecting possible GPS satellite failures using a technique called Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM)     

卫星授时与时间传递技术进展

近年来,卫星导航技术发展迅速.卫星导航系统以精密时间测量技术为基础,实现了伪距测量,进而实现定位.同时,卫星导航系统还提供了高精度授时功能.综述了卫星导航系统的授时和时间频率传递技术、基于通信卫星的授时技术以及双向卫星时间频率传递(TWSTFT)技术等.随着我国北斗卫星导航系统(BDS)的建成和提供服务,BDS授时应用研究正在快速发展.基于BDS/GNSS多系统的精密单点定位(PPP)时间传递技术已成为重点研究方向,未来将会应用于国际时间比对.同时,随着卫星通信技术尤其是低轨通信卫星技术的快速发展,低轨通信卫星授时会成为一个有潜力的研究方向.     

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     

多模GNSS IFCB产品特点分析及精密单点定位性能评估

随着多模全球卫星导航系统（GNSS）高精度应用需求的日益增长,频间钟偏差（IFCB）问题近年来得到广泛研究。基于2023年年积日（DOY）（130～136）澳大利亚地区18个多模实验跟踪网（MGEX）观测数据的无几何无电离层（GFIF）组合,分别估计了北斗卫星导航系统（BDS）、伽利略卫星导航系统（Galileo）和全球定位系统（GPS）卫星的 IFCB 产品。对比分析了BDS-2,BDS-3,Galileo和GPS卫星的IFCB的特点。评估了相位相关的IFCB（PIFCB）误差对GPS BLOCK IIF卫星超宽巷（EWL）未校准相位硬件延迟（UPD）和非组合（UC）三频精密单点定位（PPP）性能的影响。实验结果表明,PIFCB误差对Galileo卫星的影响最小,对GPS BLOCK IIF卫星的影响最大;对BDS-3卫星的影响低于BDS-2卫星;不同信号频率对IFCB产品的估计结果会产生一定的影响。实验结果进一步表明,IFCB产品可以显著提高GPS BLOCK IIF卫星EWL UPD的稳定性和UC三频PPP的定位性能。EWL UPD的平均标准差（STD）从0.064周减小到0.021周,提高了67.2%。UC三频PPP在东（E）、北（N）、天顶（U）三方向分别从4.63 cm,3.04 cm和8.76 cm减小到3.08 cm,2.00 cm和5.85 cm,平均定位精度分别提高了31.5%,34.2%和33.2%。收敛时间小于20 min的比例从66.3%提高到71.8%,提高了5.5%。平均收敛时间从21.13 min缩短到17.24 min,减少了18.4%。     

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.     

基于气压高度辅助的机载自主完好性监测算法

卫星接收机自主完好性监测是指根据用户接收机的多余观测值监测用户定位结果的完好性,其目的是在导航过程中检测出发生故障的卫星,并保障导航定位精度。针对卫星接收机自主完好性监测算法可用性不足的问题,结合机载实际导航系统配置,提出了一种基于气压高度表辅助的机载自主完好性监测算法。综合利用卫星导航系统及气压高度表观测信息,建立联合系统的观测模型,推导了基于多解分离的完好性监测及保护级别计算方法。仿真结果表明,相比于传统的接收机自主完好性监测算法,该算法在可见星为5颗时仍能识别故障卫星。该算法具有更好的故障检测能力及可用性,能有效提高卫星导航系统的完好性监测性能,从而保证卫星导航系统的精度和可靠性。     

基于低轨互联网星座的全球导航增强——机遇与挑战CSCD

针对当前卫星导航发展的瓶颈问题,结合当前低轨互联网星座蓬勃发展的趋势,提出了基于低轨互联网星座的全球导航增强系统建设方案。从新兴用户群体对PNT性能的需求、低轨互联网星座的优势、建设成本优势以及通导融合优势等角度出发,分析了低轨全球导航增强的发展机遇。从频率资源、功率资源以及收敛时间三方面,总结了发展低轨全球导航增强系统面临的挑战。在此基础上,为系统体制、信号体制以及系统建设提出了发展建议。最后给出了总结认为低轨全球导航增强采用天基监测+信号增强体制,信号落地功率有望提升15~30dB,收敛时间缩短至秒级,信号频段向Ka频段扩展,最终实现城市挑战性环境下快收敛、高精度、高完好、高安全、高可用的PNT目标。     

惯性辅助的北斗导航故障自适应方法研究

北斗导航系统完好性是指北斗导航系统不能用于导航服务或导航精度超出给定范围时,具备及时发现故障并通知用户的能力.针对北斗导航完好性检测问题,为改善北斗导航定位系统的精度、连续性、完好性和可用性,研究了基于惯性辅助的北斗导航故障检测方法,设计了北斗导航系统的量测修正与故障检测实现方案,构建了基于新息正交性的自适应滤波北斗/SINS紧组合导航架构,根据滑动窗口内新息动态变化特性修正系统量测噪声方差,在北斗导航信号受到较大干扰、发生异常的情况下,对品质较差的卫星测量信号进行识别,并对检测超出一定阈值的突变卫星信号实现故障隔离,从而提高系统适应能力,增强北斗/SINS紧组合导航系统容错性.构建了北斗/SINS组合导航系统仿真验证模型,结果表明,基于惯性辅助的北斗导航方法能够有效检测出卫星信号故障,提高了系统的适应性和定位精度.     

基于改进POCET技术的通导一体化信号设计

随着低轨卫星组网的发展,结合我国北斗三号全球卫星导航系统的全面建成,研究兼容北斗的通信导航一体化技术日益迫切。为使卫星上的高功率放大器工作在非线性饱和区,以达到较高的发射功率效率,需要保证合成信号的恒包络特性。考虑北斗导航信号与低轨卫星通信信号频点不同,且待复用信号分量较多,以相位优化恒包络发射(POCET)技术为基础,提出了一种改进的多频点多非独立信号分量恒包络复用技术,对七路信号进行复用,利用罚函数进行目标函数优化得到最优解。通过分析其信号特性,表明该方法具有较高的复用效率,并能有效抑制非独立分量造成的波形畸变,从而实现通信导航一体化信号设计,为未来基于低轨卫星的通信导航一体化波形设计提供了思路。     

Spacecraft orbit determination using GPS navigation solutions

The orbit determination using the GPS navigation solutions for the KOMPSAT-1 spacecraft has been studied. The Cowell method of special perturbation theories was employed to develop a precision orbit propagation, and the perturbations due to geopotential, the gravity of the Sun and the Moon, solid Earth tides, ocean tides, the Earth's dynamic polar motion, solar radiation pressure, and atmospheric drag were modeled. Specifically, the satellite box-wing macro model was applied to minimize the drag errors at low altitude. The estimation scheme consisted of an extended Kalman filter and Bayesian least square method. To investigate the applicability of the method to the KOMPSAT-1 spacecraft, the orbit determination was accomplished using the GPS navigation solutions for the TOPEX/POSEIDON and TAOS satellites. The orbit determination results were compared with NASA POE generated by global laser tracking. The position and velocity accuracy was estimated about 16∼7 m and 0.0157∼0.0074 m·s⁻¹ RMS, respectively, for the two satellites in the presence of SA. These results verify that an orbit determination scheme using GPS navigation solutions can provide the static orbit information and reduce conspicuously the position and velocity errors of navigation solutions. It can be suggested that the sequential and batch orbit determination using the GPS navigation solutions be the most appropriate method in the KOMPSAT-1 type mission.     

北斗空间信号误差统计特征及描述方法研究

通过对比北斗卫星导航系统(BeiDou Navigation Satellite System,BDS)广播星历与事后精密星历,提取了轨道和卫星时钟误差。基于北斗轨道误差及北斗卫星时钟误差统计特征分析,构建区别于全球定位系统(Global Positioning System,GPS)的BDS空间信号用户测距误差(Signal-In-Space User Range Error,SISRE)描述方法,对BDS广播星历中用户测距精度(User Range Accuracy,URA)进行了验证。6个月的北斗数据测试结果表明,北斗GEO、IGSO和MEO卫星的URA分别为3.0m、1.9m和1.6m。     

Ionospheric Time-Delay Algorithm for Single-Frequency GPS Users

The goal in designing an ionospheric time-delay correctionalgorithm for the single-frequency global positioning system userwas to include the main features of the complex behavior of theionosphere, yet require a minimum of coefficients and usercomputational time, while still yielding an rms correction of at least50 percent. The algorithm designed for this purpose, andimplemented in the GPS satellites, requires only eight coefficientssent as part of the satellite message, contains numerousapproximations designed to reduce user computationalrequirements, yet preserves the essential elements required to obtaingroup delay values along multiple satellite viewing directions.     

Performance evaluation of GPS augmentation using Quasi-Zenith Satellite System

The current global positioning system (GPS) provides limited availability and capability for a country like Japan where mountainous terrain and urban canyons do not allow a clear skyline to the horizon. At present, the Japanese Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) is under investigation through a cooperative effort between the government and the private sector. QZSS is considered a multi-function satellite system, as it is able to provide communication, broadcasting, and positioning services for mobile users in a specified region with a high elevation angle. The additional GPS compatible signals from QZSS can remarkably improve the availability, accuracy, and capability of GPS positioning. This work focuses on the performance of GPS augmentation using the proposed QZSS. The QZSS satellite constellation and signal structure are briefly reviewed. Positioning with pseudo-range and carrier phase are discussed. The performance of GPS augmentation using QZSS in the Asian-Pacific and Australian area is studied using software simulations. The results are presented using the number of visible satellites as a measure of availability, GDOP as a measure of accuracy, and ambiguity success rate as a measure of capability of carrier-phase-based positioning with spatial and temporal variations. The results show that the QZSS will improve not only the availability and accuracy of GPS positioning, but will also enhance the capability of the GPS carrier-phase-based positioning in Japan and neighboring regions.     

Blind GPS receiver with a modified despreader for interference suppression

The global positioning system (GPS) was designed to provide location estimates for various civilian and military applications using at least four satellites. Since GPS signals have a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), they also have a low signal-to-jammer ratio so that the accuracy of location estimates is influenced by cochannel interference and intentional jammers. We propose a low-complexity blind adaptive receiver that is based on a novel modified despreader and the constant modulus (CM) array. This system is capable of ing directional interference and capturing the GPS signal of interest without requiring explicit angle-of-arrival (AOA) information. We also consider the multiple satellite problem and extend the proposed receiver to capture several GPS signals of interest. Representative computer simulation examples are presented to illustrate the performance of the multicomponent system for the suppression of different jammer types.     

基于惯性辅助的北斗接收机完好性监测方法研究

针对传统卫星导航接收机在卫星数小于5颗及卫星星座构型不佳的情况下无法实现卫星故障识别与隔离的问题,结合卫星导航接收机在弹上的实际应用情况,利用惯导的辅助数据设计了一种基于多级Kalman滤波的北斗接收机完好性监测方案,给出了卫星导航接收机的RAIM滤波器结构与故障检测和隔离方法,并对其可用性进行了推导.该方案经过仿真分...     

适用于矢量接收机的模糊自适应CKF方法研究

卫星导航接收机矢量跟踪环路的核心就是用一个Kalman滤波器将标量接收机的信号跟踪和导航解算一起完成,优点是能够形成通道之间的相互辅助,缺点是也会相互影响。尤其在部分卫星信号被遮挡或者部分通道信号质量较差的环境下,问题通道会影响其他通道,甚至导致矢量跟踪环路滤波器发散,常规的方法是检测故障通道然后将故障通道剔除,这样需要对导航滤波器进行变维操作。针对此问题,提出了一种新的消除问题通道对其他通道影响的方法,同时不需要对导航滤波器进行变维。首先给出了一种标度因子,用来判断通道是否存在故障通道,然后给出一种利用模糊控制的导航滤波器自适应调整方法。仿真表明,在通道卫星信号被频繁遮挡的极端情况,矢量接收机依旧能保持正常的导航精度,并没有明显受到误差通道的影响,同时避免了对导航滤波器进行变维操作。