Evaluation of COMPASS ionospheric model in GNSS positioning

As important products of GNSS navigation message, ionospheric delay model parameters are broadcasted for single-frequency users to improve their positioning accuracy. GPS provides daily Klobuchar ionospheric model parameters based on geomagnetic reference frame, while the regional satellite navigation system of China’s COMPASS broadcasts an eight-parameter ionospheric model, COMPASS Ionospheric Model(CIM), which was generated by processing data from continuous monitoring stations, with updating the parameters every 2 h. To evaluate its performance, CIM predictions are compared to ionospheric delay measurements, along with GPS positioning accuracy comparisons. Real observed data analysis indicates that CIM provides higher correction precision in middle-latitude regions, but relatively lower correction precision for low-latitude regions where the ionosphere has much higher variability. CIM errors for some users show a common bias for in-coming COMPASS signals from different satellites, and hence ionospheric model errors are somehow translated into the receivers’ clock error estimation. In addition, the CIM from the China regional monitoring network are further evaluated for global ionospheric corrections. Results show that in the Northern Hemisphere areas including Asia, Europe and North America, the three-dimensional positioning accuracy using the CIM for ionospheric delay corrections is improved by 7.8%–35.3% when compared to GPS single-frequency positioning ionospheric delay corrections using the Klobuchar model. However, the positioning accuracy in the Southern Hemisphere is degraded due apparently to the lack of monitoring stations there.     

Low-cost precise measurement of oscillator frequency instability based on GNSS carrier observation

Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) receivers can be used in time and frequency metrology by exploiting stable GNSS time scales. This paper proposes a low-cost method for precise measurement of oscillator frequency instability using a single-frequency software GNSS receiver. The only required hardware is a common radio frequency (RF) data collection device driven by the oscillator under test (OUT). The receiver solves the oscillator frequency error in high time resolution using the carrier Doppler observation and the broadcast ephemeris from one of the available satellites employing the onboard reference atomic frequency standard that is more stable than the OUT. Considering the non-stable and non-Gaussian properties of the frequency error measurement, an unbiased finite impulse response (FIR) filter is employed to obtain robust estimation and filter out measurement noise. The effects of different filter orders and convolution lengths are further discussed. The frequency error of an oven controlled oscillator (OCXO) is measured using live Beidou-2/Compass signals. The results are compared with the synchronous measurement using a specialized phase comparator with the standard coordinated universal time (UTC) signal from the master clock H226 in the national time service center (NTSC) of China as its reference. The Allan deviation (ADEV) estimates using the two methods have a 99.9% correlation coefficient and a 0.6% mean relative difference over 1–1000 s intervals. The experiment demonstrates the effectiveness and high precision of the software receiver method.     

基于北斗/GNSS精密时频量值传递综述

介绍了北斗/GNSS精密时间频率量值传递技术及其应用研究进展,通过对北斗共视比对技术的研究,设计出利用北斗共视与国家授时中心GNSS CV精密时间服务系统进行比对,从而实现用户与标准时间UTC的溯源完成基于GNSS CV技术的时间频率计量服务系统设计,创新性地提出提高北斗共视比对技术以及研制多模多频GNSS CV量值传递设备的研究方向。     

新型GNSS信号波形设计

在发射带宽严格受限的约束下连续函数波形信号较传统矩形波形表现出了较高的频谱利用率优势和优良性能,很有可能应用到未来的全球卫星导航系统(GNSS,Global Navigation Satellite System)信号体制中.在建立导航信号波形设计准则的理论模型基础上,研究了7种可能适用于未来GNSS系统的新型信号波形,在典型的宽/窄发射带宽条件下,通过仿真评估了传统GNSS信号和新型GNSS信号的精度、抗多径、抗干扰等性能,优选出BOCc和MSK两种适用于不同环境的信号波形: 在频谱资源充足的情况下,BOCc信号具有最优的导航性能;在频率资源受限的情况下,MSK信号兼容性好,抗干扰能力强,拥有较好的导航性能.最后,结合两类信号波形的优缺点提出了我国新一代卫星导航系统信号波形设计的建议.     

北斗RDSS用户机测试系统关键技术研究

为了实现对北斗RDSS用户机检测的需求,研制了专用测试系统。介绍北斗RDSS用户机测试系统的基本组成和工作原理,分析了测试系统研制涉及到的部分关键技术：系统建模仿真、RDSS出站信号模拟、RDSS入站信号接收、入站信号质量分析等,最后列举了所研制的测试系统到达的主要技术指标。     

Trans-ionospheric GPS signal delay gradients observed over mid-latitude Europe during the geomagnetic storms of October–November 2003

Ionospheric disturbances are known to have adverse effects on the satellite-based communication and navigation. One particular type of ionospheric effects, observed during major geomagnetic storms and threatening the integrity performance of both ground-based and space-based GNSS augmentation systems, is the sharp increase/decrease in the ionospheric delay that propagates in horizontal direction, thus called for convenience ‘moving ionospheric wall’. This paper presents preliminary results from researching such anomalous ionospheric delay gradients at European middle latitudes during the storm events of 29 October 2003 and 20 November 2003. For the purpose, 30-s GPS data from the Belgian permanent network was used for calculating and analysing the slant ionospheric delay and total electron content values. It has been found that, during these two particular storm events, substantial gradients did occur in Europe although they were not so pronounced as in the American sector.     

电离层闪烁对导航接收机性能的影响

为定量分析电离层闪烁对接收机环路的影响,利用信号在电离层闪烁影响下的等效传输信道模型,通过数值仿真对比分析了电离层闪烁对接收信号幅度、载波相位、码相位、载噪比和I/Q支路跟踪值的性能影响。结果表明：电离层闪烁会使接收载噪比出现深度的快速衰落,严重时会出现高达5dB的突降,从而显著地影响用户的定位性能;在相同的电离层闪烁强度下,较小的环路带宽会发生较弱的载波相位周跳。     

中继卫星S/Ka双频地面站天线共用跟踪接收机

论述了Ka频段圆波导TE11和TE21模自跟踪体制和S频段正十字排列四喇叭自跟踪体制共用两信道自跟踪接收机问题.导出了来波及地面天线S频段和、差信道极化特性引起的角误差电压的交叉耦合系数公式.还可以进一步使S/Ka两个频段共用一套能跟踪（直接序列）扩频信号源的伪单脉冲（单信道单脉冲）自跟踪接收机.     

卫星编队自主相对导航与通信一体化系统探讨

探讨了一种新的卫星编队自主相对导航与通信系统一体化系统设计方案,提出了基于软件无线电的半双工CDMA测量通信一体化系统,实现自主相对导航和星间通信的一体化功能,通信数据和导航测量数据也统一在一个数据帧中传输,不需要独立的星间网络通信系统和增加额外的通信频段进行通信数据传输。系统采用S波段,详细阐述了系统架构和工作原理,分析了系统性能,并进行了仿真验证。     

真北方位基准标定与惯导测试设备引北技术

为了标校惯导产品诸如寻北仪的真北方位,需要在室内建立真北方位基准,并把真北方位引入惯导产品和测试转台等设备。主要探讨了真北方位基准标定和设备引北的有关实用方法,例如：基于双测站的天文定向、基于同步网的GNSS定向、经纬仪对向观测方法,并给出了综合运用这些方法的技术措施和适用性,以及典型实例。20年来,这些技术已在所完成的上百个此类项目中得到了成功运用,实测结果稳定;利用双测站的天文定向方法,通过两站方位传递,一般观测3~6测回,在良好的观测环境下,一般可获得高于经纬仪标称精度的定向结果。