An efficient Ambiguity searching method with constraints for attitude finding GPS receivers

This paper describes an efficient ambiguity searching method using additional constraints in 3-dimentional attitude finding GPS receiver design. For determining the integer ambiguity, the baseline length constraint, the angle constraint, the velocity constraint and the attitude constraint can be used for reducing the searching space. This paper describes the searching space algebraically and graphically. It is confirmed that the described restrictions are reasonable and the speed and the probability of ambiguity fixing are improved when the restricted searching spaces are applied Moreover, it is possible to design receivers of better quality by applying the method proposed in this paper.