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http://dx.doi.org/10.12673/jant.2016.20.5.425

An Accuracy Analysis on the Broadcast Ephemeris and IGS RTS  

Kim, Mingyu (School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Kim, Jeongrae (School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
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Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology / v.20, no.5, 2016 , pp. 425-432 More about this Journal
Abstract
When user estimates user's position, GPS positions can be obtained from the navigation message transmitted from the GPS. However, the broadcast ephemeris cannot be used in the applications required high-level accuracies because it can cause errors of several meters. To correct satellite positions and clocks, user can use RTS corrections provided by IGS. In this paper, the accuracy of broadcast and RTS corrections are analyzed by comparing with the IGS final for 3-months. The RTS errors are analyzed for each user's locations and satellite blocks. The correlations between errors and shadow condition, and solar and geomagnetic activities are analyzed. The latency is applied to the RTS corrections, and these are extrapolated by polynomial. Then, the extrapolated RTS are compared with true RTS. The single-day performances of the PPP by broadcast ephemeris and RTS corrected ephemeris are analyzed. As a result, RTS 3D orbit and clock errors are 1/20 and 1/3 less than broadcast ephemeris errors. 3D positioning error of the RTS is 1/5 less than that of broadcast ephemeris.
Keywords
Broadcast ephemeris; Real-time service; Orbit and clock error; Signal-in-space range-error; Precise point positioning;
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