• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.457-466
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• 2024

The quasi-zenith satellite system (QZSS) provides sub-meter level augmentation service (SLAS) to improve the positioning accuracy of single-frequency GPS L1 receiver users. The SLAS correction consists of differential GPS information (DGPS) and the corrections are transmitted via quasi-zenith satellites (QZS). The DGPS correction reduces the effect of pseudo-range errors due to satellite orbit, clock and atmospheric delay errors. Thirteen SLAS reference stations in Japan generate the correction data. The performance of the DGPS correction depends on several factors, including location of reference stations, distance between the user and reference station, etc. The long-term performance of the SLAS corrections was evaluated by processing data over a five-year period (2019-2023). The SLAS corrections were applied to GPS observations at the IGS stations in Japan and the positioning accuracy was evaluated. The correlation with the ionospheric activity and the latitude of the SLAS reference stations was also evaluated.