• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.41 no.9
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• pp.689-699
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• 2013

During extreme ionospheric storms, anomalous ionospheric delays and gradients could cause potential integrity threats to users of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) augmentation systems. GNSS augmentation ground facilities must monitor these ionospheric anomalies defined by a threat model and alarm the users of safely-of-life applications within time-to-alerts. Because the ionospheric anomaly threat model is developed using data collected from GNSS reference stations, the use of poor-quality data can degrade the performance of the threat model. As the total number of stations increases, the number of station with poor GNSS data quality also increases. This paper analyzes the quality of data collected from Korean GPS reference stations using comprehensive GNSS data quality check algorithms. The results show that the range of good and poor qualities varies noticeably for each quality parameter. Especially erroneous ionospheric delay and gradients estimates are produced due to poor quality data. The results obtained in this study should be a basis for determining GPS data quality criteria in the development of ionospheric threat models.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 1999.05a
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• pp.78-81
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• 1999

The position and time errors of a conventional L1-band GPS receiver (1575.42MHz) are known to be about 100 m and 70 ns, respectively. These errors are mainly due to the propagation delay of GPS satellite signals through ionosphere. Various L1/L2 dual-band GPS receivers are normally used to compensate for those position and time errors by detecting an accurate propagation delay. These receivers detect the propagation delay difference between the L1 and L2 signals based on the fact that the propagation delay through ionosphere is dependent on frequency and, from which, calculate an accurate propagation delay of the GPS signals through ionosphere. In this paper, we analyzed the architecture of a L1/L2 dual-band CPS receiver by high-level simulations with Synopsys's COSSAP Tool.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2013.06a
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• pp.108-110
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• 2013

GPS 신호에는 여러 가지 오차가 포함되어 사용자가 이를 그대로 이용할 경우 높은 정확도의 위치를 얻을 수 없다. 따라서 신호의 오차를 제거하고 높은 위치 정확도를 얻기 위하여 여러 가지 보정시스템들이 개발되어왔다. 그 중에서 광역보정시스템은 여러 개의 기준국 네트워크로부터 데이터를 수집하여 3차원 위성궤도 오차, 위성 시계오차, 서비스 지역의 전리층 지연 오차를 추정하여 사용자에게 보정정보를 제공한다. 사용자는 보정정보를 수신하여 자신의 위치에 맞는 오차정보를 계산하여 정확도를 높일 수 있다. 이러한 광역보정시스템의 성능은 기준국의 배치에 따라 차이를 보일 수 있으므로 적절한 기준국 선정을 위해서는 기준국 네트워크 변화에 따른 성능 분석이 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 국토해양부 NDGPS 기준국 중에서 후보군을 선정한 후 시뮬레이션을 통하여 기준국 네트워크 변화에 따른 사용자 정확도, 가용성을 분석하였다. 그리고 실제 기준국에서 수집된 측정치를 처리하여 성능분석을 수행하였다.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.616-622
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• 2018

Energy which is released by a huge earthquake can reach the ionosphere and induce disturbances. Those disturbances can detected by analyzing the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) satellite's signal. For detecting those disturbances, band-pass filter is generally used. Therefore, it is important to select proper pass band that can contain disturbance's frequency. In this paper, we analyzed a frequency of the ionospheric disturbances which are induced by earthquake by using GNSS signal. For analyzing seismogenic ionospheric disturbances, we calculated a geometry free combination of carrier phase to obtain a ionospheric delay. After that, the fast Fourier transform was applied to the 1 mHz high-passed ionospheric delay. As a result of analyzing disturbances, the frequency band of earlier disturbances was 4.5 mHz~11mHz and the representative frequency was 5.7 mHz. The frequency band of subsequent disturbances was 6 mHz~10 mHz and the representative frequency was 7.3 mHz.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.293-301
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• 2011

The ionospheric delay is the largest error source in GPS positioning after the SA effect has been turned off in May, 2000. In this study, we used 44 permanent GPS stations being operated by National Geographic Information Institute (NGII) to estimate Total Electron Content (TEC) based on pseudorange measurements phase-leveled by a linear combination with carrier phases. The Differential Code Bias (DCB) of GPS satellites and receivers was estimated and applied for an accurate estimation of the TEC. To validate our estimates of DCB, changes of TEC values after DCB application were investigated. As a result, the RMS error went down by about an order of magnitude; from 35~45 to 3~4 TECU. After the DCB correction, ionospheric TEC maps were produced at a spatial resolution of $1^{\circ}{\times}1^{\circ}$. To analyze the effect of the number of sites used for map generation on the accuracy of TEC values, we tried 10, 20, 30, and 44 stations and the RMS error was computed with the Global Ionosphere Map as the truth. While the RMS error was 5.3 TECU when 10 sites are used, the error reduced to 3.9 TECU for the case of 44 stations.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.123-129
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• 2015

The Kalman filter has been widely used in the kinematic GPS positioning due to its flexibility and efficiency in computational points of view. At the same time, the relative positioning technique also provided the high precision positioning results by removing the systematic errors in the measurements significantly. However, the positioning quality may be degraded following to longer in baseline length. For this case, it is required that the remaining atmospheric effects, such as double-difference ionospheric delay and zenith wet delay, should be properly modeled by examining the characteristics of the stochastic processes. In general, atmospheric effects are estimated with the assumption of random walk, or the first-order Gauss-Markov stochastic process, which requires the precise modeling on the corresponding process noises. Therefore, we determined and provided the parameters for modelling the process noises for atmospheric effects. The auto-correlation functions are empirically determined at first, and then the parameters are extracted from the empirical auto-correlation function. In fact, the test results can be either applied directly, or used as guidance values for the modeling of process noises in the kinematic GPS positioning.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.74-81
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• 2014

The coverage area of GNSS regional ionospheric correction model is mainly determined by the disribution of GNSS ground monitoring stations. Outside the coverage area, GNSS users may receive ionospheric correction signals but the correction does not contain valid correction information. Extrapolation of the correction information can extend the coverage area to some extent. Three interpolation methods, Kriging, biharmonic spline and cubic spline, are tested to evaluate the extrapolation accuracy of the ionospheric delay corrections outside the correction coverage area. IGS (International GNSS Service) ionosphere map data is used to simulate the corrections and to compute the extrapolation error statistics. Among the three methods, biharmonic method yields the best accuracy. The estimation error has a high value during Spring and Fall. The error has a high value in South and East sides and has a low value in North side.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.14-22
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• 2013

GPS radio occultation is a remote sensing technique probing atmospheric properties based on the fact that GPS signal is refracted and delayed by atmosphere. The FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC mission jointly developed by the USA and Taiwan is providing about 2500 occultation soundings a day on the near real-time basis. The Korean KOMPSAT-5/AOPOD system is preparing to launch for monitoring troposphere and ionosphere using a dual frequency GPS receiver and the antenna for occultation data acquisition. In this paper, we examine the methods for signal processing and the geometry analysis for GPS radio occultation, and look into the retrieval techniques for the temperature and humidity of troposphere and the electron density and scintillation of ionosphere. Using these atmospheric properties, we aim to derive the strategies for applying GPS radio occultation to space weather, for example, ionospheric TEC(total electron content) analysis for earthquake monitoring and the Open API(application programming interface) development for more effective data service.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry, and Cartography Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.103-107
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• 2003

현재 관측점간의 3차원 상대위치를 구하고 기준점의 측지학적 좌표ㆍ표고를 결정하는 작업을 수행하는 GPS(Global Positioning System) 측량은 신호가 전파인 관계로 대기권의 전파지연 오차를 포함하게 되며, 전리층 지연은 주파수에 반비례하는 특성이 있으므로 지역의 대소에 구분 없이 이주파수 수신기(dual-frequency GPS receiver)를 사용하여 정확하게 지연시간을 측정하고 그로 인한 측위정밀도의 정확성을 확보하고 있다. 본 연구는 비교적 낮은 가격인 일주파 수신기를 사용하여 기선거리별로 삼각점을 선점한 후 동일 시간에 관측을 실시하고 취득한 데이터 값을 추출한 후 기선거리에 따른 허용오차를 분석하고, 그 활용성 및 경제성과 일주파 수신기의 기선에 대한 사용 가능성을 분석하였다. 그 결과, 100km이내의 지역에서는 일주파 수신기 만으로도 충분히 만족스러운 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• v.2
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• pp.493-496
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 원자 시계를 이용한 위성 시계 감시 기법을 제안하고 실시간으로 구현하였다. GPS 수신기 측정치에는 궤도 오차, 이온층 지연, 대류층 지연, 다중경로, 수신기 시계 오차들이 포함되어 있어 감시국에서는 위성 시계 오차가 이러한 오차보다 커지기 전에는 검출하기가 어렵다. 따라서 천천히 변화하는 위성시계 오차를 검출하는데 긴 시간이 소요된다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 원자시계를 이용하여 수신기 시계오차를 최소화하고, 이중 주파수 측정치를 이용하여 전리층 지연을 제거하는 등 위성 시계 오차 외의 나머지 오차 성분들을 효과적으로 제거하고 남은 오차의 특성으로부터 위성시계의 이상을 감시하는 방법을 제안하였다. 제안한 기법은 윈도우 기반 GUI형태의 소프트웨어로 구현하였고, 원자시계로부터 시각을 제공받는 GPS 수신기로 실시간으로 데이터를 수신하여 그 타당성을 확인하였다. 수신기에 원자시계를 이용함으로써 이상판별을 위한 임계치를 낮출 수 있어 천천히 변화하는 이상을 빨리 검출할 수 있어 이를 일반 사용자가 방송함으로써 사용자의 안전성을 향상시킬 수 있을 것이다.