• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.217-223
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• 2004

In order to improve real-time positioning accuracy, a number of methods have been tested and one of those is the inverted RTK(Real-time kinematic) that gives a precise positioning by handling carrier phase measurements. For the inverted RTK positioning, it needs the L1 phase measurement at least for 1～2 minutes and the additional reference stations/communication system and a data processing server are required. The L1 code and carrier phase measurements for real-time application are used simultaneously and then Kalman filter is applied to estimate integer ambiguities. Double differenced integer ambiguities are resolved by utilizing the FARA(Fast Ambiguity Resolution Approach). In this paper, we propose the method to improve the positioning accuracy and performed the field tests for several baselines from DAEJ reference station in KAO(Korea Astronomy Observatory).

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• v.1
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• pp.455-458
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• 2006

The Real Time Kinematic (RTK) technique is the most productive and accurate GPS positioning method today, as it can be determinate position within few centimeters instantly. This method is widely used for applications such as surveying, structure monitoring and machine guidance etc. In order to perform RTK processing for large scale systems (i.e. precise vehicle monitoring with many rovers), many expensive RTK receivers and same number of bidirectional communication units have to be installed to collect observation data communicate with the reference site and monitor its RTK solutions. Moreover, if applications require remote control or apply sensing instruments, we have to install computers at each rover. To limit expense and complexity of system management with a large number of rovers, we have developed server based RTK processing platform to share RTK function for all rovers. The system can be process many GPS stations with a single personal computer. we have also developed a specialized dual frequency GPS receiver unit without on-board RTK processing capability to reduce receiver cost in order to demonstrate the advantage of our server based RTK platform. This paper describes the concept of our server based RTK platform and specialized GPS receiver unit with existing applications in Japan.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.28-28
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• 2003

한국천문연구원이 개발한 iRTK(inverted Real Time Kinemtic) 시스템의 성능을 분석하고 개선방향에 대해 논의하였다. 제안하는 iRTK 시스템은 기존의 실시간 고정밀 측위기법인 RTK와 측위방법과 적용범위 면에서 유사하지만, 중앙에서 일괄적으로 사용자의 위치를 계산하고 유무선 인터넷을 이용하므로 통신범위에 제약을 받지 않는 장점이 있다. iRTK 시스템의 성능분석은 소요시간, 성공률, 정확도를 판단기준으로 하여 이루어졌으며 측정점에서는 중저가의 GPS 수신기를 사용하였다. 분석결과 기준점과의 기선거리 5km 이내에서 1-3m 수준의 측위정밀도를 얻을 수 있었으며, 측위성공률은 최적의 측정시간을 이용할 경우 약 90% 수준이었다. 이를 통해 iRTK 시스템의 적용가능 분야를 살펴보고 적용범위와 정밀도 개선을 위한 몇 가지 개선사항을 검토하였다. 이 중 VRS(Virtual Reference System)는 iRTK 시스템의 성능을 개선하고 단점을 보완할 수 있는 대안으로 검토되었으며, iRTK+VRS 시스템 구축의 가능성에 대해 논의하였다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.129-140
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• 2004

KAO(Korea Astronomy Observatory) GPS group has developed an iRTK system as a near-real time positioning system using GPS carrier phase data. We focused on improving the accuracy of positioning through the updated capability of data processing of KAO's iRTK system using low-cost L1 carrier phase receiver. The accuracy of a positioning was demonstrated by Extended Kalman filter. Experiments were accomplished using from 30m to 20km baselines. Within 10km, the positioning accuracy was improved by approximately 50-70% to the previous study using one minute observable data. However, it took two minutes to obtain 1m level positioning accuracy at 20km point. We expect that the developed iRTK system can be applied to the various fields of GPS in near-real time positioning.