• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.85-92
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• 2024

This study develops a Global Positioning System (GPS) Code Multipath Grid Map (CMGM) of each individual domestic reference station from the extracted code multipath of measurement data. Multipath corresponds to signal reflection/refraction caused by obstacles around the receiver antenna, and it is a major source of error that cannot be eliminated by differencing. From the receiver-independent exchange format (RINEX) data for two days, the associated code multipath of a satellite tracking arc is extracted. These code multipath data go through bias correction and interpolation to yield the CMGM with respect to the azimuth and elevation angles. The effect of the CMGM on multipath mitigation is then quantitatively analyzed to improve the Root Mean Square (RMS) of averaged pseudo multipath. Furthermore, the single point positioning (SPP) accuracy is analyzed in terms of the RMS of the horizontal and vertical errors. During two weeks in February 2023, the RMSs of the averaged pseudo multipath for five reference stations decreased by about 40% on average after CMGM application. Also, the SPP accuracies increased by about 7% for horizontal errors and about 10% for vertical errors on average after CMGM application. The overall quantitative analysis indicates that the proposed approach will reduce the convergence time of Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS), Real-Time Kinematic (RTK), and Precise Point Positioning (PPP)-RTK correction information in real-time to use measurement data whose code multipath is corrected and mitigated by the CMGM.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.251-261
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• 2022

The Centimeter Level Augmentation Service (CLAS) is the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) - Real Time Kinematic (RTK) correction service utilizing the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) L6 (1278.65 MHz) signal to broadcast the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) error corrections. Compact State-Space Representation (CSSR) corrections for mitigating GNSS measurement error sources such as satellite orbit, clock, code and phase biases, tropospheric error, ionospheric error are estimated from the ground segment of QZSS CLAS using the code and carrier-phase measurements collected in the Japan's GNSS Earth Observation Network (GEONET). Since the CLAS service begun on November 1, 2018, users with dedicated receivers can perform cm-level precise positioning using CSSR corrections. In this paper, CLAS-based VRS-RTK performance evaluation was performed using Global Positioning System (GPS) observables collected from the refence station, TSK2, located in Japan. As a result of performing GPS-only RTK positioning using the open-source software CLASLIB and RTKLIB, it took about 15 minutes to resolve the carrier-phase ambiguities, and the RTK fix rate was only about 41%. Also, the Root Mean Squares (RMS) values of position errors (fixed only) are about 4cm horizontally and 7 cm vertically.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.229-236
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• 2020

The trend of water vapor contents in atmosphere is one of key elements for studying climate change. The tropospheric products, i.e., ZTD values achieved through GPS data processing can retrieve the amount of water vapor with higher temporal and spatial resolution than any other instruments. In this study, the tropospheric products of KASINET for a time period from 2001 to 2014 are reprocessed using PPP strategy and the products from the CODE's 2nd reprocessing campaign. For consistency with reprocessing activities of other networks like EPN, the VMF1 mapping function and non-tidal loading effect due to atmospheric pressure are applied in the process. The reprocessing results are investigated through comparing with the CODE's 2nd reprocessing products by including some IGS stations in the process and also calculating weekly coordinate repeatability to see the quality of the processing. After removing outliers based on the variation of averaged formal error, all processed stations have similar variations of formal error about 2 mm which is lower than that of the IGS final product. Comparison results with the CODE's 2nd reprocessing products show that the overall mean difference is found to be -0.28±5.54 mm which is similar level of the previous studies. Finally, the ZTD trends of all KASINET stations are calculated and the averaged trend is achieved as 0.19 mm/yr. However, the trend of each month shows different amounts and directions from -1.26 mm/yr in May to 1.18 mm/yr in August. In conclusion, the reprocessed tropospheric product and applied strategy of this study has enough quality as one of reliable solution for a reference product for Korean Peninsula which is needed to use GPSbased tropospheric product for climate change research.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.295-305
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• 2018

Network RTK is a highly practical technology that can provide high positioning accuracy at levels between cm~dm regardless of user location in the network by extending the available range of RTK using reference station network. In particular, unlike other carrier-based positioning techniques such as PPP, users are able to acquire high-accuracy positions within a short initialization time of a few or tens of seconds, which increases its value as a future navigation system. However, corrections must be continuously received to maintain a high level of positioning accuracy, and when a time delay of more than 30 seconds occurs, the accuracy may be reduced to the code-based positioning level of meters. In case of SSR, which is currently in the process of standardization for PPP service, the corrections by each error source are transmitted in different transmission intervals, and the rate of change of each correction is transmitted together to compensate the time delay. Using these features of SSR correction is expected to reduce the performance degradation even if users do not receive the network RTK corrections for more than 30 seconds. In this paper, the simulation data were generated from 5 domestic reference stations in Gunwi, Yeongdoek, Daegu, Gimcheon, and Yecheon, and the network RTK and SSR corrections were generated for the corresponding data and applied to the simulation data from Cheongsong reference station, assumed as the user. As a result of the experiment assuming 30 seconds of missing data, the positioning performance compensating for time delay by SSR was analyzed to be horizontal RMS (about 5 cm) and vertical RMS (about 8 cm), and the 95% error was 8.7 cm horizontal and 1cm vertical. This is a significant amount when compared to the horizontal and vertical RMS of 0.3 cm and 0.6 cm, respectively, for Network RTK without time delay for the same data, but is considerably smaller compared to the 0.5 ~ 1 m accuracy level of DGPS or SBAS. Therefore, maintaining Network RTK mode using SSR rather than switching to code-based DGPS or SBAS mode due to failure to receive the network RTK corrections for 30 seconds is considered to be favorable in terms of maintaining position accuracy and recovering performance by quickly resolving the integer ambiguity when the communication channel is recovered.

• 지적과 국토정보
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.107-123
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• 2020

최근, Multi-GNSS 위성시스템 인프라 환경의 안정화와 이종 위성 조합 활용에 대한 효용성이 입증되면서 측위, 항법 및 시간 정보 관련 응용 등 다양한 산업 분야에서 실시간 Multi-GNSS 조합 활용의 분위기가 높아지고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 가장 수요층이 많은 저가형 1주파 GNSS 위성 수신기 사용자를 대상으로 정적 및 동적 환경에서 4가지 Multi-GNSS 측량기법에 RTCM-SSR 보정류(streams)를 적용, Multi- GNSS 위성의 1주파 실시간 단독측위(SF-RT-PP)의 효용성을 평가하고 대응 과제를 도출하는 것이다. SSR 보정류를 4가지 Multi-GNSS 측위 기법에 연계하여 정적 및 동적 시험장에 적용한 결과, CNES의 SSRa00CNE0 서비스가 2차원 좌표성분에서 다른 SSR 보정류에 비해 양호한 결과를 제시하였다. Multi-GNSS 위성의 Carrier를 활용한 SF-RT-PP 측위 결과, 공통적으로 고도성분에서 큰 편차가 발생되었는데 이에 대한 원인 규명 및 SF-RT-PPP 측위에서 비차감 비조합 전리층 지연보정과 이종 위성조합에 따른 신호 Bias 보정의 중요성을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, Multi-GNSS 위성의 인프라 환경 향상으로 4종의 GNSS 위성 중, 1종 위성만으로도 SF-SPP 측위가 가능함을 확인하였다. 특히, GPS 위성의 1주파 신호만을 활용한 RT-SPP 측위에서 Code 기반 SF-RT-SPP 측위의 경우, 위성궤도/시계 보정관련 보통력과 SSR 보정 간 효과는 미소한 반면, 전리층 보정의 경우는 Klobuchar 모델에 비해 SBAS 보정 정보를 활용한 경우가 높이에서 약 2배 이상의 정확도 향상 효과를 공통적으로 확인할 수 있었다. 향후, 2020년말 Galileo 및 BDS 위성 인프라가 완성되면서 Multi-GNSS 위성의 지역 특성이 반영된 실시간 전리층지연 및 기상특성을 반영한 SSR 조정 서비스가 진행될 경우, SF-RT-PPP 활용성 및 여러 산업부문의 다양한 수요 창출이 기대된다.