Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2018, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (6): 1111-1123.doi: 10.21629/JSEE.2018.06.01

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Computation of satellite clock-ephemeris augmentation parameters for dual-frequency multi-constellation satellite-based augmentation system

Jie CHEN(), Zhigang HUANG(), Rui LI*()   

  • Received:2017-03-23 Online:2018-12-25 Published:2018-12-26
  • Contact: Rui LI E-mail:chenjiee@buaa.edu.cn;baahzg@163.com;lee_ruin@263.net
  • About author:CHEN Jie was born in 1989. He received his B.S. degree from Beihang University in 2012. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Electronic and Information Engineering at Beihang University. His research interest is satellite-based augmentation system. E-mail: chenjiee@buaa.edu.cn|HUANG Zhigang was born in 1962. He received his Ph.D. degree from Beihang University in 2004. He is currently a professor in the School of Electronic and Information Engineering at Beihang University. His research interests include integrity algorithms and related software for ground-based augmentation system and satellite-based augmentation system. E-mail: baahzg@163.com|LI Rui was born in 1976. He received his Ph.D. degree from Beihang University in 2006. He is now a senior engineer in the School of Electronic and Information Engineering at Beihang University. His main interests cover required navigation performance and GNSS augmentation technologies in satellite-based augmentation system, ground-based augmentation system, and airborne based augmentation system. E-mail: lee_ruin@263.net

Abstract:

Dual-frequency multi-constellation (DFMC) satellitebased augmentation system (SBAS) does not broadcast fast correction, which is important in reducing range error in L1-only SBAS. Meanwhile, the integrity bound of a satellite at low elevation is so loose that the service availability is decreased near the boundary of the service area. Therefore, the computation of satellite clockephemeris (SCE) augmentation parameters needs improvement. We propose a method introducing SCE prediction to eliminate most of the SCE error resulting from global navigation satellite system GNSS broadcast message. Compared with the signal-inspace (SIS) after applying augmentation parameters broadcast by the wide area augmentation system (WAAS), SIS accuracy after applying augmentation parameters computed by the proposed algorithm is improved and SIS integrity is ensured. With global positioning system (GPS) only, the availability of category-I (CAT-I) with a vertical alert level of 15 m in continental United States is about 90%, while the availability in the other part of the WAAS service area is markedly improved. With measurements made by the stations from the crustal movement observation network of China, users in some part of China can obtain CAT-I (vertical alert limit is 15 m) service with GPS and global navigation satellite system (GLONASS).

Key words: dual-frequency multi-constellation (DFMC), satellitebased augmentation system (SBAS), orbit determination, integrity