AbstractThe unexpected observing environments in dynamic applications may lead to partial and/or complete satellite signal outages frequently, which can definitely impact on the positioning performance of the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) in terms of decreasing available satellite numbers, breaking the continuity of observations, and degrading PPP’s positioning accuracy. Generally, both the Inertial Navigation System (INS) and the multi-constellation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) can be used to enhance the performance of PPP. This paper introduces the mathematical models of the multi-GNSS PPP/INS Tightly Coupled Integration (TCI), and investigates its performance from several aspects. Specifically, it covers (1) the use of the BDS/GPS PPP, PPP/INS, and their combination; (2) three positioning modes including PPP, PPP/INS TCI, and PPP/INS Loosely Coupled Integration (LCI); (3) the use of four various INS systems named navigation grade, tactical grade, auto grade, and Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Sensors (MEMS) one; (4) three PPP observation scenarios including PPP available, partially available, and fully outage. According to the statistics results, (1) the positioning performance of the PPP/INS (either TCI or LCI) mode is insignificantly depended on the grade of inertial sensor, when there are enough available satellites; (2) after the complete GNSS outages, the TCI mode expresses both higher convergence speed and more accurate positioning solutions than the LCI mode. Furthermore, in the TCI mode, using a higher grade inertial sensor is beneficial for the PPP convergence; (3) under the partial GNSS outage situations, the PPP/INS TCI mode position divergence speed is also restrained significantly; and (4) the attitude determination accuracy of the PPP/INS integration is highly correlated with the grade of inertial sensor.


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    Title :

    Evaluation on the impact of IMU grades on BDS+GPS PPP/INS tightly coupled integration


    Contributors:
    Gao, Zhouzheng (author) / Ge, Maorong (author) / Shen, Wenbin (author) / Li, You (author) / Chen, Qijin (author) / Zhang, Hongping (author) / Niu, Xiaoji (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 60 , 6 ; 1283-1299


    Publication date :

    2017-06-10


    Size :

    17 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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