GPS and integer estimation

The Global Positioning System (GPS) nowadays is used for a whole variety of positioning and navigation applications. These applications range from navigating your private sailboat to determiningthe millimeter movements of the earth’s tectonic plates. For the very high-accuracy applications of GPS on...

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Main Author: Teunissen, Peter
Format: Journal Article
Published: Issued by Wiskundig Genootschap, Amsterdam. 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39291
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description The Global Positioning System (GPS) nowadays is used for a whole variety of positioning and navigation applications. These applications range from navigating your private sailboat to determiningthe millimeter movements of the earth’s tectonic plates. For the very high-accuracy applications of GPS one needs very precise range information. These precise ranges for positioning with GPS are obtained from carrier phase measurements. These measurements of range inherently contain unknown integer ambiguities to account for the mismatch of a whole number of wavelengths or cycles. This contribution describes the problem of GPS carrier phase ambiguity resolution, discusses some relevant elementsof integer estimation theory and reviews some of the high precision positioning applications that come into reach when the integer carrier phase ambiguities can be resolved quickly and correctly.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-392912017-01-30T14:32:31Z GPS and integer estimation Teunissen, Peter integer carrier phase wavelengths navigation GPS The Global Positioning System (GPS) nowadays is used for a whole variety of positioning and navigation applications. These applications range from navigating your private sailboat to determiningthe millimeter movements of the earth’s tectonic plates. For the very high-accuracy applications of GPS one needs very precise range information. These precise ranges for positioning with GPS are obtained from carrier phase measurements. These measurements of range inherently contain unknown integer ambiguities to account for the mismatch of a whole number of wavelengths or cycles. This contribution describes the problem of GPS carrier phase ambiguity resolution, discusses some relevant elementsof integer estimation theory and reviews some of the high precision positioning applications that come into reach when the integer carrier phase ambiguities can be resolved quickly and correctly. 2004 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39291 Issued by Wiskundig Genootschap, Amsterdam. restricted
spellingShingle integer carrier phase
wavelengths
navigation
GPS
Teunissen, Peter
GPS and integer estimation
title GPS and integer estimation
title_full GPS and integer estimation
title_fullStr GPS and integer estimation
title_full_unstemmed GPS and integer estimation
title_short GPS and integer estimation
title_sort gps and integer estimation
topic integer carrier phase
wavelengths
navigation
GPS
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39291