A centering correction method for GNSS antenna diversity theory and implementation using a software receiver

GPS is performing well in open sky situation. However, severe attenuation or blockage of signals by high buildings may leads to an insufficient number of received satellites. Antenna diversity scheme is viewed as a method to alleviate signal attenuation and enhance the performance of GNSS positionin...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Peng, Sun, Fuyu, Xu, Yaming, Zou, Jingui, Dai, Wujiao, Meng, Xiaolin
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35416/
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author Zhang, Peng
Sun, Fuyu
Xu, Yaming
Zou, Jingui
Dai, Wujiao
Meng, Xiaolin
author_facet Zhang, Peng
Sun, Fuyu
Xu, Yaming
Zou, Jingui
Dai, Wujiao
Meng, Xiaolin
author_sort Zhang, Peng
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
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description GPS is performing well in open sky situation. However, severe attenuation or blockage of signals by high buildings may leads to an insufficient number of received satellites. Antenna diversity scheme is viewed as a method to alleviate signal attenuation and enhance the performance of GNSS positioning in the harsh environments. This paper introduces an antenna diversity system, composed of two spatially separated antennas. If relative geometry of two antennas is known, the carrier phase measurement outputs from these two antennas can be combined with Centering Correction Method (CCM). Even each antenna may not able to acquire more than four satellites this antenna diversity system can still precisely estimate each antenna’s location with centimeter-level accuracy, as long as the sum of the captured satellites by two separate antennas is no less than four.
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spelling nottingham-354162020-05-04T16:41:17Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35416/ A centering correction method for GNSS antenna diversity theory and implementation using a software receiver Zhang, Peng Sun, Fuyu Xu, Yaming Zou, Jingui Dai, Wujiao Meng, Xiaolin GPS is performing well in open sky situation. However, severe attenuation or blockage of signals by high buildings may leads to an insufficient number of received satellites. Antenna diversity scheme is viewed as a method to alleviate signal attenuation and enhance the performance of GNSS positioning in the harsh environments. This paper introduces an antenna diversity system, composed of two spatially separated antennas. If relative geometry of two antennas is known, the carrier phase measurement outputs from these two antennas can be combined with Centering Correction Method (CCM). Even each antenna may not able to acquire more than four satellites this antenna diversity system can still precisely estimate each antenna’s location with centimeter-level accuracy, as long as the sum of the captured satellites by two separate antennas is no less than four. 2014-01-27 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Zhang, Peng, Sun, Fuyu, Xu, Yaming, Zou, Jingui, Dai, Wujiao and Meng, Xiaolin (2014) A centering correction method for GNSS antenna diversity theory and implementation using a software receiver. In: Institute of Navigation International Technical Meeting 2014 (ITM 2014), 27-29 Jan 2014, San Diego, California, USA. https://www.ion.org/publications/abstract.cfm?jp=p&articleID=11565
spellingShingle Zhang, Peng
Sun, Fuyu
Xu, Yaming
Zou, Jingui
Dai, Wujiao
Meng, Xiaolin
A centering correction method for GNSS antenna diversity theory and implementation using a software receiver
title A centering correction method for GNSS antenna diversity theory and implementation using a software receiver
title_full A centering correction method for GNSS antenna diversity theory and implementation using a software receiver
title_fullStr A centering correction method for GNSS antenna diversity theory and implementation using a software receiver
title_full_unstemmed A centering correction method for GNSS antenna diversity theory and implementation using a software receiver
title_short A centering correction method for GNSS antenna diversity theory and implementation using a software receiver
title_sort centering correction method for gnss antenna diversity theory and implementation using a software receiver
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35416/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35416/