Single point positioning using full and fractional pseudorange measurements from GPS and BDS

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel GNSS positioning algorithm that combines full and fractional pseudorange measurements from GPS and BDS to achieve faster and equally accurate single point positioning during cold or warm starts.

Contribution

The proposed method reduces time to first fix by using a combination of full and fractional pseudorange measurements from dual constellations, maintaining conventional accuracy.

Findings

The method produces correct single point solutions.

Position error matches conventional full measurement methods.

Tests with simulated and real data validate the approach.

Abstract

In conventional global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers, usually full pseudorange measurements are required to complete a single point position fix. However, to obtain full pseudorange measurements takes longer time than for fractional pseudorange measurements. Considering such a fact, in order to shorten the time to first fix and improve the position accuracy during cold or warm start of a dual-constellation GNSS receiver, we propose a positioning algorithm using full and fractional pseudorange measurements from the two navigational constellations. This method uses four full pseudorange measurements from one constellation along with fractional ones from either or both constellations to obtain a potentially rapid position result with an identical accuracy to that of the conventional positioning method using full measurements. Tests with simulated and real Global Positioning System (GPS) and BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) data demonstrate that the proposed method can generate correct single point position solutions and the position error is identical with the result from the conventional approach using the full pseudorange measurements.